234Application for petroleum special prospecting authority

234 Application for petroleum special prospecting authority

(1) A person may apply to the Titles Administrator for the grant of a petroleum special prospecting authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks: (a) a petroleum exploration permit; (b) a petroleum retention lease; (c) a petroleum production licence; (d) a greenhouse gas assessment permit; (e) a greenhouse gas holding lease; (f) a greenhouse gas injection licence. (2) An application under this section must specify: (a) the petroleum exploration operations that the applicant proposes to carry on; and (b) the block or blocks within which the applicant proposes to carry on those operations.

Note 1: Part 2.10 contains additional provisions about application procedures.

Note 2: Section 256 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.