South Australian Consolidated Regulations

PETROLEUM AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY REGULATIONS 2000

under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   3.      Interpretation

   PART 2--Licence applications

   4.      General requirements
   5.      Preliminary survey and speculative survey licences
   6.      Exploration licences
   7.      Retention licences
   8.      Production licences
   9.      Pipeline licences

   PART 3--Environment protection

   10.     Environmental impact report
   11.     Classification of regulated activities
   12.     Preparation of statement of environmental objectives
   13.     Requirements for environmental objectives and assessment criteria
   14.     Review of statements of environmental objectives
   15.     Form of information

   PART 4--Operator classification and activity notification

   16.     Preliminary
   17.     Operator classification--section 74
   18.     Activity notification--low level official surveillance
   19.     Activity notification--high level official surveillance
   20.     Detailed activity information
   21.     Assessment to be registered

   PART 5--Notice of entry on land

   22.     Notice of entry on land

   PART 6--Operational issues

           Division 1--Geophysical surveys

   23.     Naming conventions
   24.     Permanent markers

           Division 2--Drilling

   25.     Naming of wells
   26.     Location surveys
   27.     Well evaluation
   28.     Deviation

           Division 3--Pipelines and flowlines

   29.     Pipelines and flowlines

           Division 4--Fitness-for-purpose assessments

   30.     Fitness-for-purpose assessments

           Division 5--Emergency response procedures

   31.     Emergency response procedures

   PART 7--Reports and information

           Division 1--Incident reports

   32.     Incident reports

           Division 2--Performance and technical reports

   33.     Annual reports
   34.     Geophysical progress reports
   35.     Geophysical operations reports
   36.     Geophysical interpretation reports
   37.     Geophysical data
   38.     Daily drilling reports
   39.     Wireline logs
   40.     Well completion reports
   41.     Quarterly cased-hole well activity report
   42.     Well test analysis reports
   43.     Petroleum reservoir fluid analysis reports
   44.     Downhole diagrams
   45.     Production reports
   46.     Facility construction reports
   47.     Other technical reports

           Division 3--Samples and analysis of cores and cutting

   48.     Well samples
   49.     Report on analysis of core or cuttings

           Division 4--General provisions

   50.     Form of reports
   51.     Form of information in reports and corrections
   52.     Availability of information

   PART 8--Miscellaneous

   53.     Fees
   53A.    Definition of transmission pipeline
   54.     Penalty interest
   55.     Mediation of dispute over entry to land
   56.     Provision of information
   57.     General offence
   58.     Administrative penalties
   59.     Transitional provisions
           SCHEDULE 1--Fees
           SCHEDULE 2--Administrative penalties
           Legislative history