U.K. announces offshore license awards

U.K 18th Offshore Licensing Round Awards Chart [105,000 bytes] The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry has awarded 78 North Sea blocks close to existing infrastructure under its 18th offshore licensing round. Announcing the awards, John Battle, energy and industry minister, said the awards were made to a total of 44 companies, of which 22 are operators of one or more blocks (see table, this page). "The applications," said Battle, "showed that companies are still thinking creatively and