Ministerial Regulation No. 9 prescribing rules, procedures and conditions on area reservation issued under the provisions of the Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (No. 9 of B.E. 2514)

1. Areas which the concessionaire may reserve under the first paragraph of Section 45 shall be those areas which the concessionaire himself has not yet relinquished and which are contiguous to his production areas. If the concessionaire wishes to reserve areas which are not contiguous to his production areas, he shall seek a written permission of the Director- General. The concessionaire is required to define each area he wishes to reserve under paragraph 1 hereof in shape of a polygon by clearly indicating its geographical co-ordinates, and each polygon shall be of substantial size capable to enclose a circular area of eight hundred metres In radius.

2. The concessionaire shall express his wishes to reserve areas to the Director- General in accordance with the Form DMR/P4 annexed hereto prior to the date of termination of the petroleum exploration period.

3. Within seven days from the date he received a written confirmation of the Director- General as to the amount of his reserved areas. the concessionaire shall pay the surface reservation fee for the first year in relation to the amount of the areas to be reserved. For the following years, the concessionaire shall pay the surface reservation fee prior to the starting date of each year thereof. In the case where the concessionaire has been awarded additional production area within his reserved areas, or where he has relinquished parts of his reserved areas, the surface reservation fee for the subsequent year shall be calculated on only those part to be retained.

4. The concessionaire who wishes to receive a refund of the reservation fee for any year by virtue of the first paragraph of Section 46 shall submit to the Director-General an application in accordance with the Form DMR/P5 annexed hereto within three months from the date of termination of that year. Given on this 13th Day of September B.E. 2514 Signature Pote Sarasin Minister of National Development