Regulation 6(1)

SCHEDULE 2U.K.INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN AN APPLICATION FOR A PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT LICENCE AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

1.  Name of each applicant in full(A).U.K.

2.  If the application is made by more than one person(B), and the applicants have agreed on the manner in which the benefits resulting from the exploitation of the licence should be shared between them, the share each applicant would be entitled to take.U.K.

3.  Name of proposed operator.U.K.

4.  The reference number of each block in respect of which the application is made and, if the application is made by tender, the consideration by way of initial payment which the applicant is prepared to offer for each such block(C).U.K.

5.  An analysis of the geology of the area to which the application relates, identifying, in particular, petroleum prospects.U.K.

6.  The technical data on which the analysis is based.U.K.

7.  The work programme for evaluating the potential petroleum production from the area to which the application relates which the applicant would be prepared to undertake under the licence applied for.U.K.

8.  Evidence of the applicant’s technical and financial capacity to undertake that work programme, including the number of staff the applicant intends to assign for that purpose and any relevant technical qualifications held by those staff.U.K.

9.  An explanation of the way in which the work programme takes account of the analysis of the geology.U.K.

10.  In respect of each applicant who is an individual—U.K.

(a)usual residential address;

(b)nationality.

11.  In respect of each applicant which is a body corporate(D)—U.K.

(a)place of incorporation;

(b)principal place of business;

(c)in the case of a company, its registered office;

(d)place from which the applicant’s operations under the licence will be directed and controlled;

(e)place from which any commercial activities in connection with the licence will be directed and controlled;

(f)particulars of each member of the board of directors or other governing body of the body corporate, as follows—

(i)full name

(ii)usual residential address

(iii)nationality

(g)where the applicant is or has a subsidiary (as defined in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985), a diagram identifying any companies of which it is a subsidiary and any subsidiaries it has;

(h)the training provided in the three year period ending on the date of the application for the licence for the technical staff whom the applicant expects to employ in connection with the exploration for and production of petroleum from the licensed area;

(i)particulars of capital authorised and issued as follows:—

(i)class of capital

(ii)amount authorised

(iii)amount issued

(iv)voting rights of each class(E)

(j)particulars of all holdings of not less than 5 per cent in number or value of any class of capital which has been issued by the body corporate as follows:—

(i)name of holder or names of joint holders, in full (ii)nationality of holder(s)

(iii)class of holding (iv)amount

(k)particulars of all capital issued to bearer, as follows:—

(i)class of capital

(ii)total amount issued

(iii)amount issued to bearer

12.  Details of the fees which accompany the application.U.K.

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