DECC: online well application

for <96 hr testing

DECC checks with

HSE/EA/SEPA before issuingwell consent

DECC: 90-day extended well test (EWT), if required, setting limit on hydrocarbons produced, vented or flared.

DECC: award of exclusive Petroleum Exploration & Development Licence after open competition

Local Authority Planning Permission

HSE Notification

EA/SEPA • Notices• Abstraction licences• Discharge and radioactive substances

regulations permits

EA/SEPA Statutory Consultee

Exploration Well

Steps through the regulatory process - exploration

Exploration Well success

Commercial development

EA/SEPA StatutoryConsultee

Local Authority Planning Permission

DECC: Field Development Plan

DECC checks with HSE/EA/SEPA , before issuing

Field Development

Consent, setting production, vent and flare limits

HSE Notification

EA/SEPA • Notices• Abstraction licences• Discharge and radioactive

substances regulations permits

Steps through the regulatory process - development