Oil and Gas Authority
21 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3HF
24 January 2019
Dear
,
PEDL137 Retention Area (“RA”) Work Programme
Due to a significant delay in the grant of necessary regulatory consents for the Horse Hill-1 (“HH-1”) extended
well test (“EWT”), the subject RA’s timelines require minor amendment. The delay was beyond HHDL’s
immediate control.
The original RA programme required HHDL to commence the HH-1 EWT by 30 September 2017, subject to
planning permission and other regulatory approvals. However, planning consent was not granted until 1
November 2017, with pre-commencement conditions finally waived by SCC in March 2018. The subsequent
OGA consent timeline was therefore also pushed back, with consent finally granted for the HH-1
recompletion and EWT on 14 June 2018. HHDL commenced the HH-1 EWT as soon as practicable some 10
days later, on 25 June 2018.
Consequently, as the EWT is still ongoing, this has also had a knock-on effect to subsequent drilling at Horse
Hill. The programme’s original HH-2 drilling start date was 30 September 2018, following completion of the
estimated six month duration EWT.
Given the above, HHDL hereby requests that OGA amend the RA programme as follows:
• Commence the HH-1 EWT by 30 September 2018
• Commence drilling of both HH-2 and HH-1z by 30 September 2019
The other timelines within the RA programme would remain unchanged.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Sanderson
Director
1 Farnham Rd, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4RG
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