Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015 Western Australia Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Objects of regulations 1 4. Terms used 3 Part 2 — Surveys 5. Requirement for approval of survey 6 6. Application for approval of survey 6 7. Time for making application 7 8. Minister may request more information 7 9. Decision on application 7 Part 3 — Management of well activities Division 1 — Well management plan Subdivision 1 — Requirements relating to approved well management plan 10. Requirement to have approved well management plan 9 11. Requirement to undertake well activity in accordance with approved well management plan 10 Subdivision 2 — Obtaining approval of well management plan 12. Application for approval of well management plan 11 13. Decision on well management plan 12 14. Notice of decision 13 15. Date on which well management plan takes effect 13 16. Criteria for approval of well management plan 13 17. Content of well management plan 14 18. Status of well management plan 15 Subdivision 3 — Revision of well management plan 19. Application for approval of revision of well management plan 15 20. Application for approval of revision required in certain circumstances 16 21. Decision on application for approval of revision 16 22. Notice of decision 17 23. Date on which revision takes effect 17 24. Revision required by Minister 18 25. Objection to requirement to revise approved well management plan 18 26. Decision on objection 19 27. Title holder required to comply with notice 19 Subdivision 4 — Termination of well management plan 28. Termination of well management plan 20 Subdivision 5 — Withdrawal of approval of well management plan 29. Reasons for withdrawal of approval 20 30. Notice of proposal to withdraw approval 20 31. Decision to withdraw approval 21 32. Relationship between withdrawal and other provisions 22 Division 2 — Control of hazards and risks 33. Requirement to control well integrity hazard or risk 22 Part 4 — Discovery assessment reports 34. Application of Part 23 35. Minister may request additional information for discovery assessment report 23 36. Requirement to provide discovery assessment report 24 Part 5 — Annual assessment reports 37. Requirement to provide annual assessment report 26 38. Reports may be combined 26 39. Assessment report for part of year 27 Part 6 — Field management plans for petroleum recovery Division 1 — Preliminary 40. Terms used 28 Division 2 — Field management plan requirements 41. Requirement to have approved field management plan 28 42. Requirement to undertake well activity in accordance with approved field management plan 29 Division 3 — Obtaining approval of field management plan 43. Application for approval of field management plan 29 44. Decision on field management plan 29 45. Notice of decision 30 46. Date on which field management plan takes effect 30 47. Criteria for approval of field management plan 30 48. Content of field management plan 31 Division 4 — Revision of approved field management plan 49. Application for approval of revision of field management plan 31 50. Application for approval of revision required before major change 31 51. Decision on application for approval of revision 32 52. Notice of decision 33 53. Date on which revision takes effect 33 54. Revision required by Minister 33 55. Objection to requirement to revise approved field management plan 34 56. Decision on objection 35 57. Requirement to comply with notice 35 Division 5 — Recovery of petroleum before field management plan approved 58. Application for approval to undertake recovery of petroleum without approved field management plan 36 59. Decision on application 36 60. Notice of decision on application 37 61. Permitted period 37 Part 7 — Other matters relating to petroleum or geothermal energy recovery 62. Requirement to notify Minister of significant event 38 63. Content of geothermal energy recovery development plan 39 Part 8 — Data management Division 1 — Preliminary 64. Term used: operation 40 Division 2 — Requirements for keeping information 65. Requirement to securely retain information 40 66. Requirement to retain information so that retrieval is reasonably practicable 40 Division 3 — Requirements for collection and retention of cores, cuttings and samples 67. Requirement to securely retain core, cutting or sample 41 68. Requirement to retain core, cutting or sample in Australia 41 69. Requirement to return core, cutting or sample to Australia 41 70. Requirement to provide report about overseas analysis of core, cutting or sample 42 71. Requirement to retain core, cutting or sample so that retrieval is reasonably practicable 42 Division 4 — Requirements for giving reports and samples Subdivision 1 — Reports about well activities 72. Daily well activity report 43 73. Final well activity report and data 43 74. Well completion report and data 44 Subdivision 2 — Reports about surveys 75. Weekly survey report 45 76. Survey acquisition report and data 45 77. Survey processing report and data 46 78. Survey interpretation report and data 48 Subdivision 3 — Production reports 79. Monthly production report from licensee 49 Subdivision 4 — Cores, cuttings and samples 80. Requirement to give core, cutting or sample 50 Part 9 — Release of technical information about petroleum and geothermal energy resources Division 1 — Preliminary 81. Terms used 54 82. Meaning of excluded information 56 Division 2 — Classification of documentary information 83. Meaning of permanently confidential information 58 84. Meaning of interpretative information 59 85. Classification dispute notice 60 86. Making an objection 63 87. Consideration of objection 63 88. When objection ceases to be in force 64 Division 3 — Release of documentary information 89. Purpose of Division 64 90. Release of open information about survey or well 64 91. Release of basic disclosable information 64 92. Release of interpretative disclosable information 68 93. Release of documentary information: prior availability or consent 69 94. Fees for documentary information 69 94A. Release of documentary information to Director General of Finance for royalties activities 70 Division 4 — Release of mining samples 95. Purpose of Division 72 96. Release of mining samples after relevant day 72 97. Release of mining samples: prior availability or consent 73 98. Fees for inspection of mining sample 74 Part 10 — Transitional provisions 99. Terms used 75 100. Existing surveys 75 101. Existing well activities 75 102. Existing recovery operations 76 Schedule 1 — Well management plan Schedule 2 — Annual assessment report Division 1 — Required information: permittee or holder of drilling reservation Division 2 — Required information: lessee Division 3 — Required information: licensee Schedule 3 — Field management plan Schedule 4 — Geothermal energy recovery development plan Schedule 5 — Daily well activity report Schedule 6 — Final well activity data Schedule 7 — Final well activity report Schedule 8 — Well completion data Schedule 9 — Well completion report Schedule 10 — Weekly survey report Schedule 11 — Survey acquisition data Division 1 — Seismic surveys Division 2 — Other surveys Schedule 12 — Survey acquisition report Schedule 13 — Processed survey data Division 1 — 2D seismic surveys Division 2 — 3D seismic surveys Division 3 — Other surveys Schedule 14 — Survey processing report Schedule 15 — Interpretative survey data Schedule 16 — Survey interpretation report Schedule 17 — Monthly production report Division 1 — Information for petroleum licensee Division 2 — Information for geothermal licensee Notes Compilation table 118 Defined terms Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2015