Oil Retention Area. If the Appraisal of a Discovery of a Crude Oil Field demonstrates that the Discovery, although substantial, is not then, either alone or in combination with other Discoveries, commercially viable, but is likely to become so within five (5) years, the Designated Authority may in its absolute discretion, at the request of the Contractor, declare an Oil Retention Area in respect of it, or any part thereof, for that period on such terms and conditions as the Designated Authority considers appropriate.
Oil Retention Area. Except in relation to the Jahal Discovery or Kuda Tasi Discovery in which case this sub- Article does not apply, if the Appraisal of a Discovery of a Crude Oil Field demonstrates that the Discovery, although substantial, is not then, either alone or in combination with other Discoveries, commercially viable, but is likely to become so within five (5) years, the Designated Authority may in its absolute discretion, at the request of the Contractor, declare an Oil Retention Area in respect of it, or any part thereof, for that period on such terms and conditions as the Designated Authority considers appropriate.
