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Petroleum Act 1984
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60 Types of plans
(1) A well operations management plan is a plan, prepared by a
permittee or licensee, that demonstrates to the Minister that well
activities will be appropriately managed over the entire life cycle of
the well, including in relation to drilling, well construction, operation,
re-entry, modification, decommissioning and the post-
decommissioning period, to ensure that the risks to the integrity of
the well are reduced to as low as is reasonably practicable.
(2) A field management plan is a plan, prepared by a licensee for a
production licence, that demonstrates to the Minister that the
licensee has a strategic plan for the life cycle of the field that will
provide for the maximum economic recovery of petroleum, and will
return the optimal value of the resource, including the optimal value
to the Territory, after taking into account good oilfield practice and
any other relevant factor under this Act.
(3) A petroleum surface infrastructure plan is a plan, prepared by a
licensee for a production licence, that demonstrates to the Minister
that petroleum surface infrastructure on the licence area will be
appropriately designed, built, operated and decommissioned to
ensure that petroleum recovered under the licence will be
appropriately managed from the point of extraction at the wellhead
to the point of removal from the licence area in order to secure
supply and to return the optimal value of the resource, including the
optimal value to the Territory, after taking into account good oilfield
practice and any other relevant factor under this Act.