Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 272

    (1)     A petroleum production licensee must give the Minister a monthly production report for a licence area within the period—

        (a)     starting on the last day of the named month to which the report relates; and

        (b)     ending 15 days after that day.

Penalty:         In the case of a body corporate, 250 penalty units;

In the case of a natural person, 50 penalty units.

    (2)     In this regulation—

"monthly production report" means a report that includes—

        (a)     in relation to each well in the licence area—

              (i)     the well's identification name and number; and

              (ii)     a summary of all work that has been performed on the well during the month; and

              (iii)     the results of production tests for the well, including the parameters of the test; and

              (iv)     the well's operational status at the end of the month; and

              (v)     the number of days of production during the month; and

              (vi)     the cumulative quantities of water and of liquid and gaseous petroleum produced or injected as at the end of the month; and

        (b)     in relation to the licence area, the total quantities of each of the following for the month—

              (i)     liquid and gaseous petroleum produced;

              (ii)     liquid and gaseous petroleum used;

              (iii)     liquid and gaseous petroleum injected;

              (iv)     gaseous petroleum flared or vented;

              (v)     liquid petroleum stored;

              (vi)     liquid and gaseous petroleum delivered from the area;

              (vii)     water produced;

              (viii)     water injected; and

        (c)     the cumulative quantities of liquid and gaseous petroleum, and of water, that have been produced or injected as at the end of the month.

Subdivision 5—Cores, cuttings and samples