Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (117 of 2008)
Schedule 1 Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.
Offshore Petroleum Act 2006
44 Section 6
Insert:
key greenhouse gas operation means:
(a) an operation to make a well; or
(b) an operation to inject, on an appraisal basis, a greenhouse gas substance into a part of a geological formation; or
(c) an operation to store, on an appraisal basis, a greenhouse gas substance in a part of a geological formation; or
(d) an operation to inject, on an appraisal basis, air, petroleum or water into a part of a geological formation; or
(e) an operation to store, on an appraisal basis, air, petroleum or water in a part of a geological formation; or
(f) an operation to carry out a seismic survey or any other kind of survey; or
(g) an operation to monitor the behaviour of:
(i) a greenhouse gas substance; or
(ii) air; or
(iii) petroleum; or
(iv) water;
stored in a part of a geological formation; or
(h) an operation to carry out baseline investigations relating to the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in a part of the geological formation; or
(i) an operation to take samples of the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area; or
(j) an operation specified in the regulations.