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NOPSEMA is Australia’s independent regulator for health and safety, well integrity and environmental management for offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage activities in Commonwealth waters (comprising the first three nautical miles of the territorial sea) and coastal waters where regulatory powers and functions have been conferred.
NOPSEMA assesses key permissioning documents, such as an environment plan, against strict criteria as set out in the Act and its regulations; inspects an oil and gas company's compliance with the Act, its regulations and accepted permissioning documents; investigates all reports of non-compliance; takes enforcement action to rectify non-compliance and hold parties to account and; provides advice on safety, well integrity and environmental management matters to improve understanding, promote compliance, and encourage continuous improvement.
NOPSEMA does not administer offshore petroleum titles or provide petroleum exploration acreage release.
The petroleum exploration acreage release is the responsibility of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
The administration of offshore petroleum titles is the responsibility of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA).
To view exploration environment plans and offshore project proposals that are open for public comment see our consultation hub.
To view and subscribe to environment plans currently under assessment and/or approved see our industry environment plans website.
NOPSEMA has published FAQs and a bulletin for Clarifying statutory requirements and good practice consultation.
Current operators & diving plans
NOPSEMA publishes a register of current operators and a Register of current diving safety management systems and diving project plans.
See the freedom of information (FOI) page for more information regarding access to a document or documents that may be held by NOPSEMA. NOPSEMA maintains a disclosure log for those documents published under FOI.