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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 616

Work practices

    (1)     The table has effect—

Work practices

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Item

This person...

must...

1

the registered holder of a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or petroleum production licence

(a)     carry out all petroleum exploration operations in the permit area, lease area or licence area in a proper and workmanlike manner and in accordance with good oilfield practice;

(b)     carry out all petroleum recovery operations in the permit area, lease area or licence area in a proper and workmanlike manner and in accordance with good oilfield practice;

(c)     control the flow, and prevent the waste or escape, in the permit area, lease area or licence area, of petroleum or water;

(d)     prevent the escape, in the permit area, lease area or licence area, of any mixture of water or drilling fluid with petroleum or any other matter;

(e)     prevent damage to petroleum‑bearing strata in an area (whether in the offshore area or not) in relation to which the permit, lease or licence is not in force;

(f)     keep separate each petroleum pool discovered in the permit area, lease area or licence area;



(g)     keep separate such of the sources of water (if any) discovered in the permit area, lease area or licence area as the Minister, by written notice given to the registered holder, directs;

Work practices

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Column 2

Column 3

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This person...

must...



(h)     prevent water or any other matter entering any petroleum pool through wells in the permit area, lease area or licence area except when required by, and in accordance with, good oilfield practice.

2

the registered holder of an infrastructure licence

(a)     carry out operations authorised by the licence in a safe manner and in accordance with good oilfield practice and good processing and transport practice; and

(b)     control the flow, and prevent the waste or escape, from an infrastructure facility constructed under the licence, of water, petroleum or any product derived by processing petroleum.

3

the registered holder of a pipeline licence

(a)     operate the pipeline in a proper and workmanlike manner; and

(b)     prevent the waste or escape of petroleum or water from the pipeline or from any secondary line, pumping station, tank station, valve station or water line.

4

the registered holder of a petroleum special prospecting authority or petroleum access authority

carry out all petroleum exploration operations in the authority area in a proper and workmanlike manner and in accordance with good oilfield practice.

    (2)     Paragraphs (c) to (h) of item 1, and paragraph (b) of item 2, of the table in subsection (1) have effect subject to any authorisation given, or requirement made, by or under—

        (a)     this Act; or

        (b)     the regulations; or

        (c)     a direction under this Act.

    (3)     Paragraphs (b) to (h) of item 1 of the table in subsection (1) do not limit paragraph (a) of that item.

    (4)     Paragraph (b) of item 2 of the table in subsection (1) does not limit paragraph (a) of that item.

    (5)     Paragraph (b) of item 3 of the table in subsection (1) does not limit paragraph (a) of that item.

    (6)     A person referred to in column 2 in an item of the table in subsection (1) must comply with a requirement in that item set out in column 3 of that table that applies to that person.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

    (7)     In—

        (a)     a prosecution for an offence against subsection (6) in relation to the noncompliance of a paragraph of an item of the table in subsection (1); or

        (b)     an action arising out of the noncompliance of a paragraph of an item of the table in subsection (1)—

it is a defence if the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with that paragraph.

    (8)     This section has effect subject to—

        (a)     any other provision of this Act; and

        (b)     the regulations; and

        (c)     a direction under section 623; and

        (d)     any other law.



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