Approved projects and activities
This page contains information about projects and activities that have been approved.
Offshore projects
An offshore project is undertaken to recover oil and/or gas and a number of petroleum activities will be undertaken throughout a projects lifecycle such as development, well construction, facility installation, production operations and decommissioning.
Each project page contains an overview of the project and links to individual activities that are underway for the relevant project. Only development activities that have an ‘in force’ environment plan (EP) are displayed on project pages. Other activities that previously formed part of the project and are no longer underway can be found on the historical activities page.
Offshore projects in Commonwealth waters that were approved prior to NOPSEMA's establishment, and those with an accepted offshore project proposal (OPP) are also displayed on this page. For more information about the OPP assessment process see the OPP page.
Activities
Activities listed on this page have an ‘in force’ environment plan accepted by NOPSEMA. Each activity page contains an overview of the activity, an activity location map and titleholder contact details. Related environment plan assessment information can also be accessed for each activity.
Activities have been categorised as exploration (and other related activities) or development, noting only development activities are linked to an offshore project.
Find an approved project or activity
To search for an approved project or activity use the search tool below. Enter keywords for a free text search, or narrow the results by using the filters. Once results have been returned, click on the names of individual activities to view further details about that activity.
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Activity name | Activity types | Lifecycle Classification | Organisation | Project | |
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Crux Development Drilling |
Drilling
|
Development | Shell Australia Pty Ltd | Crux Offshore Project Proposal | View |
Stybarrow Plug and Abandonment |
Drilling
|
Decommissioning | Woodside Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd | Stybarrow Development | View |
Offshore Gas Victoria Geophysical and Geotechnical Seabed Survey |
Other survey
|
Exploration | Beach Energy (Operations) Limited | No associated project | View |
WA-34-L Pyxis Drilling and Subsea Installation |
Drilling
|
Development | Woodside Burrup Pty Ltd | Pluto LNG | View |
Bonaparte MC3D Marine Seismic Survey |
Seismic survey
|
Exploration | Schlumberger Australia Pty Ltd | No associated project | View |
Thylacine Subsea Installation and Commissioning |
Significant modification of a facility
|
Development | Beach Energy (Operations) Limited | Otway Offshore Development (Thylacine and Geographe) | View |
Barossa Development Drilling and Completions |
Drilling
|
Development | Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd | Barossa Area Development | View |
Crux Seabed Survey |
Other survey
|
Development | Shell Australia Pty Ltd | Crux Offshore Project Proposal | View |
Bonaparte Basin Exploration Drilling |
Any other greenhouse gas-related activity
|
Exploration | INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd | No associated project | View |
Scarborough Seabed Intervention and Trunkline Installation |
Construction and installation of a facility
Other survey |
Development | Woodside Energy Scarborough Pty Ltd | Scarborough Project | View |
Bonaparte Basin Geophysical/Geotechnical Survey |
Other survey
|
Development | INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd | No associated project | View |
WA-61-L and WA-62-L Subsea Infrastructure Installation |
Construction and installation of a facility
Any other petroleum-related activity |
Development | Woodside Energy Scarborough Pty Ltd | Scarborough Project | View |