Glossary
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Greenhouse Gas Holding Lease
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Greenhouse gas holding lease
Greenhouse gas holding lease means a greenhouse gas holding lease granted under Part 3.3. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreenhouse Gas Facility Line
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Greenhouse gas facility line
Greenhouse gas facility line means a pipe, or system of pipes, that is:- for conveying a greenhouse gas substance; and
- part of a declared greenhouse gas facility.
Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permittee
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Greenhouse gas assessment permittee
Greenhouse gas assessment permittee means the registered holder of a greenhouse gas assessment permit. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreenhouse Gas Assessment Permit Area
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Greenhouse gas assessment permit area
Greenhouse gas assessment permit area means the permit area of a greenhouse gas assessment permit. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreenhouse Gas Assessment Permit
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Greenhouse gas assessment permit
Greenhouse gas assessment permit means a greenhouse gas assessment permit granted under Part 3.2. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreater Sunrise Visiting Inspector
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Greater Sunrise visiting inspector
Greater Sunrise visiting inspector means a petroleum project inspector who is specified in the identity card issued to that inspector under subsection 600(2) as being a Greater Sunrise visiting inspector. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreater Sunrise Unit Reservoirs
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Greater Sunrise unit reservoirs
Greater Sunrise unit reservoirs means the unit reservoirs within the meaning of the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreater Sunrise Unit Reservoir Petroleum Production Licence
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Greater Sunrise unit reservoir petroleum production licence
Greater Sunrise unit reservoir petroleum production licence means a petroleum production licence in respect of one or more blocks within the Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area that would allow the licensee to recover petroleum from either or both of the Greater Sunrise unit reservoirs. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreater Sunrise Unitisation Agreement
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Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement
Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitisation of the Sunrise and Troubadour Fields, done at Dili on 6 March 2003. Note: In 2007, the text of international agreements was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGreater Sunrise Unit
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Greater Sunrise unit
Greater Sunrise unit area has the meaning given by Schedule 7. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationGood Processing and Transport Practice
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Good processing and transport practice
Good processing and transport practice means all those things that are generally accepted as good and safe in:- the processing, conveyance, transport and storage of petroleum; and
- the preparation of petroleum for transport.
Good Oilfield Practice
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Good oilfield practice
Good oilfield practice means all those things that are generally accepted as good and safe in:- the carrying on of exploration for petroleum; or
- petroleum recovery operations.
Geological Formation
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Geological formation
Geological formation includes:- any seal or reservoir of a geological formation; and
- any associated geological attributes or features of a geological formation.
Geographic Coordinate
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Geographic coordinate
Geographic coordinate includes:- a meridian of longitude by itself; and
- a parallel of latitude by itself.
Geocentric Datum of Australia
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Geocentric Datum of Australia
Geocentric Datum of Australia means the Geocentric Datum of Australia as defined in Gazette No. 35 of 6 September 1995 (GDA94 geocentric data set). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationFundamental Suitability Determinants
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Fundamental suitability determinants
Fundamental suitability determinants:- when used in relation to an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation—has the meaning given by subsection 21(8); or
- when used in relation to an identified greenhouse gas storage formation—has the meaning given by subsection 312(11).
Fixed-term Petroleum Production License
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Fixed-term petroleum production license
Fixed-term petroleum production licence means a petroleum production licence covered by item 2 or 3 of the table in subsection 165(1). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationFederal Court
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Federal Court
Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationExplore for potential greenhouse gas injection sites
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Explore for potential greenhouse gas injection sites
For the purposes of this Act, if:- a person:
- carries out a seismic survey, or any other kind of survey, in an offshore area; or
- takes samples of the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area; and
- the person does so with the intention that the person or another could use the survey data, or information derived from the samples, as the case may be, for the purpose of discovering one or more potential greenhouse gas injection sites;
Explore for Potential Greenhouse Gas Formation
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Explore for a potential greenhouse gas formation
For the purposes of this Act, if:- a person has reasonable grounds to suspect that a part of a geological formation could be an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and
- the person carries out an activity for the purposes of ascertaining either or both of the following:
- the spatial extent of the eligible greenhouse gas storage formation;
- any of the fundamental suitability determinants of the eligible greenhouse gas storage formation;
Explore for Potential Greenhouse Gas Storage Formation
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Explore for potential greenhouse gas storage formation
For the purposes of this Act, if:- a person:
- carries out a seismic survey, or any other kind of survey, in an offshore area; or
- takes samples of the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area; and
- the person does so with the intention that the person or another could use the survey data, or information derived from the samples, as the case may be, for the purpose of discovering one or more potential greenhouse gas storage formations;
Explore for Petroleum
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Explore for petroleum
For the purposes of this Act, if:- a person:
- carries out a seismic survey, or any other kind of survey, in an offshore area; or
- takes samples of the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area; and
- the person does so with the intention that the person or another could use the survey data, or information derived from the samples, as the case may be, for the purpose of discovering petroleum;
Explore
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To explore
“To explore” means to undertake standard practices in searching for petroleum by employing geological, geophysical, and other surveys; and also includes to undertake drilling for stratigraphic tests in order to determine the existence of petroleum and its extent, to define the boundaries of petroleum reservoirs or to obtain other essential data which are necessary to petroleum production. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. LegislationExplore
Explore:- when used in relation to petroleum—has a meaning affected by subsection 19(1); or
- when used in relation to a potential greenhouse gas storage formation—has a meaning affected by subsections 19(2) and (3); or
- when used in relation to a potential greenhouse gas injection site—has a meaning affected by subsection 19(4).
Expiry Date
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Expiry date
Expiry date:- when used in relation to a petroleum exploration permit, petroleum retention lease or petroleum production licence—has the meaning given by subsection 10(1); or
- when used in relation to a greenhouse gas assessment permit or a greenhouse gas holding lease (other than a special greenhouse gas holding lease)—has the meaning given by subsection 10(2).
Expert Advisory Committee Member
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Expert advisory committee member
Expert advisory committee member means a member of an expert advisory committee, and includes the Chair of an expert advisory committee. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationExpert Advisory Committee
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Expert advisory committee
Expert advisory committee means a committee established under section 748. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationEngage in Conduct
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Engage in conduct
Engage in conduct means:- do an act; or
- omit to perform an act.