15Infrastructure facilities

15 Infrastructure facilities

Definition (1) For the purposes of this Act, an infrastructure facility is a facility, structure or installation for engaging in any of the activities to which subsection (2) or (3) applies, so long as: (a) the facility, structure or installation rests on the seabed; or (b) the facility, structure or installation is fixed or connected to the seabed (whether or not the facility is floating); or (c) the facility, structure or installation is attached or tethered to a facility, structure or installation referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). Petroleum activities (2) This subsection applies to the following activities: (a) remote control of facilities, structures or installations used to recover petroleum in a petroleum production licence area; (b) processing petroleum recovered in any place, including: (i) converting petroleum into another form by physical or chemical means, or both (for example, converting it into liquefied natural gas or methanol); and (ii) partial processing of petroleum (for example, by removing water); (c) storing petroleum before it is transported to another place; (d) preparing petroleum for transport to another place (for example, pumping or compressing); (e) activities related to any of the above; but, except as mentioned in paragraph (a), this subsection does not apply to exploring for, or recovering, petroleum. Greenhouse gas activities (3) This subsection applies to the following activities: (a) 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); (b) preparing a greenhouse gas substance for injection into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation (for example, pumping, processing or compressing); (c) preparing a greenhouse gas substance for transport to another place (for example, pumping or compressing); (d) storing a greenhouse gas substance before it is: (i) transported to another place; or (ii) injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or (iii) subjected to any other activity at a facility, structure or installation; (e) monitoring the behaviour of a greenhouse gas substance stored in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; (f) remote control of facilities, structures or installations used to: (i) inject a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or (ii) store a greenhouse gas substance in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or (iii) do anything mentioned in any of the above paragraphs; (g) 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.