The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate announced in early January 2019 that an application was made for the G16c & M1b exploration licence. ONE-Dyas was revealed as the applicant after no competing bids were received. On 9 March 2020 the Dutch Ministry announced that the licence had been granted, effective from 6 March 2020. The G16c block has an area of 176 sq km and the M1b licence has an area of 193 sq km.  A total of four exploration wells have been drilled between 1985 and 1996 in the area covered by the application. Three wells were in the G16c block and one was drilled in M1b block. All of the wells were dry holes. In the adjacent block to the south of M1b is the M1a production licence which contains the M1-A gas field. It was discovered in 1993 with the M1-2 well. Its reservoir is below 3,918 m in Scythian Lower Volpriehausen Sandstone Member. The discovery was successfully appraised with the M1-3 well in 1998 and the decision to develop the field was taken in 2006. The G16a block, adjacent to the north of G16c, contains for producing fields: G16a-A, G16a-B, G16a-C and G16a-D. The fields were discovered between 1985 and 2012 and the reservoirs are in reservoirs between a depth of 2,460 m and 3,010 m.    The licence is held by ONE-Dyas BV (60% + operator) and Energie Beheer Nederland BV (40%).
Explo rights were granted to ONE-Dyas op. (EBN) over licence G16c & M1b