Transcript - International Pavilion

Exploration & Production
in France
Evolution of onshore and offshore acreages
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Overseas France
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Modern history of oil & gas in France
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Organisation
Ministry of Economy, Finances and
Industry
General Directorate for Energy and Raw
Materials (DGEMP)
M. Dominique Maillard
Directorate for Energy and Mineral
Resources (DIREM)
Mme Galey-Leruste
Hydrocarbon resources department
Oil & Gas E&P
in France
Carole Mercier
Oil & Gas R&D
Oil & Gas supply
Philippe Geiger
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BEPH
Participation, in association with other departments, in the
procedures for review of oil and gas prospecting and production
titles (1)
[technical assessment, arbitration in the event of competition]
Advising oil companies on the preparation of their applications
Updating of the oil and gas database of French subsoil, by collecting
from the operating companies all data related to oil and gas
exploration and production activity
Giving access to public data
and information
Promoting French
oil and gas acreage
(1)
and also gas, oil products and chemicals
underground storage sites
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Exploration permit awarding process
Application possible at any time,
provided the chosen area is free
(no exploration permit, no production title)
Application reviewed
at the central and at the local levels
Competition process
90 days after publication of application
in the EU Official Journal
Duration : > one year
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Awarding process diagram
for an exploration permit (onshore)
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COMPETITION (90 days)
BEGINNING OF PERMIT
(3) Directeur des Ressources Energétiques et Minérales
(4) CGM : Conseil Général des Mines
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Exploration permit terms - 1
 Three periods possible, 3 to 5 years per period
 Area reduction compulsory at each renewal :
– 50% at first renewal, 25% at second renewal
 Relinquished areas freely chosen by owner(s)
 Right of renewal conditioned by fulfillment of financial
commitments
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Exploration permit terms - 2
 No area limitation (grid pattern in “decigrades”)
 No rental fees
 Farm-in/Farm-out possibility
 Exclusive right to apply for a production concession
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Oil and gas production
specific tax system - 1
 Progressive Mining Royalty
 Local Mining taxes
 No surface rentals
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Oil and gas production
specific tax system - 2
 Progressive Mining Royalty for new fields (according
to annual production)
– oil : 0 (< 50,000 tons) to 12% (> 300,000 tons) of
wellhead value,
– gas : 0 (< 300 million cum) to 5% (> 300 million cum) of
wellhead value.
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Oil and gas production
specific tax system - 3
 Local Mining taxes (2004 rates)
– paid to local communities and « départements »
(regional administrative division)
– oil (new fields) : 2.17 euros/ t to local communities,
2.76 euros/ t to « département » (resp. 0.35 and 0.44
US$/bbl) (*)
– gas (new fields) : 0.628 euros/1000 cum to local
communities, 0.794 euros/1000 cum to
« département » (resp. 17.8 to 22.5 US$/Mcuft) (*)
(*) for 1 euro = 1.2 US$ and 1 t # 7.5 bbl
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BEPH publications
 Annual report
 Oil and gas acreage map
 Monthly bulletin
 Well and seismic base maps (on request)
 Web site - http://www.beph.net/
 CD-Rom
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Availablity of seismic data
 10 years confidentiality period for raw data
 Processed and interpreted data remaining confidential
 Possibility to view sections for quality check
 Part of data stored by BEPH, but main part stored by the
companies (mainly TOTAL, ESSO Rep)
 Database (ACCESS + Mapinfo GIS)
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Availability of well data
 Complete collection of well reports and logs at BEPH
 Confidentiality :
– 10 years for offshore and field wells
– immediately released for onshore exploration wells
 Database (ACCESS + Mapinfo GIS)
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Key figures on BEPH database
 Seismic data :
– raw data : number of media : 5,000 +
– paper reports (field reports) : 2,000
– seismic sections (confidential) : 26,000
 Well data :
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well project reports (confidential) : 4,000
final well reports : 4,000
final composite logs : 4,800
well logs : 28,000 rolls
well cuttings : 8,500 boxes
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Mapinfo consultation
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CD-Rom
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