EN Official Journal of the European Union C 171/11

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION LICENCE DESIGNATED THE MASSERIA FRISELLA LICENCE

REGIONAL MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES — REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR HYDROCARBONS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (U.R.I.G.)

2012/C 171/08

On 17 August 2011, in accordance with Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000, Enel Longanesi Developments s.r.l., having its registered office at via Dalmazia 15, 00198 Rome, Italia (Tax Code and VAT No 10708691000) and registered with Rome Chamber of Commerce (Economic and Administrative Index (REA) No 1250942), applied to the Regional Ministry of Energy and Public Utility Services, Via Ugo La Malfa 87/89, 90146 Palermo, Italia, the competent authority for granting mining rights in the Region of Sicily, for an oil and gas exploration licence, designated the ‘Masseria Frisella’ licence, in an area of 68 166 ha (681,66 km2) in the following municipalities of the Provinces of Agrigento, Palermo and Trapani in Western Sicily: Montevago, Santa Margherita Belice, (Agrigento), Bisacquino, Campofiorito, Camporeale, Contessa Entellina, Corleone, Monreale, Partinico, Piana degli Albanesi, Roccamena, San Cipirello and San Giuseppe Jato (Palermo), Alcamo, Gibellina, Poggioreale and Salaparuta (Trapani). To the West, the area borders on the area covered by the oil and gas exploration licence designated ‘Vita’ held by Edison SpA and to the South, East and North it borders on free areas and has been voluntarily limited in the East so as not to affect the ‘Boschi Ficuzza e Cappelliere, Vallone Cerasa, Castagneti Mezzojuso’, ‘Rocca Busambra e Rocche di Rao’ and ‘Monti Barracù e Cardellia, Pizzo Cangialosi e Gole del Torrente Corleone’ Sites of Community Importance.

The perimeter of the area for which the licence is requested is an irregular, six-sided polygon and is delineated by continuous lines between points A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

The abovementioned points are defined as follows:

A. Point situated at spot elevation 295 metres above sea level (NW corner of C. Polizzi), SE of the built-up area of Alcamo, which coincides with point B of the ‘Vita’ oil and gas exploration licence held by Edison SpA;

B. Point situated at spot elevation 716 metres above sea level (SW corner of Masseria Rossella), about 5 km to the West of the built-up area of Marineo;

C. Point situated at spot elevation 609 metres above sea level (La Guglia), marked by a calcareous breccia obelisk around 1 km to the NW of the built-up area of Ficuzza;

D. Point situated at spot elevation 484 metres above sea level (northern corner of Masseria Magione) in the locality of Contrada Magione;

E. Point situated at spot elevation 366 metres above sea level (southern corner of Ponte Alvano) in the locality of Alvano;

F. Point situated 70 km along the SS 188 (milestone) in Contrada Calliala, to the NW of the built-up area of Montevago;

G. Point situated 2 km along the SP 19 (milestone) between Ruderi di Salaparuta and Salaparuta), which coincides with point C of the ‘Vita’ oil and gas exploration licence held by Edison SpA.

Geographical coordinates

Point Latitude N Longitude E (M. Mario) A 37° 58′ 07,64″ 00° 31′ 50,97″ B 37° 56′ 49,23″ 00° 53′ 52,36″ C 37° 53′ 26,33″ 00° 55′ 03,42″ D 37° 52′ 01,22″ 00° 49′ 30,87″ E 37° 44′ 11,62″ 00° 46′ 20,58″ F 37° 41′ 43,12″ 00° 31′ 13,28″ G 37° 46′ 24,84″ 00° 32′ 34,14″

Interested parties may submit an application for a licence for this area within 90 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union; applications received after that period will be declared inadmissible. The Decree granting the exploration licence will be issued within six months of the closing date for the submission of competing applications. As regards Article 5(1) of Directive 94/22/EC, notice is also given that the criteria on the basis of which prospection, exploration and production licences are granted have already been published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 396 of 19 December 1998, with reference to Legislative Decree of the President of the Republic No 625 of 25 November 1996 (published in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic No 293 of 14 December 1996), which transposes and implements the abovementioned Directive in Italian law, and were specified in Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000, cited above (published in Official Gazette of the Region of Sicily No 32 of 7 July 2000).

The conditions and requirements regarding the performance or cessation of activities are laid down in the abovementioned Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000 and in the Standard Specifications issued by Decree No 91 of 30 October 2003 and Decree No 88 of 20 October 2004 of the Regional Minister for Industry and published in Official Gazette of the Region of Sicily Part I, No 49 of 14 November 2003 and Part I, No 46 of 5 November 2004, respectively.

The application documents have been deposited at the Regional Office for Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy of the Regional Department of Industry and Mining at Via Ugo La Malfa 101, 90146 Palermo, Italia, where they may be consulted by any interested party.