NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION LICENCE DESIGNATED TORRENTE RIZZUTO

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 387/07

In accordance with Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000, the company MAC OIL SpA, having its registered office at via Lucullo 11, 00187 Rome, Italy (Tax Code and VAT No 09409401008) and registered with Rome Chamber of Commerce (Economic and Administrative Index (REA) No 1160635), applied on 15 September 2011, with later additions submitted on 21 May 2012 and 19 October 2012, to the Regional Ministry of Energy and Public Utility Services, Via Ugo La Malfa 87/89, 90146 Palermo, Italy, the competent authority for granting mining rights in the Region of Sicily, for an oil and gas exploration licence, designated the ‘Torrente Rizzuto’ licence, in an area of 69 203,95 ha (692,04 km2) in the following municipalities of the Provinces of Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Enna: Campobello di Licata, Licata, Ravanusa (Agrigento), Butera, Gela, Mazzarino, Riesi (Caltanissetta), Barrafranca, Enna, Piazza Armerina, Pietraperzia (Enna). To the north, the area borders on the area covered by the ‘Friddani’ exploration licence (points B, C and D of the Torrente Rizzuto area), to the east it borders on the area covered by the ‘Passo di Piazza’ exploration licence (points E and F of the Torrente Rizzuto area), while to the south it surrounds the area covered by the ‘Costa del Sole’ exploration licence (points G, H, I, L, M, N and O of the Torrente Rizzuto area).

The perimeter of the area for which the licence is requested is an irregular polygon and is delineated by continuous lines between points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N and O.

The above mentioned points are defined as follows:

Geographical coordinates

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 6 months of the closing date for the submission of competing applications. In accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 94/22/EC, notice is also given that the criteria on the basis of which prospection licences, exploration licences and exploitation concessions are issued have already been published in Official Journal of the European Union 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 above mentioned Directive into Italian law, and were specified in Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000 (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 above mentioned Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000 and in the Standard Specifications issued in 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 Sicily Region 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, Italy, where they may be consulted by any interested party.