Victorian Numbered Regulations

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 153 OF 2011) - SCHEDULE 5

SCHEDULE 5

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Regulation 168(4)

INFORMATION THAT MUST BE SET OUT IN PART B OF SITE PLAN

PART 1—INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

    1     Sufficient information to satisfy the Minister that—

        (a)     adequate planning has taken place in relation to the operations; and

        (b)     the greenhouse gas injection licensee has access to sufficient resources to manage the financial and technical aspects of the project; and

        (c)     the greenhouse gas injection licensee intends to deploy those resources to manage the financial and technical aspects of the project.

    2     Details of—

        (a)     any joint venture arrangements between the applicants for the greenhouse gas injection licence; and

        (b)     any operator that has been appointed to represent the titleholders in relation to the proposed injection licence; and

        (c)     any commercial agreements or negotiations undertaken with suppliers of greenhouse gas substances for injection.

Note

Information marked as commercial-in-confidence will not be made available publicly.

    3     The name of the person who is to be the single point of contact on matters relating to the project, and—

        (a)     clear chains of command; and

        (b)     the person's contact details.

Note

There may be different chains of command for different elements of the project.

PART 2—INFORMATION ABOUT OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONS

    1     A description of the facilities.

    2     A description of the proposed rates of injection.

    3     A description of the injection pressures.

    4     A description of the number and location of injection wells.

    5     The source, composition and other relevant physical and chemical properties of each greenhouse gas substance proposed for storage.

    6     A project schedule.

    7     An explanation of the indicative timing proposed for each major milestone of the operations.

    8     Information about significant works and upgrades that are planned over the life of the operations.

PART 3—INFORMATION ABOUT STORAGE FORMATION INTEGRITY

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    1     The information relating to integrity of the storage formation that was included in the application for the declaration of the part of the geological formation as an identified greenhouse gas storage formation.

PART 4—INFORMATION ABOUT PLUME MIGRATION MODELLING

    1     The information relating to plume migration that was included in the application for the declaration of the part of the geological formation as an identified greenhouse gas storage formation.

PART 5—INFORMATION ABOUT PREDICTIONS RELATING TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF EACH
GREENHOUSE GAS SUBSTANCE

    1     Sufficient information to satisfy the Minister that the predictions presented in Part A of the site plan are soundly based.

    2     Information demonstrating that the information in item 1 of this Part has been prepared having regard to all identified behaviours of each greenhouse gas substance that is, or is to be, stored in the greenhouse gas storage formation, whether or not the behaviour has been identified in Part A.

    3     An undertaking to provide revised predictions at times approved by the Minister.

PART 6—INFORMATION ABOUT RISK ASSESSMENT, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL AND
REMEDIATION STRATEGIES

    1     The information relating to—

        (a)     risk assessments; and

        (b)     analysis and control relating to the containment of the greenhouse gas substance that is, or is to be, stored in the greenhouse gas storage formation; and

        (c)     remediation strategies relating to the containment of the greenhouse gas substance that is, or is to be, stored in the greenhouse gas storage formation—

that was included in the application for the declaration of the part of the geological formation as an identified greenhouse gas storage formation.

    2     Sufficient information about any identified risk factors that were not included in the application for the declaration of the part of the geological formation as an identified greenhouse gas storage formation to satisfy the Minister that residual risks, after taking into account proposed risk control and remediation strategies have been taken into account, are acceptable.
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Examples

Leakages from well bores, leakages during transport and injection, any abandoned wells that could adversely affect the storage formation.

    3     Details of the risk assessment analysis used by the applicant to identify the risk factors, including, for each risk factor—

        (a)     a description of the risk factor; and

        (b)     the possible consequences of each risk factor; and

        (c)     an assessment of the probabilities of occurrence and possible consequences; and

        (d)     an explanation of how the risk factor has been eliminated or reduced to as low as practicable.

    4     A description of any emergency response plan that may be needed, additional to the emergency response plans included in the safety case or the environment plan, including details of any strategies to be adopted and action to be taken under that plan.

PART 7—INFORMATION ABOUT MONITORING BEHAVIOUR OF THE STORED GREENHOUSE GAS SUBSTANCE IN THE STORAGE FORMATION

    1     A plan for monitoring the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance in the reservoir that is sufficient to satisfy the Minister that—

        (a)     significant events in the reservoir will be detected in a timely fashion to enable any necessary mitigation and remediation activities to be initiated; and

        (b)     the timing and nature of the monitoring will detect any variations from the predictions included in Part A of the site plan.

    2     Details of—

        (a)     any substance that is proposed to be used as a tracer for addition to the greenhouse gas substance; and

        (b)     the concentration of the substance as used with the greenhouse gas substance.

    3     A description of the threshold events which will be treated as reportable incidents in relation to the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance in the storage formation, being—
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        (a)     departures from the predicted plume migration path or paths; or

        (b)     migration rates; or

        (c)     any other event that may be relevant.

    4     A suitable plan for monitoring and detecting the leakage of the stored greenhouse gas substance to the seabed.

PART 8—INFORMATION ABOUT MONITORING GREENHOUSE GAS SUBSTANCE LOSSES FROM TRANSPORT AND INJECTION ACTIVITIES

    1     A suitable program for monitoring and detecting any leakages as a result of transportation or an injection activity.

    2     An undertaking that a report of the results of monitoring, and any raw data collected during monitoring, will be provided to the Minister as soon as practicable after the completion of the monitoring.

PART 9—INFORMATION ABOUT MONITORING GREENHOUSE AS SUBSTANCE LOSSES FROM WELL BORE

    1     A suitable program for monitoring and detecting leakages from any well bore that forms part of the operations.

    2     An undertaking that a report of the results of monitoring, and any raw data collected during monitoring, will be provided to the Minister as soon as practicable after the completion of the monitoring.

PART 10—INFORMATION ABOUT MONITORING EFFECTS ON PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

    1     A description of the potential effect of the operations on the petroleum industry.

    2     A summary of the contents of any designated agreement between the applicant and a petroleum titleholder.

PART 11—INFORMATION ABOUT EFFECT ON OTHER RESOURCES

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    1     A description of the potential effect of the operations on—

        (a)     resources other than petroleum; and

        (b)     the rights and interests of other users of the sea—

including a description of any effect that could arise from injection and storage operations the applicant intends to undertake in the injection licence area and a suitable plan for reducing the potential effect of the operations to an acceptable level.

PART 12—INFORMATION ABOUT SITE CLOSURE

    1     A suitable plan for carrying out any work that is required to remediate the storage formation, including—

        (a)     plugging of wells; or

        (b)     stabilising the subsurface; or

        (c)     remediating any abandoned wells or other features that could pose a risk of leakage of the greenhouse gas substance after a closing certificate has been issued.

    2     A suitable plan for monitoring activities that are to be undertaken after injection ceases.

PART 13—INFORMATION ABOUT CONSULTATION

    1     A description of—

        (a)     any consultations that have taken place with stakeholders, including other users of the sea that might be affected by the proposed operations; and

        (b)     the outcomes of the consultations.
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    2     A suitable strategy for consultation with stakeholders to establish mechanisms for interaction with stakeholders over the life of the operations.

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