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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011

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Department of Industry, Science and Resources

This item is authorised by the following title:

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

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F2025C00588 (C18)

12 June 2025

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
- 1.01 Name of Regulations
- 1.04 Objects of Parts 2 to 4 and 6 to 13
- 1.04A Object of Part 5
- 1.05 Definitions
- 1.06 Meaning of excluded information
Part 2—Notification and reporting of discovery of petroleum
- Division 1—Petroleum titleholders
- Division 2—Greenhouse gas titleholders
Part 3—Title assessment reports
- 3.01 Application
- 3.02 Definition
- 3.03 Requirement to provide annual title assessment report
- 3.04 Reports may be combined with permission
- 3.05 Title assessment report for part of a year
- 3.06 Information to be provided in annual title assessment report—petroleum exploration permit
- 3.07 Information to be provided in annual title assessment report—petroleum retention lease
- 3.08 Information to be provided in annual title assessment report—petroleum production licence
- 3.09 Information to be provided in annual title assessment report—greenhouse gas assessment permit
- 3.10 Information to be provided in annual title assessment report—greenhouse gas holding lease
Part 4—Field development plans and approvals of petroleum recovery
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 4.01 Definitions
- Division 2—Field development plan requirements for petroleum production licensees
  - 4.02 Requirement to have an accepted field development plan
  - 4.03 Requirement to undertake activities in accordance with accepted field development plan
- Division 3—Obtaining acceptance of field development plan
- Division 4—Variation of field development plan
- Division 5—Recovery of petroleum before field development plan is accepted
  - 4.14 Application for approval to undertake recovery of petroleum without accepted field development plan
  - 4.15 Decision on application
- Division 6—Transitional provisions about field development plans
  - 4.16 Events that occurred on or before the commencement of these Regulations
- Division 7—Approval of rate of recovery of petroleum
  - 4.17 Requirement to obtain approval of rate of recovery of petroleum
  - 4.18 Application for approval of rate of recovery from pool in licence area
- Division 8—Requirement to notify significant event
  - 4.19 Requirement to notify significant event to Joint Authority
Part 5—Well operations management plans and well activities
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—Requirements—well operations management plan
  - 5.04 Requirement to have well operations management plan in force
  - 5.05 Requirement to undertake activities in accordance with well operations management plan
- Division 3—Obtaining acceptance of well operations management plan
- Division 4—Revision of well operations management plan
- Division 5—End of well operations management plan
  - 5.17 Plan ends when well permanently abandoned
- Division 6—Withdrawal of acceptance of well operations management plan
- Division 7—Information about specific well activities
- Division 8—Incidents, reports and records
- Division 9—Role of Titles Administrator
  - 5.28 Requirement for titleholder and NOPSEMA to give copies of documents to Titles Administrator
  - 5.29 Requirement for responsible Commonwealth Minister to give copy of direction to NOPSEMA
- Division 9A—Application of this Part if a remedial direction is in force
  - 5.29A Application of this Part if a remedial direction is in force
- Division 10—Transitional provisions
Part 6—Authorisation of petroleum titleholders to conduct greenhouse gas exploration
- 6.01 Application of Part
- 6.02 Definitions
- 6.03 Requirement to notify about authorised activity in title area
- 6.04 Authorisation of petroleum exploration permittee
- 6.05 Authorisation of petroleum retention lessee
- 6.06 Authorisation of petroleum production licensee
Part 7—Data management—petroleum titleholders
- Division 1—Requirements for keeping information
- Division 2—Requirements for collection and retention of cores, cuttings and samples
- Division 3—Requirements for giving reports and samples
Part 8—Release of technical information about petroleum
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 8.01 Definitions
- Division 2—Classification of documentary information
- Division 3—Release of documentary information
- Division 4—Release of petroleum mining samples
Part 9—Data management—greenhouse gas titleholders
- Division 1—Requirements to keep information
- Division 2—Requirements for collection and retention of cores, cuttings and samples
- Division 3—Requirements for giving reports and samples
Part 10—Release of technical information about greenhouse gas
- Division 1—Preliminary
  - 10.01 Definitions
- Division 2—Classification of documentary information
- Division 3—Release of documentary information
- Division 4—Release of eligible samples
Part 11—Fees
- 11.01 Fees in relation to applications etc.
Part 11A—Giving documents
- 11A.01 Giving documents
- 11A.02 Giving documents to Joint Authority
- 11A.02A Giving documents to Cross boundary Authority
- 11A.03 Giving documents to responsible Commonwealth Minister
- 11A.04 Giving documents to 2 or more registered holders of a petroleum title
- 11A.05 Giving documents to 2 or more registered holders of a greenhouse gas title
Part 11B—Regulations prescribed for particular provisions of Act
- 11B.01 Regulations prescribed for particular provisions of Act
Part 12—Miscellaneous
- 12.01 Form of instrument of transfer
- 12.02 Prescribed details for supplementary instrument for approval of dealing
- 12.03 Survey of wells, structures or equipment
- 12.04 Notice of route followed by pipeline
- 12.05 Requirement to give notice of pipeline incident
- 12.06 Requirement to provide written report about pipeline incident
- 12.07 Requirement for notice of geophysical or geological survey
- 12.08 Requirement to give notice of actions for Royalty Act purposes
Part 13—Application and transitional provisions
- Division 1—Transitional arrangements—Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Regulation 2013
- Division 2—Application provision relating to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2016
  - 13.04 Application provision—Amendments made by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2016
- Division 3—Application provision relating to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2024
  - 13.05 Application provision—amendments made by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2024
Schedule 1—Initial well completion data
Schedule 2—Final well completion data
Schedule 3—Survey acquisition data
- Part 1—For seismic surveys
- Part 2—For other surveys
Schedule 4—Processed survey data
- Part 1—For 2D seismic surveys
- Part 2—For 3D seismic surveys
- Part 3—For other surveys
Schedule 5—Interpretative survey data
Schedule 6—Application fees etc.
- Part 1—Fees in relation to applications
- Part 2—Fees for greenhouse gas applications
  - Division 1—Fees payable under section 427 of the Act
    - 4 Application fees payable under section 427 of the Act
  - Division 2—Fees payable under section 565A of the Act
    - 5 Application fees payable under section 565A of the Act
Schedule 7—Transfer of title
Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history