Paragraph 17 Development and production programmesI1

The Licensee shall not—

except with the consent in writing of the F1OGA or in accordance with a programme which the OGA has approved or served on the Licensee in pursuance of the following provisions of this clause.

The Licensee shall prepare and submit to the F2OGA, in such form and by such time and in respect of such period during the term of this licence as the OGA may direct, a programme specifying—

If the F3OGA directs the Licensee—

the Licensee shall comply with the direction.

It shall be the duty of the F4OGA expeditiously to consider any programme submitted to F5it in pursuance of paragraph (2) of this clause and when F6it has done so to give notice in writing to the Licensee stating—

and a notice in pursuance of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph may contain different conditions in respect of different works but shall not be given unless the F10OGA is satisfied that the condition mentioned in the notice is required in the national interest.

Where the F11OGA gives notice of rejection of a programme in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4) of this clause, then—

If the F15OGA gives notice in writing to the Licensee that the OGA approves the modifications of a programme which have been submitted to F16it in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (5) of this clause, the programme with those modifications shall be deemed to be approved by the OGA; but if the Licensee fails to perform the duty imposed on him by that sub-paragraph the OGA may, if F17it thinks fit, instead of revoking this licence in consequence of the failure, serve on the Licensee such a programme as the OGA considers that the Licensee should have submitted to it in respect of the area and period to which the rejected programme related.

Where the F18OGA proposes to approve a programme subject to a condition in pursuance of paragraph (4)(b) of this clause or to reject a programme in pursuance of paragraph (4)(c) of this clause or to serve a programme on the Licensee in pursuance of paragraph (6) of this clause F19it shall before doing so—

The Licensee shall carry out any programme approved or served on him by the F22OGA in pursuance of this clause or, if such a programme is varied in pursuance of clause 18 of this licence, the programme as so varied except in so far as the Licensee is authorised in writing by the OGA to do otherwise or is required to do otherwise by such a condition as is mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) of this clause; but if it is necessary to carry out certain works in order to comply with provisions included in a programme by virtue of paragraph (5)(c) of this clause or provisions of a programme served on the Licensee in pursuance of paragraph (6) of this clause or provisions of a programme as varied in pursuance of clause 18 of this licence, then, notwithstanding anything in the programme as to the time when those provisions are to be complied with, the Licensee shall not be treated as having failed to comply with those provisions before the expiration of the period reasonably required for carrying out the works.

In this clause “Relevant Works” means any structures and any other works whatsoever which are intended by the Licensee to be permanent and are neither designed to be moved from place to place without major dismantling nor intended by the Licensee to be used only for searching for Petroleum.