GEOTHERMAL ENERGY REGULATION 2022

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Deciding large-scale geothermal production—Act, s 16

PART 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED WORK PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS

• 5 Proposed work program—Act, s 47
• 6 Proposed development plan—Act, s 89

PART 3 - NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

• 7 Purpose of part
• 8 Notice of intention to drill a geothermal well
• 9 Notice of completion, change or abandonment of geothermal well
• 10 Notice of intention to carry out geophysical survey or scientific or technical survey
• 11 Notice of completion of geophysical survey or scientific or technical survey
• 12 Notice of intention to carry out hydraulic fracturing activities
• 13 Notice of completion of hydraulic fracturing activities

PART 4 - REPORT REQUIREMENTS

Division 1 - Particular reports required under the Act

• 14 Definitions for division
• 15 Meaning of general area information
• 16 Requirement for geothermal viability report—Act, s 65
• 17 Information for partial relinquishment report—Act, s 190
• 18 Information for surrender report—Act, s 302
• 19 Information for end of tenure report—Act, s 191

Division 2 - Other reports

• 20 Purpose of division
• 21 Daily drilling report
• 22 Well completion report
• 23 Well abandonment report
• 24 Annual resources report
• 25 Production report
• 26 Production testing report
• 27 Injection report
• 28 Injection testing report
• 29 Geophysical survey report
• 30 Scientific or technical survey report
• 31 Hydraulic fracturing activities completion report

Division 3 - Stating amounts in reports

• 32 How amounts in reports must be stated

PART 5 - CORE SAMPLES

• 33 Keeping core sample—Act, s 193
• 34 Giving part of core sample—Act, s 194

PART 6 - GEOTHERMAL WELLS AND SHOT HOLES

• 35 Ways to plug and abandon geothermal wells—Act, s 200
• 36 Requirement to plug shot holes

PART 7 - REQUIRED INFORMATION—CONFIDENTIALITY PERIOD AND PUBLICATION

• 37 Confidentiality period for required information for geothermal tenures—Act, s 196
• 38 Publication of required information—Act, s 196

PART 8 - GEOTHERMAL ROYALTY

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 39 Disapplication of part
• 40 Definitions for part
• 41 Meaning of operating expenses

Division 2 - Working out geothermal royalty

• 42 Geothermal royalty rate—Act s, 105
• 43 Working out wellhead value of geothermal energy
• 44 Minister may request information or geothermal royalty decision in particular circumstances
• 45 Geothermal producer may apply for geothermal royalty decision
• 46 Deciding application for geothermal royalty decision
• 47 Minister may amend geothermal royalty decision
• 48 Geothermal producer may apply for amendment of geothermal royalty decision

PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• 49 Way for making or giving an application, document or submission—Act, s 363
• 50 Annual rent—Act, s 130
• 51 Security for geothermal tenure—Act, s 204
• 52 Prescribed interest on amounts owing to the State—Act, s 372
• 53 Fees

PART 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

• 54 Definition for part
• 55 Existing requirement to give a notice, report or information
• 56 Existing requirement to keep a sample
• 57 Required information given before commencement
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