Common use of Limitation on Applicability Clause in Contracts

Limitation on Applicability. (a) No operations may be conducted on the Contract Area except as Joint Operations under Article 6 or as Exclusive Operations under this Article 8. No Exclusive Operation shall be conducted which conflicts with a Joint Operation or which is in contravention of the Lease. (b) No Party may propose or conduct an Exclusive Operation under this Article 8, unless and until such Party has properly proposed such operation as a Joint Operation and such proposal has been rejected by the Operating Committee. (c) 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 Article 8 and subject to the approval of the Operating Committee. (d) No Party may propose or conduct an Exclusive Operation for the development of a Field within the Contract Area whose existence was known to the Parties on the Effective Date of this Agreement without unanimous consent of all Parties.