Active_Sectors_Combined

"Sectors represent the geographic area for which a call for bids will take place in the scheduled land tenure system. Sectors will be identified at the beginning of the scheduled land tenure process, such that industry will have a known call for bids area with a long lead schedule, allowing additional time for exploration assessment. A sector will be posted via a Sector Identification announcement. Sectors will be configured by the C-NLOPB, based upon the Area of Interest nominations received from industry and assessment of lands by the Exploration Department. The C-NLOPB has considered the appropriate size of potential sectors, given the goals and process of the scheduled land tenure system. The size of a sector will be approximately 2 million hectares (ha) or 20 000 km2 and therefore will accommodate roughly nine, 800 section exploration licences (ELs) (the maximum EL size offered by the C-NLOPB). As such, sectors will be large relative to exploration prospects, existing fields and exploration licences. They will be designed to allow for multiple play and prospect types over an extensive geographical area. Sector boundaries will be considered “flexible” for the purpose of parcel design; such that parcels can extend beyond the edge of a sector to properly contain geological features in the subsurface."区块（Sectors）指在计划性土地权属体系中开展招标的地理区域。区块将在计划性土地权属流程启动之初完成划定，以便行业参与者能够提前知晓明确的招标区域，并获得充裕的勘探评估筹备时间。区块将通过区块识别公告予以公示。区块由C-NLOPB根据行业提交的利益区域提名以及勘探部门开展的土地评估结果进行划定。结合计划性土地权属体系的目标与流程，C-NLOPB已确定潜在区块的合理规模。单个区块的面积约为200万公顷（ha）或2万平方千米，可容纳约9块800平方英里的勘探许可证（ELs，Exploration Licences）——这是C-NLOPB提供的最大尺寸勘探许可证。据此，相较于勘探靶区、现有油田及勘探许可证，区块的规模相对更大。区块的设计初衷是覆盖广阔地理范围内的多种勘探层系与靶区类型。为开展地块设计，区块边界可视为“弹性边界”：地块范围可超出区块边缘，以完整涵盖地下地质特征。