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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F2025C01206 C19

29 November 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
- Division 4—Application and transitional provisions relating to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Amendment (Release of Documentary Information) Regulations 2025
  - 13.06 Application and transitional provisions—petroleum
  - 13.07 Application and transitional provisions—greenhouse gas
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

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