Barryroe Offshore Energy on 19 May 2023 received a letter from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications ("DECC") in relation to the Lease Undertaking Application.

The correspondence confirms that Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, not being satisfied with the financial capability of the Applicants, having been assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1960, the 2007 Licensing Terms and the Financial Capability Assessment Guidance, cannot grant the Lease Undertaking as sought.

This assessment has concluded that from a technical perspective the Barryroe Lease Undertaking application is satisfactory.

However the letter states that the applicants do not meet the Investment Cover criterion as required by the Financial Capability Assessment Guidance. Consequently, the SEL1/11 licensees have no rights over the acreage held under SEL1/11 as SEL1/11 expired on 13 July 2021.

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