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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... MoreOpened 29 July 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... MoreOpened 8 July 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... MoreOpened 19 April 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... MoreOpened 19 April 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... MoreOpened 19 March 2024 -
Offshore Gas Victoria Drilling Program
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Beach Energy (Operations) Limited (Beach), proposes to undertake a Drilling Program within Commonwealth waters of the Otway and Bass Basins. The proposed scope of the Drilling Program covered by this EP consists of: Drilling of up to six wells in Otway which may include a combination of: ○ Drilling of up to five exploration or appraisal wells in exploration licences VIC/P73 and/or VIC/P43. ... MoreOpened 27 February 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... MoreOpened 21 February 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... MoreOpened 25 January 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... MoreOpened 18 January 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... MoreOpened 16 November 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... MoreOpened 12 October 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... MoreOpened 18 September 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... MoreOpened 12 July 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... MoreOpened 5 July 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... MoreOpened 19 April 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... MoreOpened 5 April 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... MoreOpened 20 March 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... MoreOpened 19 December 2022 -
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... MoreOpened 15 December 2022 -
Collaborative Seismic Environment Plan Project
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. PLEASE NOTE THIS ENVIRONMENT PLAN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF THE TITLEHOLDER In 2018, the National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) established an industry consortium to address long-standing issues affecting stakeholders, the environment, and proponents regarding potential marine seismic surveys offshore Australia. The project is called the Collaborative Seismic Environment Plan Project (CSEP... MoreOpened 16 September 2022 -
Sauropod 3D Marine Seismic Survey
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Providing your comment The public comment process provides an opportunity for community members to have their say on environmental management aspects of proposed oil and gas activities. To make a submission click on the link below. If your comments contain sensitive information or if you are unable to use this platform for any reason please refer to our Public comment on environment plans brochure ... MoreOpened 12 September 2022 -
Bonaparte Basin 3D Marine Seismic Survey
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd on behalf of the Bonaparte Carbon Capture and Storage Assessment Joint Operating Agreement participants was successfully awarded GHG assessment permit G-7-AP, located offshore in the Bonaparte Basin off northern Australia. The G-7-AP permit area is wholly located within Commonwealth waters to the north of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and approximately 100 km west of Darwin Harbour.... MoreOpened 7 September 2022 -
Bonaparte Basin Exploration Drilling
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd on behalf of the Bonaparte Carbon Capture and Storage Assessment Joint Operating Agreement participants was successfully awarded GHG assessment permit G-7-AP, located offshore in the Bonaparte Basin off northern Australia. The G-7-AP permit area is wholly located within Commonwealth waters to the north of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and approximately 100 km west of Darwin Harbour. The... MoreOpened 6 September 2022 -
Gippsland Basin Decommissioning Campaign #1 Steel Piled Jackets End State Environment Plan
NOPSEMA is facilitating a voluntary public comment process for Esso Australia’s Gippsland Basin Decommissioning Environment Plan For details of this EP including published documents Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd (Esso) is the operator of joint ventures for the exploration, development and production of oil and gas from Bass Strait, Victoria. Esso has been producing oil and gas in Bass Strait since 1969 and in this time has supplied over 50 percent of Australia’s... MoreOpened 1 August 2022 -
Bonaparte MC3D Marine Seismic Survey
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Schlumberger Australia Pty Limited (SLB) is proposing to acquire the Bonaparte Multiclient 3D Marine Seismic Survey (the Seismic Survey) in the Bonaparte Basin to collect high-quality geophysical data regarding rock formations and structures beneath the seabed. The Seismic Survey may commence as early as September 2022 and will be completed before 30 June 2024. It is estimated to take between approximately... MoreOpened 13 June 2022 -
Exploration Drilling WA-285-P & WA-343-P
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd is proposing to drill two exploration wells in the Browse Basin: one in exploration permit area WA-285-P and one in WA-343-P. The WA-285-P and WA-343-P exploration permit areas are located wholly within Commonwealth waters approximately 230 km from the Kimberley coastline, Western Australia, in water depths of approximately 290 m and 350 m respectively. The proposed petroleum... MoreOpened 12 May 2022 -
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... MoreOpened 9 May 2022 -
Wheatstone 4D Marine Seismic Survey
Full details of this EP including published Documents. All open for comment EP's. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (CAPL) 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... MoreOpened 1 March 2022 -
NOPSEMA information paper on Human Factors: Risk Migration
NOPSEMA has developed an information paper on Human Factors – Risk Migration to provide insight on the benefit of understanding of how people balance competing goals and how that can be used to guide decisions that maintain rather than erode safety. The information paper uses a case study as an example of an arguably successful operational adaptation that could have preceded a major accident event. A systems theory framework is used to provide possible explanations for... MoreOpened 27 January 2022 -
NOPSEMA regulatory policy on Section 270 – Consent to surrender title open for comment
When a titleholder submits an application to the Joint Authority (JA) for consent to surrender title, the JA will consult with NOPSEMA with respect to titleholder compliance with section 270 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPPGS Act). To assist industry in understanding what NOPSEMA takes into account when considering if it is satisfied that titleholders have complied with the relevant criteria in section 270 of the OPGGS Act, NOPSEMA have released a... MoreOpened 21 December 2021
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