OGA Launches 29th Offshore Licensing Round

摘要

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 29th Offshore Licensing Round with more than 1.200 blocks on offer to support the OGA's objective of maximising economic recovery (MER) from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Companies can now apply for new licenses to drill for offshore oil and gas in a number of frontier areas of the UKCS. some of which were part of last year's UK Government funded seismic campaign. The f20 million programme targeted under explored areas of the UKCS and significantly improved the previously sparse data coverage in the Rockall Trough and Mid-North Sea High regions. The data packages were downloaded more than 3.000 times after being made freely available to industry in April. 2016, as part of the OGA's wider plan to revitalise exploration.