Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
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Part 7—Information about
monitoring behaviour of the
stored greenhouse gas substance in the storage formation
1 A plan for monitoring the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance in the reservoir that is sufficient to satisfy the Minister that—
(a) significant events in the reservoir will be detected in a timely fashion to enable any necessary mitigation and remediation activities to be initiated; and
(b) the timing and nature of the monitoring will detect any variations from the predictions included in Part A of the site plan.
2 Details of—
(a) any substance that is proposed to be used as a tracer for addition to the greenhouse gas substance; and
(b) the concentration of the substance as used with the greenhouse gas substance.
3 A description of the threshold events which will be treated as reportable incidents in relation to the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance in the storage formation, being—
(a) departures from the predicted plume migration path or paths; or
(b) migration rates; or
(c) any other event that may be relevant.
4 A suitable plan for monitoring and detecting the leakage of the stored greenhouse gas substance to the seabed.