Txp8 May 2023 12:37
Is this the reason why the timeline for development gets put out.
6.2 Development
(A) Following appraisal of a Discovery, the Operator shall, as soon as practicable, submit to
the Parties a report containing the results of that appraisal and the Operator's
recommendation as to whether the Discovery has commercial potential, including an
explanation and the reasoning adopted in arriving at such recommendation. If the
Operating Committee determines that a Discovery is a Commercial Discovery, the
Operator shall, as soon as practicable, deliver to the Parties a Development Plan together
with the first annual Work Programme and Budget (or a multi-year Work Programme and
Budget pursuant to Article 6.5) and provisional Work Programmes and Budgets for the
remainder of the development of the Discovery, which shall contain, inter alia:
(1) details of the proposed work to be undertaken, personnel required and
expenditures to be incurred, including the timing of same, on a Calendar Year
basis;
(2) an estimated date for the commencement of production and production forecast
on a Calendar Year basis;
(3) a delineation of the proposed Exploitation Area; and
(4) any other information requested by the Operating Committee.