PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 111A Processing produced water

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 111A

111A Processing produced water

(1) The lease holder may do each of the following in the area of the lease—

(a) carry out the processing of produced water;

(b) construct and operate a facility for the processing and storage of produced water.

(2) Subsection (1) applies for produced water—

(a) produced in or outside the area of the lease; and

(b) whether or not it is produced by the lease holder.

(3) In this section—


"processing" of produced water includes—

(a) treating produced water; and

(b) applying mechanical or chemical processes, or energy, to produced water.