The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) said it received a ‘great response’ to the United Kingdom’s latest offshore licensing round. The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has received a ‘great response’ to the United Kingdom’s latest offshore licensing round, the regulator confirmed on its Twitter page Wednesday. Ninety-six applications, covering 239 blocks, were submitted in the main oil and gas producing areas of the UK Continental Shelf for the 30 th Offshore Licensing Round. Applications were received from 68 companies, ranging from multinationals to new country entrants. Great response to the UKCS #30thround with 96 applications from 68 companies #revitalisingexploration #MERUK https://t.co/HKngOxikIc pic.twitter.com/fWMbnNGeqx — Oil & Gas Authority (@OGAuthority) 22 November 2017 The Licensing Round, which closed on November 21, offered participants the chance to acquire acreage in the UKCS’s main basins, including the Southern, Central and Northern North Sea, the West of Shetland and East Irish Sea, with […]