Okay guys could I have your attention and more importantly your help please.....I'm no expert on all this just learning bits and bobs as I go! I have been looking at Coastal Oil & Gas's actual PEDL 251 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (which I note also includes their parent company Eden who have since changed their trading name) it's under this link, onshore PEDL 251
www.og.decc.gov.uk/web_files/recent_licences/oglicences.htm
I am bringing your attention to 2 points from their licence:
1) under INTERPRETATION paragraph 'PETROLEUM' it states "petroleum includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE COAL OR BITUMINOUS SHALES or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation" ........
Does this mean they are NOT licenced to enter the 7-14th kent strata layers...which I have also checked is not just the coal bed but is recorded on a geology map as our SHALE LAYERS. Why in the whole of their application does it not mention Shale layer and merely states coal beds, their diagrams 7.7 in their supporting statement on KCC website does not show the description of strata layers in detail, its a basic diagram! Compare it to a proper geology mapping of layers of kent strata and you can see the missing info.
2) right at the bottom of their licence under schedule clauses 4 and 12 FIRM COMMITMENT it states....." The licensee shall drill one well to a depth of 1000m" ".......why then do Guston have an application from CO&G to drill to 1200m??? Hence the extra 200m is the depths of the shale layer 7-14th kent strata......their licence does not cover them to drill this deep
Please tell me I'm not loosing the plot, I have spent what feels like an eternity trailing through documents and my brain feels like scrambled eggs!!!