Queensland Consolidated Regulations

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY REGULATION 2022 - REG 18

18 Information for surrender report—Act, s 302

(1) For section 302 (2) (c) of the Act , the following information is prescribed for a surrender report for a geothermal tenure—

(a) the general area information for the tenure;

(b) the hazard information for the tenure;

(c) a description of the methods used to produce geothermal energy in the surrendered area;

(d) an estimate of—

(i) the amount of geothermal energy produced from each geothermal well in the surrendered area for each year since the tenure took effect; and

(ii) the volume of water or disposal fluid injected into each injection well in the surrendered area;

(e) the surface temperature of the water or disposal fluid mentioned in paragraph (d) (ii) at the point of injection;

(f) a description of the geological features of the classified geothermal resources in the surrendered area from which geothermal energy was produced;

(g) the reason the geothermal tenure holder has applied to surrender all or part of the area of the tenure;

(h) any other information stated in the relevant direction for the report.

(2) In this section—

"injection well" means a well used to—

(a) return geothermal fluid to a geothermal reservoir after its use; or

(b) introduce another fluid into the reservoir.

Examples of a fluid—

water, supercritical carbon dioxide