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  • Judith-2 Exploration Drilling

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Emperor Energy are planning to drill a single exploration and appraisal well known as Judith-2 in Petroleum Exploration Permit VIC/P47 to identify hydrocarbons present within sandstone reservoirs. This is a follow-up to the 1989 Judith-1 Well gas discovery. The activities carried out in this EP will be located in Commonwealth waters, approximately 36 km south of Marlo, Victoria, at the closest landfall to... More
    Opened 5 May 2025

  • Report of Harassment form (new)

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 5 May 2025

  • Monthly Operational Activities Report form (new)

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 5 May 2025

  • Monthly Environment Incident Reports form (revised)

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 5 May 2025

  • Notification of Vessel Becoming or Ceasing to be a Facility or AOP form (new)

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 5 May 2025

  • Report of Accident Dangerous Occurrence or Environmental Incident form (revised)

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 2 May 2025

  • Notification Reporting and Reporting Requirements for Incidents - revised draft

    The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) provides the legal framework for the exploration and recovery of petroleum and for greenhouse gas storage, in offshore areas (i.e. Commonwealth Waters). The OPGGS Act is supported by the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (Safety Regulations) whose main purpose it so ensure that offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas activities are undertaken in a way that reduces the risks to health and... More
    Opened 2 May 2025

  • Diving Guidelines - revised draft

    The purpose of this document is to set guidelines required by both the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 (OPGGS) and Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Regulations 2022 (OEI Regulations) regarding content requirements for a Diving Safety Management system (DSMS) and Diving Project Plan (DPP). The Diving Guidelines specifically address: the minimum content requirements of a DSMS and DPP under the relevant OPGGS and OEI... More
    Opened 1 May 2025

  • East Coast Supply Project: Offshore Project Proposal

    Cooper Energy is the operator of the Casino Henry Netherby (CHN) development, located in the Otway Basin, off Victoria’s southwest coast in the Bass Strait. The CHN fields were developed incrementally since 2004, with gas transported from the offshore fields, via pipeline, for onshore processing. All gas supplies the domestic market in south-east Australia. The East Coast Supply Project (East Coast Project) aims to continue to meet the domestic demand for gas as existing... More
    Closed 25 February 2025

  • Gorgon Gas Development: Backfill Fields Offshore Project Proposal

    Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (CAPL) is the operator of the Gorgon Gas Development (Gorgon), one of Australia’s largest natural gas projects located off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The first stage of Gorgon was the Gorgon Foundation Project (GFP), which included constructing the Gorgon Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) and domestic gas plant on Barrow Island and developing the Gorgon and Jansz–Io offshore gas fields. The initial Gorgon approvals process envisaged the development of... More
    Closed 1 November 2024

  • Athena Supply Project

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Cooper Energy (CH) Pty Ltd and Cooper Energy (MGP) Pty Ltd (Cooper Energy) are proposing to undertake an exploration drilling program within Commonwealth waters of the Otway Basin. Wells will be drilled in Cooper Energy’s existing licence areas approximately 25-40 km offshore from Peterborough in water depths ranging from 65 m to 74 m. The exploration program consists of: • Seabed surveys (no... More
    Closed 13 October 2024

  • Goodwyn Area Infill Development Offshore Project Proposal

    As Operator of the North West Shelf Joint Venture (NWSJV), Woodside Energy Limited (Woodside) proposes to undertake the Goodwyn Area Infill Development in Commonwealth waters, ~140 km north-west of Karratha, Western Australia. The purpose of the Goodwyn Area Infill Development is to partially fill the ullage (unused production capacity) at the existing Goodwyn A (GWA) platform. Incremental volumes of gas and condensate are proposed to be transported from up to 8 production wells to the GWA... More
    Closed 23 September 2024

  • Beehive Multi-Well Exploration Drilling

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. EOG Resources Australia Block WA-488 Pty Ltd (‘EOG’) is the titleholder of exploration permit WA-488-P, located in Commonwealth marine waters of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (JBG) approximately 77 kilometres (km) off the Western Australian (WA) coastline. EOG proposes to drill up to three wells, exploration and/or appraisal, into the Beehive structure within a defined activity area approximately 45 square... More
    Closed 7 August 2024

  • Otway Offshore Gas Victoria Project Proposal

    Project name: Otway Offshore Gas Victoria Project Proponent: Beach Energy (Operations) Limited Titles (if relevant): VIC/P43, VIC/P73 and T/30P Submission type: Offshore Project Proposal Draft for public comment - Otway Offshore Gas Victoria Project Proposal Project description The Otway Offshore Gas Victoria Project (the Project) aims to develop gas reserves for use in the East Coast domestic gas market. These reserves and potential resources are... More
    Closed 20 May 2024

  • Wheatstone Deep-1 Exploration Drilling

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd is planning to conduct exploration drilling within the Northern Carnarvon Basin off the northwest coast of Western Australia between 2024 and 2025. The proposed Wheatstone Deep-1 exploration well is located within production licence WA-47-L in Commonwealth waters, ~175 km northwest of Dampier Port and ~65 km north-northwest of the Montebello Islands. The proposed exploration well... More
    Closed 19 May 2024

  • Dino South-1 Exploration Drilling

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd is planning to conduct exploration drilling within the Northern Carnarvon Basin off the northwest coast of Western Australia between 2024 and 2025. The proposed Dino South-1 exploration well is located within exploration permit WA-392-P in Commonwealth waters, ~150 km northwest of Onslow and ~100 km west-northwest of Barrow Island. The proposed exploration well is targeting a dry... More
    Closed 19 May 2024

  • Offshore Gas Victoria Drilling Program

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Note: The location map and activity description has been updated to reflect the current submission (as at 26 July 2024). Beach Energy (Operations) Limited (Beach), proposes to undertake Drilling and Plug-and-Abandon (P&A) Activities within Commonwealth waters of the Otway and Bass Basins. The proposed scope of the Drilling and P&A Activities covered by this EP consists of: • Drilling of up to five wells... More
    Closed 28 March 2024

  • Eureka 3D Marine Seismic Survey

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. The Eureka 3D MSS is a typical 3D survey using methods and procedures similar to others conducted in Australian waters. The Active Source Area (ASA) comprises the area within which 3D seismic acquisition will be undertaken and covers approximately 946 km2. The ASA is surrounded by a larger Operational Area (OA) (approximately 1,575 km2), for the purpose of vessel approach, line turns, and necessary... More
    Closed 22 March 2024

  • Regia MSS

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. CGG Services Australia (CGG) is proposing to undertake the Regia three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey (MSS) in Commonwealth waters of the Otway Basin. The purpose of the Regia 3D MSS is to collect high-quality geophysical data about rock formations and structures beneath the seabed and assess potential for new oil and gas discoveries. The Regia 3D MSS is a typical 3D survey using methods and... More
    Closed 26 February 2024

  • Draft revision of diving guidelines 2024

    Following feedback received during consultation with industry and government agencies, NOPSEMA has significantly revised its diving guidelines. This includes splitting the guidelines into three separate documents to address specific topics, which includes: Diving - General Diving Safety Management System Content and Level of Detail Diving Project Plan Content and Level of Detail NOPSEMA invites interested stakeholders to provide comment on the draft guidelines... More
    Closed 19 February 2024

  • Otway Exploration Drilling Program

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. ConocoPhillips Australia SH1 Pty Ltd and ConocoPhillips Australia SH2 Pty Ltd (‘ConocoPhillips Australia’) are planning to undertake exploration activities in offshore permits VIC/P79 and T/49P located in Commonwealth waters of the Otway Basin, 19 km offshore of Victoria and 28 km offshore of King Island, Tasmania. ConocoPhillips Australia’s proposed Otway Exploration Drilling Program involves seabed... More
    Closed 18 December 2023

  • Beehive-1 Exploration Drilling WA-488-P

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. EOG Resources Australia Block WA-488 Pty Ltd (‘EOG’) is the titleholder of permit WA-488-P, located in Commonwealth waters of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf off the northern Western Australian (WA) coastline. EOG proposes to drill the Beehive-1 exploration well, situated in a water depth of 40 m and located 80 km off the WA coastline and 300 km southwest of Darwin in the Northern Territory. The activity is... More
    Closed 13 November 2023

  • Sauropod 3D Marine Seismic Survey

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Sauropod 3D MSS EP was previously published for public comment in September 2022. The proposed activity schedule has since been modified, triggering the need for another public comment period (Regulation 11(C)). CGG Services Australia (CGG) is proposing to undertake the Sauropod three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey (MSS) in Commonwealth waters of the Roebuck Basin, within exploration permit... More
    Closed 18 October 2023

  • Otway Basin 3D Multi-client Marine Seismic Survey

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company Pty Ltd (TGS) propose to undertake a three-dimensional multi-client marine seismic survey (3D MC MSS) in the Otway Basin, in Commonwealth waters offshore from Victoria, and Tasmania (referred to as the Otway Basin 3D MC MSS). The survey will provide 3D data coverage and improved subsurface imaging to provide an improved understanding of the subsurface, which to-date has been... More
    Closed 11 August 2023

  • Wheatstone 4D Marine Seismic Survey Environment Plan

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Chevron Australia proposes to conduct a 4-dimensional (4D) marine seismic survey (MSS) over production licences WA-46-L, WA-47-L and WA-48-L in the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields in Commonwealth waters north of Barrow Island, Western Australia. The 4D MSS aims to repeat the acquisition of the 3-dimensional (3D) MSS conducted over the same area in 2011–2012, as part of a monitoring program. The 4D MSS is... More
    Closed 4 August 2023

  • Draft policy for managing gender-restricted information relating to First Nations cultural heritage

    In accordance with Traditional Lore, First Nations peoples may hold sensitive or restricted cultural knowledge that is relevant to understanding the values and sensitivities of the environment and the potential impacts on those values and sensitivities from offshore energy projects and activities regulated under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhous Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 (the Environment Regulations). In recognition of this, NOPSEMA has today published a draft policy... More
    Closed 5 July 2023

  • NOPSEMA Research Strategy 2023-2025

    NOPSEMA’s revised Research Strategy provides industry with a clear vision on what research priorities need addressing to improve the knowledge base to inform decision making and environmental management of the offshore energy sector. As Australia’s independent regulator for offshore energy operations in Commonwealth waters, we use balanced and quality research outputs to fulfill our legislated functions. While we do not carry out or commission research, NOPSEMA is in a unique... More
    Closed 16 June 2023

  • Julimar Appraisal Drilling and Surveys

    Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. The Julimar Field Production System is located in Commonwealth waters about 160 km north-west of Dampier and 54 km North-West of the Montebello Islands. The Julimar Field Production System is adjacent to the Chevron operated, Wheatstone Platform and includes wells in WA-49-L and flowlines/ pipelines in WA-26-PL and WA-29-PL. Woodside proposes to drill a new appraisal well, Julimar South-1 accessing the J85... More
    Closed 19 May 2023

  • Environment Plan decision making guideline

    Following the Federal Court decision in Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd v Tipakalippa [2022] FCAFC 193, NOPSEMA has updated its ‘Environment Plan decision making guideline’ to clarify how the appeal decision will be applied to NOPSEMA’s decision making on whether the consultation requirements of Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 have been met. This guideline will be published for immediate use, noting that further considerations may arise... More
    Closed 15 March 2023

  • Consultation in the course of preparing an Environment Plan guideline

    Following an in-person and virtual stakeholder briefing session at Perth Convention and Exhibition centre today, NOPSEMA has now published a guideline on “ Consultation in the course of preparing an Environment Plan .” We welcome feedback from our stakeholders on this guideline. The consultation period will close on 15 March 2023 after which time the guideline will be finalised and published. More information can found in the news article published to NOPSEMA's website. You... More
    Closed 15 March 2023
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