OilVoice - United Kingdom 26th Licensing Round Report

United Kingdom 26th Licensing Round Report

Monday, February 22, 2010

On 27 January 2010, Energy and Climate Change Minister, Lord Hunt, announced that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is inviting applications for licences in the 26th Offshore Licensing Round. This is the first time that blocks have been offered in all regions of the UK, with acreage available in the West of Shetland, Northern North Sea, Central North Sea, Southern North Sea, Irish Sea and Morecambe Bay, West of Hebrides, South West Approaches and the English Channel. Fourteen blocks which had been classified as fallow in 2009, have been offered in this round, as have the majority of blocks licensed in the First Licensing Round of 1964 which were not granted extensions. The 26th Round included a record 2,818 blocks or part blocks on offer.

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