Department of Trade and Industry

THE OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND PIPE-LINES (ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS) REGULATIONS 1999 AND PETROLEUM ACT 1998

Pursuant to Regulations 5(8) of the above Regulations, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry hereby gives notice that being content that the requirements of the above Regulations have been satisfied, consent has been granted to the Operator listed below to the getting of petroleum, the drilling of a well or construction of installations and pipelines. This is subject to the Operators conducting operations in accordance with the relevant environmental statement or any supplementary information provided.

DTI	Operator	Project	Quad/	Environmental	Date
Number	Title	Block	Statement	Review
Received	Completed
W/3451/	Ithaca	Basil	12/21c	November	01/03/07
2006	Energy	Exploration	2006
UK Limited	Well

Having regard to the environmental statements prepared in respect of the projects and the comments received from those consulted, the Secretary of State has assessed the project as not likely to have significant effects on the environment and that adequate mitigations of any potential environmental impacts, are presented in the environmental statement.

Copies of the details of the decisions made can be obtained by e-mailing the Environmental Management Team - emt@dti.gsi.gov.uk