NSTA - Onshore oil and gas activity

Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDL’s) and older licence types (AL, DL, PL, ML, EXL) grant exclusive rights to search and bore for, and get, petroleum in specific ordnance survey blocks. PEDL’s cover the various stages of the full development cycle of oil and gas exploration, appraisal; production and eventually decommissioning of the wells, however a PEDL licence grants no automatic permission for drilling or facilities siting and construction. Permission to carry out such activities will be dependent on planning permission from the relevant Local Authority. Developers also have to secure relevant permits from the Environment Agency, and their plans have to pass scrutiny by the Health and Safety Executive.