Definition(s)

Offshore greenhouse gas storage environmental management

Offshore greenhouse gas storage environmental management means the prevention, management, mitigation or remediation of the environmental impacts of regulated operations that relate to:

  1. the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations or potential greenhouse gas injection sites; or
  2. the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the seabed or subsoil; or
  3. the permanent storage of a greenhouse gas substance in the seabed or subsoil; or
  4. the compression, processing, offloading, piped conveyance or pre-injection storage of a greenhouse gas substance; or
  5. the monitoring of a greenhouse gas substance stored in the seabed or subsoil.

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

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