Total (20%) has exited onshore licences PEDL273, PEDL305 and PEDL316, with its 20% stake assigned to operator IGas, effective from 28 May 2020. IGas reported on 12 September 2019 that the three licences had received three year initial term extensions, alongside a handful of other onshore licences. 21 July 2016 in the 14th Landward Licensing Round. The licences are all unconventional - shale gas, in the East Midlands Province and have been extended to 20 July 2024. PEDL273 (SE31c & SE41e) has firm commitments to shoot 70 sq km of 3D seismic and drill a well to the shallower of 3,000m or 50m below the top Dinantian. PEDL305 (SK49 & SK59b) has firm commitments to shoot 70 sq km of 3D seismic and drill a well to the shallower of 2,250m or 50m below the top Dinantian. PEDL316 (SK87c, SK89e & SK88b) has firm commitments to shoot 70 sq km of 3D seismic and drill a well to the shallower of 2,000m or 50m below the top Dinantian. Totalâs exit is likely due to the current moratorium on unconventional operations introduced by the UK government on 1 November 2019. Licence partners are now Island Gas Ltd (IGas, 55% + Op), Egdon Resources UK Ltd (15%) and INEOS Upstream Ltd (30%). 
United Kingdom, Total (20%) has exited onshore licences PEDL273, PEDL305 and PEDL316, with its 20% stake assigned to operator Island Gas Ltd (IGas, 55% + Op), Egdon Resources UK Ltd (15%) and INEOS Upstream Ltd (30%).