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Geological papers and exploration-related reports

Operational Statistics

Falkland Islands Government Socio-Economic Study - Final Report (August 1997)

Stone et al. paper 2009 - Rotation of the Falklands microplate reassessed after recognition of discrete Jurassic and Cretaceous dyke swarms. This article was published in Petroleum Geoscience and is reproduced here in its manuscript form.

FOSA Environmental Closeout report

Kimbell and Richards paper 2008 - Lithospheric structure of the Falkland Plateau Basin. This article was published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London and is reproduced here in manuscript form.

Stone et al. paper 2008 - Cretaceous dykes discovered in the Falkland Islands. This article was published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London and is reproduced here in manuscript form with their kind permission.

Richards et al. paper 2006 – Exploring for fan and delta sandstones in the offshore Falklands basins. This article was originally published in the Journal of Petroleum Geology (www.jpg.co.uk) and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

Richards and Hillier, Post-drilling analysis of the North Falkland Basin - Part 1: Tectono-Stratigraphic Framework

Richards and Hillier, Post-drilling analysis of the North Falkland Basin – Part 2 The Petroleum System and Future Prospects

Richards, PC, (from Offshore magazine) Drilling results from the North Falkland Basin

Richards, PC, Falkland Islands: past exploration strategies and remaining potential in under-explored deepwater basins

Richards, P.C, environmental conference paper

Desire's scoping economics report

FOSA EIA document

Time taken to carry out seismic surveys in Falkland Islands Designated Area - April 2006

FOSA Metocean report (this file is too large to download - oil companies can obtain a copy on CD by emailing pcr@bgs.ac.uk.

Desire's rig surveys report

Selection of Falklands references

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Licensing Legislation and application forms

Offshore Petroleum (Licencing)(Amendment) Regulation 2009

Application form for Exploration licences

Petroleum Operations Notice No1: Record and Sample Requirements for surveys and wells

Petroleum Operations Notice No2: Reporting Procedures

Petroleum Operations Notice No3: Notification of Geophysical Surveys (Explanatory Notes, Word document, Online forms)

Petroleum Operations Notice No.4 - Application for Consent to drill Exploration, Appraisal and Development Wells (Word document, Explanatory Notes, Online Form) (PON4 revised July 2010)

Petroleum Operations Notice No.5 - Application to Abandon or Temporarily Abandon a Well (Word document, Explanatory Notes, Online Form)

Petroleum Operations Notice No.6 - Application to Complete and/or Workover a Well (Word document, Explanatory Notes, Online Form)

Petroleum Operations Notice No.7 - Department of Mineral Resources Well Numbering System

Petroleum Operations Notice No.8 - Oil Pollution

Mining Ordinance 2005

Offshore Petroleum (Licensing) Regulations 2000 (regulation 3A(1)) SUSPENSION NOTICE

Offshore Minerals - Subsidiary Legislation - Offshore Petroleum (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 No. 14 of 2005

Petroleum Survey Licences (Model Clauses) Regulations 1992

Offshore Petroleum (Licensing) Regulations 2000

Application for Open-Door Production Licence

Guidance notes for applicants for open-door licences (April 2008)

Offshore Petroleum Regulations Applications Notice - April 2008