Submissions: Published response
What organisation do you represent? - Organisation
Should the property removal obligation be amended to specifically require titleholders to either remove property or make other arrangements that are satisfactory to NOPSEMA? - Q1 - Y/N
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Should timeframes for property removal be mandated? - Q2 - Y/N
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Should a new standalone decommissioning obligation be included within the regime? - Q3 - Y/N
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Should titleholders be required to inform government of their overarching plans for decommissioning? - Q4 - Y/N
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Should titleholders be required to periodically update government about decommissioning-related information, including an inventory of infrastructure and its status, and a progress report on decommissioning items of infrastructure? - Q5 - Y/N
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Should titleholders be required to submit ‘close-out’ reporting after decommissioning? - Q6 - Y/N
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Should current titleholders be made expressly (in the OPGGS Act) liable for the costs of carrying out their decommissioning obligations? - Q7 - Y/N
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Should alternative liability arrangements be included in a revised framework, providing government with the ability to pursue previous titleholders in the chain of ownership if the current titleholder is unwilling or unable to decommission? - Q8 - Y/N
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Should titleholders be released from liability in appropriate circumstances? - Q8 - Y/N
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Should titleholders ever be released from liability for infrastructure left in the marine environment? - Q10 - Y/N
Should government be able to conduct assessments of a titleholder’s capacity to fulfil its obligations at any time? - Q11 - Y/N
Should industry be required to hold and demonstrate sufficient financial security to meet its decommissioning costs? - Q12 - Y/N
Should a former titleholder operating under a remedial direction be subject to all the duties and responsibilities as if it were operating under their previous title? - Q13 - Y/N
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Should a former titleholder be permitted to submit risk management plans? - Q14 - Y/N
Should a ‘person’ (or another entity other than a former titleholder) be permitted to submit risk management plans? - Q15 - Y/N
Should a new category of title be established to enable a former titleholder to have a current title under which to undertake relevant decommissioning and remediation activities with relevant regulatory approvals? - Q16 - Y/N
Should NOPSEMA and the Minister be permitted to issue remedial directions to all former titleholders?
- Q17 - Y/N
Is there additional research (and/or development) being undertaken relevant to decommissioning that government should be aware of? - Q18 - Y/N
Is there additional research that should be undertaken on decommissioning, and in particular on environmental standards? - Q19 - Y/N
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Should more be done to encourage industry collaboration to help ensure that options for the continued use of offshore petroleum infrastructure in Commonwealth waters are explored prior to its decommissioning? - Q20 - Y/N
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Is there interest and merit in creating an Australian offshore petroleum decommissioning industry? - Q21 - Y/N
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Are there other issues relating to decommissioning that are not covered in this discussion paper and you think it is appropriate for government to be involved in?
- Q22 - Y/N
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Are there other issues relating to decommissioning that are not covered in this discussion paper and you think it is appropriate for government to be involved in?
- Q22 - other decomm issues
In order to update its navigation products in a timely manner, the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) seeks that those responsible for offshore petroleum decommissioning activities (or indeed any relevant activity relating to any surface or sub surface infrastructure), in particular titleholders, continue to inform the AHO about and provide the AHO with relevant information on the activities, and grant approval for appropriate representation of that information to be added to or amended within those nautical products. More information on the AHO and its products and services can be found at: www.hydro.gov.au.
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