Environment plans
The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021 require authority holders to submit an environment plan for acceptance before any work under the authority can commence.
We publish environment plan submission details and summaries of accepted environment plans to keep stakeholders informed.
Environment plan submissions
Regulation 13 of the Regulations requires us to publish the following details of any environment plan that is submitted:
- the name of the authority holder
- a description of the activity or stage of the activity to which the environment plan relates
- the location of the activity
- details of the titleholder's nominated contact for the activity
- the decisions (if any) made by the Minister in relation to the environment plan.
A list of currently submitted environment plans is below:
| Authority holder(s) | Details |
|---|---|
Cooper Energy (CH) Pty Ltd Peedamullah Petroleum Pty Ltd Mitsui &P Australia Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/PL37(V) | Activity and stage: Mandatory five yearly variation for operation of Casino pipeline |
| Location: Offshore Otways | |
| Contact: David Bailey Operations Manager Cooper Energy Ltd Level 8 70 Franklin Street Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Phone: 08 8100 4900 Email: david.bailey@cooperenergy.com.au | |
| Decision: Returned requiring additional information | |
| Date returned: 05/04/2024 | |
Beach Energy (Operations) Ltd OGOG (Otway) Pty Ltd Beach Energy (Otway) Ltd Licence: VIC/PL36(V) | Activity and stage: Mandatory five yearly variation for operation of Thylacine pipeline |
| Location: Offshore Otways | |
| Contact: David Ross General Manager Victoria Beach Energy Ltd Level 15 150 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Phone: 08 8338 2833 Email: info@beachenergy.com.au | |
| Decision: Accepted environment plan variation | |
| Date accepted: 03/01/2024 | |
Beach Energy (Operations) Ltd OGOG (Otway) Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/L007745(V) | Activity and stage: Operation of Enterprise gas field |
| Location: Offshore Otways | |
| Contact: Beach Energy Ltd 80 Flinders Street Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Email: info@beachenergy.com.au | |
| Decision: Accepted environment plan | |
| Date accepted: 28/05/2024 | |
Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd Woodside Energy (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/PL1(V) | Activity and stage: Mandatory five yearly variation for operation of seven pipelines |
| Location: Offshore Gippsland | |
| Contact: Beach Energy Ltd 80 Flinders Street Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Email: liam.loh@exxonmobil.com | |
| Decision: Under assessment | |
| Date resubmitted: 31/05/2024 | |
Cooper Energy (PB Pipelines) Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/PL31(V) | Activity and stage: Mandatory five yearly variation for operation of Patricia-Baleen pipeline |
| Location: Offshore Gippsland | |
| Contact: Chad Wilson Chief Operating Officer Cooper Energy Ltd Level 15 123 St Georges Tce Brookfield Place Tower 2 Perth, Western Australia 6000 Email: chad.wilson@cooperenergy.com | |
| Decision: Returned requiring additional information | |
| Date returned: 24/04/2024 | |
Cooper Energy (Sole) Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/PL006401(V) | Activity and stage: Mandatory five yearly variation for operation of Sole pipeline |
| Location: Offshore Gippsland | |
| Contact: Chad Wilson Chief Operating Officer Cooper Energy Ltd Level 15 123 St Georges Tce Brookfield Place Tower 2 Perth, Western Australia 6000 Email: chad.wilson@cooperenergy.com | |
| Decision: Returned requiring additional information | |
| Date returned: 24/04/2024 | |
Woodside Energy (Victoria) Pty Ltd Cooper Energy (MF) Pty Ltd Licence: VIC/PL33(V) | Activity and stage: Decommission Minerva pipeline |
| Location: Offshore Otways | |
| Contact: Pip Milne Australian Projects Decommissioning Lead Woodside Energy (Victoria) Pty Ltd 11 Mount Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 Email: feedback@woodside.com | |
| Decision: Under assessment | |
| Date submitted: 24/04/2024 |
Environment plan summaries
Regulation 13E of the Regulations requires environment plan summaries to contain the following material from the accepted environment plan:
- the location of the activity
- a description of the receiving environment
- a description of the activity
- details of environmental impacts and risks
- a summary of the control measures for the activity
- a summary of arrangements for ongoing monitoring of the authority holder's environmental performance
- a summary of environmental emergency response arrangements
- details of consultation already undertaken and plans for ongoing consultation
- details of the authority holder's nominated contact for the activity.
Summaries of accepted environment plans are available below.
Accessible versions of these documents are currently not available. Work to create an accessible version may already be in progress or an accessible version can be provided on request. Please contact us if you need further information.
Beach Energy – Otway Pipeline Operations
Beach Energy - Enterprise Offshore Gas Field Production
Woodside Energy - Minerva Pipeline Operations
Beach Energy – BassGas Pipeline Operations
Beach Energy – Black Watch 1 Drilling
Beach Energy – Halladale Black Watch Speculant Wells Operations
Beach Energy – Enterprise Well Drilling
GB Energy – Golden Beach Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigations
GB Energy - Golden Beach 2 Offshore Appraisal Drilling
Cooper Energy Sole Pipeline – Operations
Cooper Energy Patricia-Baleen Pipeline – Operations
Cooper Energy Casino Henry Netherby Pipeline – Continued operations
The CarbonNet Project – Pelican 3D Marine seismic survey
Origin Enterprise II – 3D Transition zone seismic survey
Origin Enterprise I – Seismic survey
Esso Bass Strait
Tasmanian Gas
Page last updated: 14 Aug 2024