Explorer’s Guide Petroleum and Geothermal Energy, Western Australia 2009 Edition

/Minister for Mines and Petroleum Hon. Norman Moore MLC, Department of Mines and Petroleum Director General Richard Sellers, Petroleum and Environment Division Executive Director Bill Tinapple, Geological Survey Division Executive Director Tim Griffin. - Government of Western Australia, Department of Mines and Petroleum, 124 p. ISBN978-1-877065-01-1 (Paperback), ISBN: 978-1-877065-08-8 (Online).
This publication is designed to provide general information to companies considering exploring and investing in Western Australia’s upstream petroleum and geothermal energy industries and to companies currently involved in those industries. The Guide has been revised and updated to reflect recent changes to Legislation (particularly the inclusion of geothermal energy resources into the Petroleum Act 1967 (now named the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967) and also greenhouse gas storage provisions into the Commonwealth’s Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 (now named the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006).
It contains information about:
exploration and production of petroleum and geothermal energy
resources
regional geology of Western Australia’s sedimentary basins
considered to be prospective for petroleum
geological information relevant to geothermal energy
transport, infrastructure and pipelines
legislation (including environmental, native title and safety
requirements)
taxation and commercial aspects relating to petroleum production
and more.
In the event of disagreement between this Guide and current legislation
or directions, the latter will prevail.