There are 258 discovered fields undeveloped for 10 years or more. Of these:
25 are unlicensed and will be offered in the next licensing round;
84 have been awarded in recent licensing rounds since 2002, of which 58 are on traditional licences, and 26 are on promote licences (where there is no formal operator);
8 have development plans pending approval;
26 have seen seismic activity or appraisal drilling within the past three years;
59 are the subject of significant activity such as seismic reprocessing;
13 currently have technical obstacles to overcome, such as lack of capacity or lack of infrastructure, which are being addressed;
43 have no activity planned and are due to be surrendered for re-licensing within two years if no plan for development is presented. aforementioned
The following table covers all of the aforementioned discoveries and shows operators where applicable.
Discovery well number Operator 210/29a-3 Promote Licence 3/11-1 Unlicensed 211/11-1 Promote Licence 13/22b-4 Unlicensed 48/22-1 Unlicensed 48/22-4 Promote Licence 20/08-2 Unlicensed 16/06b-6 Unlicensed 48/02b-3 Unlicensed 210/25c-6A Promote Licence 21/29b-9 Unlicensed 42/15a-2 Unlicensed 50/26b-6 Unlicensed 3/08c-12 Unlicensed 48/02-1 Promote Licence 29/08a-4 Unlicensed 43/13a-l Promote Licence 43/20-1 Promote Licence 30/29a-l Promote Licence 42/15b-l Unlicensed 42/10b-2Z Unlicensed 43/17-2 Unlicensed 42/22-1 Promote Licence 43/18-1 Promote Licence 21/29b-4 Unlicensed 22/28b-2 Unlicensed 39/16-1 Promote Licence 43/23-1 Promote Licence 48/24b-2 Unlicensed 47/09b-4 Promote Licence 9/12-3 Promote Licence 3/08b-10 Unlicensed 15/07-1 Promote Licence 15/21-2 Promote Licence 49/02-3 Promote Licence 16/03a-4 Promote Licence 15/26-1 Unlicensed 41/25a-l Promote Licence 41/20-2 Promote Licence 9/21-2 Promote Licence 9/12b-6 Promote Licence 14/26b-4 Unlicensed 49/22-16 Promote Licence 14/26b-5 Unlicensed 110/04-1 Promote Licence 15/21b-45 Promote Licence 41/24a-1 Promote Licence 15/26a-2 Unlicensed 21/28a-2 Antrim Resources 211/22a-3 Antrim Resources 21/28a-6 Antrim Resources 16/29-4 Apache Corporation 2/15-1 ATP Oil and Gas Corporation 2/15a-9 ATP Oil and Gas Corporation 2/10a-6 ATP Oil and Gas Corporation 3/11b-4Z ATP Oil and Gas Corporation 13/30-2 BG International 30/08-2 BG International 22/08a-2 BG International 110/13-17 BHP Billiton Petroleum 16/23-2 BP Exploration 204/19-6 BP Exploration 206/11-1 BP Exploration 9/23b-21 BP Exploration 9/24b-1A BP Exploration 16/22-2 BP Exploration 30/01c-3 BP Exploration 47/03e-9 BP Exploration 98/11-2 BP Exploration 211/07a-2 BP Exploration 98/07-2 BP Exploration 47/03e-8 BP Exploration 204/19-8Z BP Exploration 48/21-1 Bridge E&P Corporation 11/24-1 Caithness Petroleum 48/08a-1 Centrica Resources 110/08a-5 Centrica Resources 49/09a-5 Centrica Resources 113/27-2 Centrica Resources 49/09-1 Centrica Resources 48/07c-11 Centrica Resources 9/23b-19 Century Exploration 48/25a-4 Century Exploration 48/24a-1 Century Exploration 110/14-1 Challenger Minerals 15/29a-9 Chevron Corporation 207/01-3 Chevron Corporation 9/11-2 Chevron Corporation 9/11b-11 Chevron Corporation 3/28a-2 Chevron Corporation 206/02-1 Chevron Corporation 15/29a-3 Chevron Corporation 29/02a-2 CNR International 22/27a-2 CNR International 3/07-3 CNR International 211/28-1A CNR International 3/03-8 CNR International 110/08a-4 Conocophillips (U.K.) 30/07a-10 Conocophillips (U.K.) 15/30-2 Conocophillips (U.K.) 110/02b-10 Conocophillips (U.K.) 110/02b-11 Conocophillips (U.K.) 30/13-3 Conocophillips (U.K.) 110/14-2 Conocophillips (U.K.) 42/29-6 Dana Petroleum plc. 211/22-1 Dana Petroleum plc. 210/24a-8 Dana Petroleum plc. 42/29-7 Dana Petroleum plc. 23/16d-6 Dana Petroleum plc. 211/13-1 Dana Petroleum plc. 211/08a-2 Dana Petroleum plc. 21/17-4 Dana Petroleum plc. 21/17-3 Dana Petroleum plc. 214/30-1 Dansk Olie OG Naturgas A/S 43/27-2 E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea 48/02-2 E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea 44/22c-9 E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea 113/28-2 Eclipse Energy Company 113/29-2 Eclipse Energy Company 43/08-1 Encore Petroleum Ltd. 30/25a-4 Endeavour International 12/27a-3 Endeavour International 12/27-1 Endeavour International 16/18-1 ENI UK Ltd. 16/23-4 ENI UK Ltd. 110/12a-1 Eog Resources Inc. 9/18a-15 Exxonmobil International 48/18a-4 Exxonmobil International 9/19-3 Exxonmobil International 9/19-4 Exxonmobil International 48/18c-5 Exxonmobil International 206/10a-1 Faroe Petroleum plc. 44/13-1 Gaz De France 44/27-1 Gaz De France 44/12-1 Gaz De France 44/29b-4 Gaz De France 44/16-1Z Gaz De France 22/24b-8 Gaz De France 16/08c-13 Genesis Petroleum Europe 53/01-3 Helix Energy Solutions 53/01a-13 Helix Energy Solutions 47/02-1 Hess Ltd. 204/28-1 Hurricane Exploration 12/21-2 Ithaca Energy Inc. 14/18b-7 Ithaca Energy Inc. 14/18-1 Ithaca Energy Inc. 14/18b-12 Ithaca Energy Inc. 205/26a-4 Lundin Petroleum BV 21/13b-lA Lundin Petroleum BV 211/28a-7 Lundin Petroleum BV 9/10b-1 Lundin Petroleum BV 9/15a-l Lundin Petroleum BV 2/05-10 Lundin Petroleum BV 30/02-1 Maersk Oil (UK) 30/14-1 Maersk Oil (UK) 4/26-1A Maersk Oil (UK) 22/27a-l Maersk Oil (UK) 15/20b-11 Maersk Oil (UK) 16/21d-31 Maersk Oil (UK) 103/01-1 Marathon Oil UK Ltd. 9/02-1 Masefield Energy Holdings 15/13-2 National Iranian Oil Co. 15/21b-47 Nexen Petroleum 15/21b-50 Nexen Petroleum 15/19-4 Nexen Petroleum 15/19-6 Nexen Petroleum 20/03-4 Nexen Petroleum 15/21a-7 Nexen Petroleum 21/02-1 Nexen Petroleum 21/02-2 Nexen Petroleum 21/15a-2 Nexen Petroleum 15/21a-51 Nexen Petroleum 15/21a-38Z Nexen Petroleum 15/23d-13 Nexen Petroleum 15/21a-46 Nexen Petroleum 22/22b-2 Nexen Petroleum 15/24a-4 Nippon Oil Corporation 21/20b-4 Noble Energy Europe 22/02-2 Oilexco Incorporated 22/14b-3 Oilexco Incorporated 49/18-5Z Perenco plc. 21/30-12 Perenco plc. 49/28-2 Perenco plc. 21/30-17 Perenco plc. 48/17b-3 Perenco plc. 48/11a-12 Perenco plc. 44/18a-5 Perenco plc. 12/21-3 Petro-Canada UK Holdings 15/18a-6 Petro-Canada UK Holdings 21/24-1 Petro-Canada UK Holdings 211/18-9 Petrofac Ltd. 29/07-1 Royal Dutch Shell 22/13a-2 Royal Dutch Shell 211/23-6 Royal Dutch Shell 22/23b-5 Royal Dutch Shell 22/29-2 Royal Dutch Shell 22/30a-16 Royal Dutch Shell 22/13a-1 Royal Dutch Shell 29/05a-1 Royal Dutch Shell 23/16b-1 Royal Dutch Shell 211/21-11 Royal Dutch Shell 29/09a-1 Royal Dutch Shell 29/10-4 Royal Dutch Shell 29/10-2 Royal Dutch Shell 30/06-3Z Royal Dutch Shell 48/19a-3 Royal Dutch Shell 29/03-1 Royal Dutch Shell 211/23b-11 Royal Dutch Shell 13/21a-lA Royal Dutch Shell 211/23b-12 Royal Dutch Shell 21/20a-5 Royal Dutch Shell 49/01-3 RWE DEA UK Holdings 43/20b-2 RWE DEA UK Holdings 14/15-2 Serica Energy 23/16a-2 Serica Energy 48/20b-6 Silverstone SNS Ltd. 48/25b-5 Silverstone SNS Ltd. 42/13-2 Sterling Resources 16/03a-11 Stratic Energy 16/02b-4 Stratic Energy 30/13-2 Talisman Energy Inc. 16/22-5 Talisman Energy Inc. 30/13-1 Talisman Energy Inc. 15/17-24 Talisman Energy Inc. 16/13a-2Z Talisman Energy Inc. 16/22-1 Talisman Energy Inc. 15/17-25 Talisman Energy Inc. 22/18-3 Talisman Energy Inc. 22/19-1 Talisman Energy Inc. 14/14-1 Talisman Energy Inc. 15/17-8A Talisman Energy Inc. 14/20-6Z Talisman Energy Inc. 15/17-26 Talisman Energy Inc. 3/30-3 Total E&P UK plc. 3/30a-4 Total E&P UK plc. 3/10b-1 Total E&P UK plc. 3/09a-11 Total E&P UK plc. 3/04-7 Total E&P UK plc. 206/01-2 Total E&P UK plc. 3/09a-8 Total E&P UK plc. 44/28d-5 Tullow UK 44/28-3 Tullow UK 49/03-3 Tullow UK 28/02-1 Venture Production 30/11b-4 Venture Production 49/10b-3 Venture Production 48/14-2 Venture Production 30/11b-3 Venture Production 29/09b-2 Venture Production 29/08a-3 Venture Production 29/06a-3 Venture Production 43/16-2 Venture Production 22/22c-3Z Venture Production 21/27-1A Venture Production 21/19-1A Venture Production 29/08b-2 Venture Production 44/19-3 Wintershall B.V. 9/03-1 Xcite Energy