# The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 2014, Paragraph 2: Right to search and bore for and get Petroleum

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In consideration of the payments hereinafter provided for and the performance and observance by the Licensee of the terms and conditions herein contained, the OGA, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Act, hereby grants to the Licensee exclusive licence and liberty during the continuance of this licence and subject to the provisions hereof to search and bore for, and get, Petroleum in the area described in Schedule 1 to this licence provided that nothing in this licence shall affect the right of the OGA to grant a Methane Drainage Licence in respect of the whole or any part of the Licensed Area or affect the exercise of any rights granted under any such Methane Drainage Licence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1686/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-licensing-exploration-and-production-landward-areas-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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