Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The matters that must be included in a well operations management plan are the following:
(a) a description of the well, and the well activities relating to the well, to which the plan applies;
(b) a description of the risk management process used to identify and assess risks to the integrity of the well;
(c) a description and explanation of the design, construction, operation and management of the well, and conduct of well activities, showing how risks to the integrity of the well will be reduced to as low as reasonably practicable;
(d) a description of the performance outcomes against which the performance of the titleholder in maintaining the integrity of the well is to be measured;
(e) a description of the control measures that will be in place to ensure that risks to the integrity of the well will be reduced to as low as reasonably practicable throughout the life of the well, including periods when the well is not operational but has not been permanently abandoned;
(f) a description of the performance standards for the control measures identified under paragraph (e);
(g) the measurement criteria that will be used to determine whether the performance outcomes identified under paragraph (d) and the performance standards identified under paragraph (f) are being met;
(h) a description of the monitoring, audit and well integrity assurance processes that will be implemented to ensure the performance outcomes and performance standards are being met throughout the life of the well, including periods when the well is not operational but has not been permanently abandoned;
(i) a description of the arrangements that will be in place for suspension and abandonment of the well, showing:
(i) how, during the process of suspending or abandoning the well, risks to the integrity of the well will be reduced to as low as reasonably practicable; and
(ii) how the actions taken during that process will ensure that the integrity of the well is maintained while the well is suspended or abandoned;
(j) a description of the measures that will be used to ensure that contractors and service providers undertaking well activities are aware of their responsibilities in relation to the maintenance of the integrity of the well, and have appropriate competencies and training;
(k) a description of the measures and arrangements that will be used to regain control of the well if there is a loss of integrity;
(l) a timetable for carrying out and completing the well activities to which the plan applies.
(2) The Regulator may give a titleholder permission, notified in writing, not to include matters in a well operations management plan if those matters are regulated in the title.
(3) A well operations management plan may include any other information that the titleholder believes is relevant.