Department of Energy & Climate Change

THE OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND PIPE-LINES (ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS) REGULATIONS 1999 (AS AMENDED)

Pursuant to Regulations 5(8), 5(8A) and 6(11) of the above Regulations, the Secretary of State hereby gives notice that, being content that the requirements of the above Regulations have been satisfied, consent under the Petroleum Act 1998 has been granted to the operator(s) listed below to the getting of petroleum, the drilling of a well or the construction of a pipeline.

DECC Ref	Operator	Project Name	Quad/Block	Application Received	Direction Issued
PON15B/762/0	Ithaca Causeway Limited	Handcross	204/18b-B	24/12/2012	19/12/2013
PON15B/847/0	Maersk	Gryphon	9/18b-G0A	29/07/2013	05/12/2013
PON15B/856/0	Marathon	Brae Alpha	16/07a-A23	27/08/2013	06/12/2013
PON15B/857/0	Marathon	Brae Alpha	16/07a-A19	27/08/2013	06/12/2013
PON15B/865/0	Nexen	Kookaburra	28/15-A	24/09/2013	12/12/2013
PON15B/871/0	Talisman	Seagull	22/29-SGB	04/10/2013	09/12/2013
DRA/12, DR/7/0	Total	Elgin	22/30c	18/10/2013	16/12/2013
DRA/11, DR/20/0	Nexen	Blackjack	14/26a-10	06/11/2013	29/01/2014
DRA/21, DR/21/0	Nexen	Buzzard	20/06a-B23z	08/11/2013	19/12/2013
DRA/20, DR/23/0	Nexen	Ravel	15/27e-L	14/11/2013	07/01/2014
PLA/14, DEP/24/0	BP	CATS Pipeline	PL774	14/11/2013	06/12/2013
DRA/14, DR/27/0	TAQA	Morrone	9/23b	18/11/2013	13/12/2013
DRA/29, DR/28/0	Ithaca	Stella	30/06a	19/11/2013	24/12/2013
DRA/24, DR/29/0	GDF Suez	Cepheus	44/12a-F	20/11/2013	24/01/2014
PLA/8, PL/30/0	BG	Blake	PL1837.1-13	21/11/2013	13/12/2013
PLA/8, DEP/31/0	BG	Blake	PL1837.1-13	21/11/2013	13/12/2013
DRA/22, DR/32/0	EOG	Prospect	110/07b-J	22/11/2013	20/12/2013
DRA/31, DR/33/0	ConocoPhillips	Jasmine	30/07a-M112	22/11/2013	24/12/2013
DRA/42, DR/34/0	Apache	Forties	21/10-B22	22/11/2013	16/12/2013
DRA/27, DR/37/0	CNR	Ninian	3/03-N37	26/11/2013	20/12/2013
DRA/35, DR/40/0	Nexen	Golden Eagle	20/01-GHPC	27/11/2013	03/01/2014
DRA/34, DR/41/0	Chevron	Captain	13/22a-B142	28/11/2013	17/12/2013
DRA/28, DR/47/0	CNR	Ninian	3/03-n45	29/12/2013	30/01/2014
DRA/46, DR/48/0	Apache	Forties Echo	22/06a-E35X	02/12/2013	27/12/2013
DRA/36, DR/49/0	EnQuest	Don Southwest	211/19a-W22	03/12/2013	18/12/2013
DRA/45, DR/56/0	Chevron	Alba	16/26-AJK	12/12/2013	17/01/2014
PLA/4, DEP/62/0	E.On	Huntington	22/14	17/12/2013	17/01/2014
WIA/28, DEP/64/0	ConocoPhillips	Joanne	30/07a-M11z	18/12/2013	06/01/2014
DRA/54, DR/71/0	Apache	Beryl	9/13a-B58	22/12/2013	24/01/2014
PLA/20, DEP/75/0	Shell	Guillemot	PL3145	30/12/2013	27/01/2014
WIA/58, EWT/77/0	Hess	Ivanhoe	15/21a-57	14/01/2014	20/01/2014
DRA/24, DEP/78/0	GDF Suez	Cepheus	44/12a-F	15/01/2014	20/01/2014

Having regard to the relevant application under the above Regulations, and the representations and opinions received from third parties, the Secretary of State has assessed the project as not likely to have a significant effect on the environment, and has given a direction that the application for consent under the Petroleum Act 1998 need not be accompanied by an environmental statement.

Details relating to the content of a decision, and any attached conditions; the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based; any representations or opinions received from third parties and how they were taken into account; and, where necessary, any measures required to mitigate adverse effects on the environment, can be obtained by contacting the Environmental Management Team, DECC EDU-OED, Atholl House, 86‑88 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6AR (e-mail emt@decc.gsi.gov.uk). Additional information can also be found on the DECC Oil and Gas Directorate website at https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/environment/arp.htm.