Definition(s)

Greenhouse gas activity

Greenhouse gas activity:

  1. means:
    1. any operations or works in an offshore area carried out under a greenhouse gas instrument, other authority or consent under the Act or regulations made under the Act; and
    2. any activity relating to greenhouse gas exploration, injection or storage which may have an impact on the environment; and
  2. includes:
    1. seismic or other surveys; and
    2. drilling; and
    3. construction and installation of a facility; and
    4. operation of a facility; and
    5. significant modification of a facility; and
    6. decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility; and
    7. construction and installation of a greenhouse gas pipeline; and
    8. operation of a greenhouse gas pipeline; and
    9. significant modification of a greenhouse gas pipeline; and
    10. decommissioning, dismantling or removing a greenhouse gas pipeline; and
    11. injection and storage of greenhouse gas.

     

Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 (Statutory Rules 1999 No. 228 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations

 

Greenhouse gas activities

(3) This subsection applies to the following activities:

  1. activities preparatory to injecting a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation (for example, controlling the flow of a greenhouse gas substance into the relevant well);
  2. preparing a greenhouse gas substance for injection into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation (for example, pumping, processing or compressing);
  3. preparing a greenhouse gas substance for transport to another place (for example, pumping or compressing);
  4. storing a greenhouse gas substance before it is:
    1. transported to another place; or
    2. injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
    3. subjected to any other activity at a facility, structure or installation;
  5. monitoring the behaviour of a greenhouse gas substance stored in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation;
  6. remote control of facilities, structures or installations used to:
    1. inject a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
    2. store a greenhouse gas substance in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
    3. do anything mentioned in any of the above paragraphs;
  7. activities related to any of the above.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation is taken to take place at the top of the relevant well.

Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation

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