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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 222

Refusal to grant greenhouse gas‑related pipeline licence

    (1)     This section applies if an application for a pipeline licence has been made under section 215.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—

              (i)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a petroleum production licence area in the offshore area; or

              (ii)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     if paragraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or

              (ii)     if paragraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and

        (c)     the applicant is the petroleum production licensee; and

        (d)     any of—

              (i)     the conditions to which the petroleum production licence is, or has from time to time been, subject; or

              (ii)     the provisions of this Chapter, Chapter 4, Chapter 6 and Part 7.1; or

              (iii)     the provisions of the regulations—

have not been complied with; and

        (e)     the Minister is not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to warrant the granting of a pipeline licence

the Minister must, by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant the pipeline licence.

Note

Consultation procedures apply—see section 258.

    (3)     If—

        (a)     the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—

              (i)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a petroleum production licence area in the offshore area; or

              (ii)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     if paragraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or

              (ii)     if paragraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and

        (c)     the applicant is not the petroleum production licensee

the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant the pipeline licence.

    (4)     If—

        (a)     the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—

              (i)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a greenhouse gas injection licence area in the offshore area; or

              (ii)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a greenhouse gas injection area to a place in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and

        (b)     the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and

        (c)     the applicant is the greenhouse gas injection licensee; and

        (d)     any of—

              (i)     the conditions to which the greenhouse gas injection licence is, or has from time to time been, subject; or

              (ii)     the provisions of this Chapter, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Part 8.1; or

              (iii)     the provisions of the regulations—

have not been complied with; and

        (e)     the Minister is not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to warrant the granting of a pipeline licence

the Minister must, by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant the pipeline licence.

Note

Consultation procedures apply—see section 258.

    (5)     If—

        (a)     the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—

              (i)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a greenhouse gas injection licence area in the offshore area; or

              (ii)     the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a greenhouse gas injection licence area to a place in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and

        (b)     the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and

        (c)     the applicant is not the greenhouse gas injection licensee

the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant the pipeline licence.



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