Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
222Refusal to grant greenhouse gas‑related pipeline licence
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222 Refusal to grant greenhouse gas‑related pipeline licence
(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—
(ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and
(i) if paragraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or
(ii) if paragraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and
(e) the Minister is not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to warrant the granting of a pipeline licence—
(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—
(ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and
(i) if paragraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or
(ii) if paragraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and
(c) the applicant is not the petroleum production licensee—
(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—
(ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a greenhouse gas injection area to a place in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and
(b) the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and
(i) the conditions to which the greenhouse gas injection licence is, or has from time to time been, subject; or
(e) the Minister is not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to warrant the granting of a pipeline licence—
(a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—
(ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a greenhouse gas injection licence area to a place in the greenhouse gas injection licence area; and