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a statement of the areas in which any geological work, including surveys by any geophysical, topographic or chemical means, has been carried out;

the number assigned to each well, and in the case of any well the drilling of which was begun or the number of which was changed in that month, the co-ordinates of the site thereof;

a statement of the depth drilled in each well; and

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a statement of any petroleum, water, mines or workable seams of coal or other minerals having economic value encountered in the course of the said operations.

Within two months after the end of each calendar year in which this licence is in force and within two months after the expiration or determination of this licence the licensee shall furnish to the Petroleum Authority a return in a form from time to time approved by the Petroleum Authority of the operations conducted by him in the exploration area during that year or the period prior to such expiration or determination as the case may be together with a plan upon a scale approved by the Petroleum Authority showing the situation of all wells.

The licensee shall also indicate on the said plan all works executed by him in connection with searching for petroleum.

The licensee shall furnish to the Petroleum Authority such other information, including information in the form of maps and plans, as to progress of his operations in the exploration area as the Petroleum Authority may from time to time require.

Notification of discovery of petroleum