Owners of an oil field are seeking to keep it in place for a further 10 years so they can apply to expand it.
Waddock Cross oil field, near Affpuddle, Dorset, closed in 2014 but Egdon Resources is seeking to extend its licence which expires on Thursday.
The firm said it was planning a separate application to drill new boreholes for “appraisal and oil production”.
Egdon Resources plc (LON:EDR) is an independent onshore focused oil and gas exploration and production business. An established oil and gas exploration and production business with 41 licences in proven oil and gas producing basins in the UK.