21 Bloomsbury
London WC1B 3HF
Helen Chuntso
By email to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Our ref: FOI-2018-0048
25 September 2018
Dear Ms Chuntso,
Thank you for your email
of 28 August 2018, in which you requested the following
information:
“
Dear Oil and Gas Authority,
I note from the following guidance you sent to me which is available at:
https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F
4693%2Fmarch-2018_consolidated-onshore-guidance-
compendium_vfinal.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cfoirequests%40ogauthority.co.uk%7C3b6738f80a4e4e57b9e
708d60cca1ebe%7Ce681c59d868e488780face36f1f21b0f%7C0%7C0%7C636710459571542472&sdata=e
NYgXejSf9aU3L9xf10MY7dN09qHAuDlqCfqzE0afiM%3D&reserved=0
that p21 states that you require :
'A Board letter confirming scope of insurance or availability of necessary funds for any required remedial work'
Therefore, as per your previous response :
https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatdotheyknow.com%2Freque
st%2Fcuadrilla_insurance%23incoming-
1145265&data=02%7C01%7Cfoirequests%40ogauthority.co.uk%7C3b6738f80a4e4e57b9e708d60cca1ebe
%7Ce681c59d868e488780face36f1f21b0f%7C0%7C0%7C636710459571542472&sdata=ixTOulkzX%2F5Lk
zuFdgxvwah3UO4hrVjN248xSvVFkAI%3D&reserved=0
to my initial request
https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatdotheyknow.com%2Freque
st%2Fcuadrilla_insurance%23outgoing-
745792&data=02%7C01%7Cfoirequests%40ogauthority.co.uk%7C3b6738f80a4e4e57b9e708d60cca1ebe
%7Ce681c59d868e488780face36f1f21b0f%7C0%7C0%7C636710459571542472&sdata=i7bf%2FxIXsu2fZyl
T%2FWOGXY0SRvkih05p%2ByIRgV2Njw8%3D&reserved=0
I now make request the following information.
Oil and Gas Authority is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 09666504 and VAT registered number 249433979. Our registered
office is at 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 3HF.
For information about how we process data and monitor communications please see our Data Protection Statement and for terms of use please see our Terms and
Conditions, both available on our website.
1) Please provide a copy of all email communications between OGA and Cuadrilla (Resources), detailing
Cuadrilla's provision of the company insurance, to include
i) the dates of all communications
ii) the extent of the policy cover - including the total total liability covered
iii) any exclusions to the policy.
2) Please detail and explain how the insurance criteria of 'Energy Package - including Onshore Property and
Operator's Extra Expense Public Liability, Pollution Liability and Products Liability Excess Public Liability, Excess
Pollution Liability and Excess Product Liability'
provides cover for
i)third party liability,
ii) environmental liability
iii) loss of well control
Please provide confirmation
3) that you are satisfied that the insurance criteria on PEDL 165 are met by the operator
4) that 'an additional £40M limit for any one occurrence or series of occurrences' is satisfactory, (if this is still
the 2018 limit).”
Your request is being considered under the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (‘the EIRs’) on the basis that the information you have sought disclosure of,
does in our view, fall within the definition of ‘environmental information’ as stated in
the EIRs.
However, to the extent that any of the information requested may not be
environmental, we have also considered your requests under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Accordingly, your requests have been dealt with under
the terms of the EIRs and the FOIA
We are writing to advise you that the time limit for responding to your request for
information needs to be extended.
Under the EIRs, we are required to respond to requests as soon as possible, and in
any case no later than 20 working days after receiving a request. However, by
regulation 7 the period of 20 working days may be extended up to a total of 40
working days if we reasonably believe that the complexity and volume of the
information requested means that it is impractical to comply with a request within the
earlier period or to make a decision to refuse to do so.
In respect of your request, we believe that regulation 7 applies. Therefore, although
we shall not be able to respond fully to your request within the 20 working day
period, we shall do so as soon as possible within the extended period.
Oil and Gas Authority is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 09666504 and VAT registered number 249433979. Our registered
office is at 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 3HF.
For information about how we process data and monitor communications please see our Data Protection Statement and for terms of use please see our Terms and
Conditions, both available on our website.
Under the FOIA a public authority is also permitted to extend the period of time in
which to reply when it is necessary to consider a test of the public interest.
We hope to provide you with a response by 23 October 2018
.
Yours sincerely,
Strategy Directorate
Oil and Gas Authority is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 09666504 and VAT registered number 249433979. Our registered
office is at 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 3HF.
For information about how we process data and monitor communications please see our Data Protection Statement and for terms of use please see our Terms and
Conditions, both available on our website.