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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