Queensland Consolidated Regulations

PETROLEUM AND GAS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) REGULATION 2017

- Made under the Petroleum Act 1923
- As at 7 June 2024
- Reg 162 of 2017

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

           Division 1 - Introduction

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

           Division 2 - Interpretation

   3.      Definitions
   4.      References to particular resource authorities and wells under this regulation

   PART 2 - SUBSTANCES PRESCRIBED FOR THE 2004 ACT

   5.      Substances that are petroleum
   6.      Substances that are fuel gas
   6A.     Substances that are regulated hydrogen
   7.      Substance that may be transported under condition of pipeline licence

   PART 3 - REPORTING

           Division 1 - Exploring for and producing petroleum

   8.      Authority to prospect—proposed work program
   9.      Petroleum lease—proposed development plan
   10.     Shorter period to change production commencement day
   11.     Notice about conversion of petroleum well to bore
   12.     Notice about bore to Water Act regulator
   13.     Pipeline licence or petroleum facility licence—annual report

           Division 2 - Testing

   14.     Notice about ATP production testing or PL production testing
   15.     Notice about ATP storage testing or PL storage testing
   16.     Notice about stopping of testing

           Division 3 - Relinquishment, surrender, end of tenure and end of authority

   17.     Definitions for division
   18.     Meaning of general area information
   19.     Meaning of hazard information
   20.     Meaning of tenure information
   21.     Authority to prospect—relinquishment or surrender report
   22.     Petroleum lease—relinquishment report
   23.     Petroleum lease—surrender report
   24.     Pipeline licence—surrender report
   25.     End of tenure report
   26.     End of authority report

           Division 4 - Prescribed notices and reports

              Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

   27.     Purpose of division

              Subdivision 2 - Notices

   28.     Owners and occupiers to be given copy of notices
   29.     Notice about intention to drill a petroleum well or bore
   30.     Notice about completion, alteration or abandonment of petroleum well or bore
   31.     Notice about intention to carry out seismic survey or scientific or technical survey
   32.     Notice about completion of seismic survey or scientific or technical survey
   33.     Notice about intention to carry out hydraulic fracturing activities
   34.     Notice about completion of hydraulic fracturing activities

              Subdivision 3 - Well and bore reports

   35.     Daily drilling report
   36.     Petroleum well or bore completion report
   37.     Petroleum well or bore abandonment report

              Subdivision 4 - Survey reports

   38.     Seismic survey reports
   39.     Scientific or technical survey report

              Subdivision 5 - Petroleum reports

   40.     Definition for subdivision
   41.     How particular measurements must be stated in reports
   42.     Petroleum production report
   43.     Petroleum resources and reserves report
   44.     Production testing report

              Subdivision 6 - Hydraulic fracturing activities report

   45.     Hydraulic fracturing activities completion report

   PART 4 - MATTERS RELATING TO RECORDS, SAMPLES AND REQUIRED INFORMATION

           Division 1 - Records

   46.     Record of supply of gas from PGPLR land

           Division 2 - Samples

   47.     Purpose of division
   48.     Keeping samples
   49.     Cutting samples
   50.     Cores
   51.     Fluid samples

           Division 3 - Releasing required information

   52.     Confidentiality periods for required information for petroleum tenures
   53.     Publication of required information

   PART 5 - MATTERS RELATING TO TAKING NON-ASSOCIATED WATER

   54.     Definition for part
   55.     Requirements for measuring the taking of non-associated water
   56.     Requirements for reporting the taking of non-associated water
   57.     Chief executive may review alternative method

   PART 6 - METERING PARAMETERS

   58.     Tolerance for error for a meter
   59.     Other requirements for accuracy of meter—100TJ to 1PJ
   60.     Other requirements for accuracy of meter—over 1PJ
   61.     Requirements for measurement scheme
   62.     Requirement for gas pressure regulator
   63.     Metering factors

   PART 7 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Fees and rents payable

   64.     Fees generally
   64A.    (Expired)
   65.     Annual rent
   65A.    (Expired)
   66.     Storage rent payable by owner of stored petroleum or prescribed storage gas
   66A.    Annual fee for pipeline licence holder

           Division 2 - Payment of annual fees and rents

   67.     Application of division
   68.     When annual fee or rent must be paid
   69.     Prescribed way for paying annual fee or rent
   70.     Reduced annual fee or annual rent for part of a year

           Division 3 - Other matters

   71.     Security for petroleum authorities
   72.     Prescribed interest rate for amounts owing to the State

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   73.     Required level of knowledge for a deposit of coal or oil shale
   74.     Prescribed way for making applications, giving or lodging documents or making submissions

   PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR SL NO. 162 OF 2017

   75.     Notice or report given under repealed provision

   PART 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR PETROLEUM AND GAS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (REPORTING REQUIREMENTS) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2020

   76.     Time for lodgement of reports
   77.     Required information lodged before commencement
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