Common use of Limitation on Applicability Clause in Contracts

Limitation on Applicability. (a) No operations may be conducted in furtherance of the Contract except as Joint Operations under Article 5 or as Exclusive Operations under this Clause 7. No Exclusive Operation shall be conducted which conflicts with a Joint Operation. (b) Operations which are required to fulfil the Minimum Work Obligations must be proposed and conducted as Joint Operations under Clause 5, and may not be proposed or conducted as Exclusive Operations under this Clause 7. Except for Exclusive Operations relating to Deepening, Testing, Completing, Sidetracking, Plugging Back, Recompletions or Reworking of a well originally drilled to fulfil the Minimum Work Obligations, no Exclusive Operations may be proposed or conducted until the Minimum Work Obligations are fulfilled. (c) No Party may propose or conduct an Exclusive Operation under this Clause 7, unless and until such Party has properly exercised its right to propose an Exclusive Operation pursuant to Clause 5.13, or is entitled to conduct an Exclusive Operation pursuant to Clause 10. (d) Any operation that may be proposed and conducted as a Joint Operation, other than operations pursuant to an approved Development Plan, may be proposed and conducted as an Exclusive Operation, subject to the terms of this Clause 7.