Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
81Criteria for acceptance of well operations management plan
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81 Criteria for acceptance of well operations management plan
For the purposes of section 79, the criteria for acceptance of a well operations management plan for a well are as follows:
(a) that the plan includes all the matters mentioned in subsections 82(3) to (10) (subject to subsection 82(2));
(b) if the plan covers more than one well:
(i) that the risks to the integrity of each well are similar; and
(ii) that the kinds of monitoring processes and control measures that will be implemented for each well are similar;
(c) that the plan is appropriate to:
(i) the nature and scale of the well; and
(ii) the well activities, relating to the well, covered by the plan;
(d) that the plan demonstrates how the risks to the integrity of each well covered by the plan will be reduced to as low as reasonably practicable and an acceptable level;
(e) that the well integrity standards, control measures and acceptance criteria included in the plan are appropriate.