Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Oil and Gas Fugitives) Methodology Determination 2015 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Oil and Gas Fugitives) Methodology Determination 2015 I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 4:8:2015

GREG HUNT

Greg Hunt Minister for the Environment

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Meaning of oil or gas facility 7 References to factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Oil or gas fugitives (RTF) projects 8 Oil or gas fugitives (RTF) projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—General requirements 9 Operation of this Division 10 General requirements Division 2—Additionality requirements 11 Requirement in lieu of newness requirement Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 12 Operation of this Part Division 2—Method for calculating net abatement amount 13 Summary 14 Net abatement amount Division 3—Method for calculating emissions Subdivision A—Calculation of emissions that would have occurred if project not undertaken 15 Emissions that would have occurred if project not undertaken Subdivision B—Calculation of emissions from flaring 16 Emissions from flaring 17 Emissions factor for a re‑routed gas quantity 18 Mass fraction of carbon dioxide in a re‑routed gas quantity Subdivision C—Other calculations relating to emissions 19 Re‑routed gas quantity 20 Density of a re‑routed gas quantity Division 4—Method for calculating sampling discount factor 21 Sampling discount factor 22 Sampling uncertainty Division 5—Method for calculating ancillary emissions 23 Ancillary emissions Part 5—Reporting, record‑keeping and monitoring requirements Division 1—Reporting requirements 24 Operation of this Division 25 Offsets report requirements Division 2—Record‑keeping requirements 26 Operation of this Division 27 Records of choices 28 Records relating to ancillary emissions 29 Records relating to historical sampling data Division 3—Monitoring requirements 30 Operation of this Division 31 Monitoring requirements—general 32 Monitoring requirements—monitored operating period 33 Monitoring requirements—fugitive leak measurement period 34 Monitoring requirements—use of historical sampling data 35 Consequences of not meeting requirement to monitor certain parameters