APPLICATION FORM FOR PETROLEUM LICENCE
Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964
Appendix B: Technical Information Form
Appendix B, the Technical Information Form, should accompany the
Application Form. It comes in five parts, as follows:
B1: Lead/Prospect Summary Sheet. A separate copy of this sheet must be
completed for each lead, prospect, new play or discovery identified by the
applicant within the acreage applied for. An assessment of the Risks and
Reserves for each Lead/Prospect, and whether it is ready to be drilled, or what
further evaluation is need before a decision on drilling can be taken, should be
included.
B2: Work Programme Summary Sheet. This form must set out the Applicant's
proposed Work Programme within the acreage applied for.
B3: Supporting Technical Information. The Applicant must show how it has
applied technical expertise to the available data to arrive at its assessment of
the prospectivity of the area applied for, and present its technical case that its
Work Programme represents the best way to explore for the petroleum
resources (or to develop known resources) in the acreage.
This information may be provided in a format of the Applicant’s choosing but, as
a guide, DETI suggests that a fit-for-purpose application should normally be
less than 30 pages long, including displays (relevant maps and seismic sections
indicating well ties, where appropriate).
Please refer to the guidance for further information including the marking
scheme that will be applied when assessing the technical part of the application.
B4: Operator competence and technical capacity. The Applicant must
provide evidence that the nominated operator has the proven capability to
supervise, manage and undertake the proposed Work Programme. In the case
of a firm well commitment this competence must extend to the drilling
operations. If the well commitment is ‘Drill or drop’ the operator is required only
to demonstrate competence relating to Part I of the Work Programme in the
application (however, DETI requires a competent Operator to be nominated and
approved before the Licensee proceeds to Part II of the Work programme – the
well).
B5: Declaration. To be completed by an authorised officer of the nominated
operator.
Parts B1, B2 and B5 should be completed using the specified forms, or copies
thereof.
Part B1 Lead/Prospect summary sheeti
Area
Name of lead, prospect, new play or discovery
Brief description of lead, prospect, new play or discovery
Typeii:
Descriptioniii
Key technical work needediv
Map (Annotate the scale and corner coordinate points, using Irish National Grid
co-ordinates)
Geologic cross-section
Representative seismic section
Metrics (Lead / prospect / new play / discovery volumes)
Input parameters
Area (acres/km2)
Height of closure (ft/m)
Net reservoir (ft/m)
Net: gross (%)
Gross rock volume (acre-ft, MM m3)
Porosity (%)
Hydrocarbon saturation (%)
Formation volume factor/Gas expansion factor
Recovery factor (%)
Gas in place (bcf/bcm)
Oil/condensate in place (mmbo/mmboe)
Oil/gas reserves (mmbbl/bcf/bcm)
Estimated technical chance of successv:
MIN
ML
MAX
Part B2
Work Programme summary sheetvi
Operator:
Number of Wells
Area(s):
Firm
For each well, specify the
minimum depth in metres
and the horizon to which
you will drill
New shoot 2D seismic (firm)viii
Specify in line kilometres. Please indicate proposed
survey area and/or distribution in Irish National Grid
100 km squares
New shoot 3D seismic (firm) viii
Specify in square kilometres. Please indicate
proposed survey area and/or distribution in Irish
National Grid 100 km squares
Obtain existing 2D seismic (firm)viii
Specify in line kilometres and survey ID.
Key: O – Obtain; R – Reprocess; OR – Obtain and
reprocess
Other workviii
Examples: geotechnical studies, gravity/magnetic
data acquisition, magneto-telluric surveys,
geochemical surveys
Number and technical competence of staff to
undertake the work programme (please include
any relevant technical qualifications held by
those staff and details of training undertaken by
those staff in the 3 years prior to the date of
application) – use separate sheet, if necessary
Commentsix
Drill-or-Dropvii
Part B5
Declaration
A duly authorised officer must approve the information given in this form.
I hereby declare that the information given in Appendix B is correct:
Name
i
Signature
Capacityx
Date
Present a separate sheet for each lead, prospect, new play or discovery.
Choose from new play idea, lead, prospect or discovery not fully evaluated or prospect fully evaluated.
iii For example, Sherwood Sandstone 4-way dip closure, Carboniferous 3-way dip/fault trap with
stratigraphic upside.
iv Key work to address prospectivity; e.g. reprocess 100km2 2D, PSDM, inversion, facies analysis. If no
further work is needed enter “None”.
v If possible include estimates for trap presence, seal effectiveness, reservoir presence, reservoir quality,
etc.
vi Refer to the Guidance Note (5.4.3.3) for more details on completing this sheet.
vii Drill-or-Drop is the minimum Work Programme that will be accepted for any Application.
viii All work commitments other than drilling are Firm.
ix Example: indicate priorities within acreage applied for, by reference to Irish Grid 100km (10km x 10km)
square; minimum area required; priority of prospects identified.
x Capacity within the company by which the signatory is authorised to sign.
ii