Guidelines for Preparing Petroleum Annual Environmental Reports

This guideline provides information on preparing Annual Environmental Reports as required under Regulation 16 of
the Petroleum Pipelines (Environment) Regulations 2012, Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Environment) Regulations
2012 and the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Environment) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations). These reports must be submitted at least once per annum to enable determination of compliance with:
• the environmental performance objectives and environmental performance standards in the Environment Plan
(EP); and
• the implementation strategy in the EP.
As outlined in Regulation 16(a), the operator must monitor and record information about its petroleum, geothermal or pipeline activity, in order to meet the reporting obligation in Regulation 16(b).