sec.32Exploration and testing

### sec.32 Exploration and testing The authority to prospect holder may carry out any of the following activities in the area of the authority— exploring for petroleum; testing for petroleum production; evaluating the feasibility of petroleum production; evaluating or testing natural underground reservoirs for the storage of petroleum or a prescribed storage gas; plugging and abandoning, or otherwise remediating, a bore or well the holder reasonably believes is a legacy borehole and rehabilitating the surrounding area in compliance with the requirements prescribed under a regulation. However, the holder must not carry out any of the following— extraction or production of a gasification or retorting product from coal or oil shale by a chemical or thermal process; exploration for coal or oil shale to carry out extraction or production mentioned in paragraph (a) ; GHG stream storage; inject a GHG stream into the Great Artesian Basin for the purpose of enhanced petroleum recovery. The carrying out of activities mentioned in subsection (1) , other than exploring for petroleum, is subject to sections 71A and 71B . The rights under subsection (1) may be exercised only by or for the holder. For who may exercise the rights for the holder, see section 563 . s 32 amd 2007 No. 46 s 163 ; 2009 No. 3 s 541 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2014 No. 47 s 584 ; 2018 No. 24 s 201 ; 2024 No. 33 s 157A (sec.32-ssec.1) The authority to prospect holder may carry out any of the following activities in the area of the authority— exploring for petroleum; testing for petroleum production; evaluating the feasibility of petroleum production; evaluating or testing natural underground reservoirs for the storage of petroleum or a prescribed storage gas; plugging and abandoning, or otherwise remediating, a bore or well the holder reasonably believes is a legacy borehole and rehabilitating the surrounding area in compliance with the requirements prescribed under a regulation. (sec.32-ssec.2) However, the holder must not carry out any of the following— extraction or production of a gasification or retorting product from coal or oil shale by a chemical or thermal process; exploration for coal or oil shale to carry out extraction or production mentioned in paragraph (a) ; GHG stream storage; inject a GHG stream into the Great Artesian Basin for the purpose of enhanced petroleum recovery. (sec.32-ssec.3) The carrying out of activities mentioned in subsection (1) , other than exploring for petroleum, is subject to sections 71A and 71B . (sec.32-ssec.4) The rights under subsection (1) may be exercised only by or for the holder. For who may exercise the rights for the holder, see section 563 . - (a) exploring for petroleum; - (b) testing for petroleum production; - (c) evaluating the feasibility of petroleum production; - (d) evaluating or testing natural underground reservoirs for the storage of petroleum or a prescribed storage gas; - (e) plugging and abandoning, or otherwise remediating, a bore or well the holder reasonably believes is a legacy borehole and rehabilitating the surrounding area in compliance with the requirements prescribed under a regulation. - (a) extraction or production of a gasification or retorting product from coal or oil shale by a chemical or thermal process; - (b) exploration for coal or oil shale to carry out extraction or production mentioned in paragraph (a) ; - (c) GHG stream storage; - (d) inject a GHG stream into the Great Artesian Basin for the purpose of enhanced petroleum recovery.