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.