Environment Plan Summary

Under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009, an operator is required to provide a summary of an accepted environment plan to NOPSEMA's satisfaction. NOPSEMA will publish environment plan summaries (EP Summaries) on this page according to the activity's location. The summary will provide details of the petroleum activity, operator, location, environmental hazards, management approaches and stakeholder consultation associated with each petroleum activity. To view the EP Summary as a PDF, click on the link provided in the tables below.

Commonwealth waters adjacent to Western Australia

Name	Date	Location	Operator	Activity	Instrument
Tallaganda-1 EP Summary*	19/01/2012	Carnarvon Basin Exmouth Plateau	BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd	Drilling	Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-351-P
John Brookes Development - Chemical Bunkering Changes Environment Plan: Public Summary January 2012*	1/02/2012	Barrow Sub Basin Exmouth Plateau	Apache Energy Limited	Significant Modification to a Facility	Production Licence  WA-29-L
WA-454P: Floyd 3D Seismic Survey (Bonaparte Basin)	09/02/2012	Bonaparte Basin	MEO Australia Ltd	3-Dimensional (3D) seismic acquisition surveys	Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-454P
Exmouth Plateau Northern Extension MC3D EP	10/02/2012	Carnarvon Basin Exmouth Plateau	TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company Pty Ltd	Seismic survey	Special prospecting authority WA-7-SPA and access authority WA-16-AA

* Environment Plan for this activity accepted by the relevant DA prior to the establishment of NOPSEMA

Commonwealth waters adjacent to Northern Territory

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.

Commonwealth waters adjacent to Ashmore and Cartier Islands 

Name	Date	Location	Operator	Activity	Instrument
AC/P50, AC/P51 & AC/P53 'Zeppelin' 2D & 3D Seismic Survey (Vulcan Sub-Basin)*	08/02/2012	Browse Basin Region of the Timor Sea	MEO Australia Ltd	2-Dimensional (2D) and 3-Dimensional (3D) seismic acquisition surveys	Petroleum Exploration Permits AC/P50, AC/P51 and AC/P53

*Environment Plan for this activity accepted by the relevant DA prior to the establishment of NOPSEMA

Commonwealth waters adjacent to Victoria

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.

Commonwealth waters adjacent to Tasmania

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.

Commonwealth waters adjacent to South Australia

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.

Commonwealth waters adjacent to New South Wales

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.

 Commonwealth waters adjacent to Queensland

- No environment plan has received acceptance for this location.