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<strong>Nautical</strong> Petroleum plc <strong>Annual</strong> report <strong>and</strong> accounts 2010<br />

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Notes to the financial statements continued<br />

3. Turnover <strong>and</strong> segmental information continued<br />

Geographical information<br />

The Group’s geographical segments are the United Kingdom <strong>and</strong> Europe. The following tables present certain asset information<br />

regarding the Group’s geographical segments.<br />

2010 2009<br />

Revenue from external customers £’000 £’000<br />

United Kingdom 68 25<br />

2010 2009<br />

Non-current assets £’000 £’000<br />

United Kingdom 54,617 49,208<br />

Europe 994 926<br />

55,611 50,134<br />

Non-current assets for this purpose consist of intangible assets <strong>and</strong> property, plant <strong>and</strong> equipment.<br />

Information about major customers<br />

Revenue from oil sales is generated from only one customer.<br />

4. Operating loss<br />

2010 2009<br />

Operating loss is stated after charging: £’000 £’000<br />

Exploration <strong>and</strong> evaluation: gain* – (491)<br />

Exploration <strong>and</strong> evaluation: expense<br />

− Exploration costs written off (see note 12) 232 4,057<br />

− Pre licence expenditure 431 469<br />

Impairment of extended well test equipment – 2,376<br />

Depreciation <strong>and</strong> depletion of property, plant <strong>and</strong> equipment 17 78<br />

Foreign exchange losses on conditional payments 369 660<br />

Other foreign exchange gains (237) (1,146)<br />

* Gains from farmout of 8/25a Selkie well.<br />

5. Auditors’ remuneration<br />

2010 2009<br />

£’000 £’000<br />

Audit of the Group accounts 60 52<br />

Audit of the Company’s accounts 7 6<br />

67 58<br />

Other fees to auditors:<br />

Audit of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation 17 15<br />

Other services pursuant to legislation 27 29<br />

Taxation services 60 49<br />

104 93<br />

6. Information regarding Directors’ emoluments<br />

Aggregate Directors’ emoluments, which exclude pensions, are £725K (2009: £753K). The emoluments of the highest paid Director<br />

were £279K (2009: £331K). In addition he received contributions to a defined contribution pension scheme of £21K (2009: £13K).<br />

Further information is included in the Remuneration report.<br />

7. Employees<br />

Headcount<br />

2010 2009<br />

Number Number<br />

Average number of employees of the Group (including Executive Directors) during the year was:<br />

Management 3 3<br />

Technical staff/support/other 3 2

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