49Well decommissioning report

49 Well decommissioning report

(1) For the purposes of section 179(c) of the Act, the holder of an authority who plugs and decommissions a well under the authority must give the Minister a well decommissioning report, prepared by a suitably qualified or experienced person.

Note

Under section 179 of the Act, a person who contravenes this subregulation is liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.

(2) A well decommissioning report under subregulation (1) must be given to the Minister within 2 months after the day on which the plugging and decommissioning of the well is completed.

(3) A well decommissioning report under subregulation (1) must contain the following information—

(a) the authority number and type of authority;

(b) the name of the well;

(c) the name of the author of the report;

(d) the name of the holder of the authority;

(e) the name of the operator of the well;

(f) the name of the person giving the report;

(g) the date of the report;

(h) a summary and history of the well, including—

(i) spatial information showing its location; and

(ii) if a final well completion report in relation to the well has been lodged, the day on which that final well completion report was lodged;

(i) the following details about the well—

(i) its total depth in metres;

(ii) the top position and bottom position of any natural underground reservoir or aquifer intersected by the well, identified in accordance with subregulation (4);

(iii) the depth in metres of any perforations in the casing of the well;

(iv) the type of drilling rig used to drill the well;

(v) the basis for decommissioning the well;

(j) all surveys conducted and measurements made in relation to the well, including any detailed interpretation of the surveys or measurements;

(k) the following information in relation to the decommissioning of the well—

(i) details of any casing and equipment installed in the well, including diagrams showing the major dimensions and features of the casing and equipment;

(ii) a description of any equipment that has been retained in the well, including the size and nature of the equipment and any features of the equipment that may cause a hazard;

(iii) the surveyed location of any equipment retained in the well;

(iv) details of any cementing operations carried out in or on the well, including—

(A) the location and type of plugs; and