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Case Study – New petroleum guidelines

Enerdrill Rig 3 drilling the Warro 5 well in the northern Perth Basin.

Enerdrill Rig 3 drilling the Warro 5 well in the northern Perth Basin.

DMP introduced changes to the guideline for the assessment of petroleum exploration permits in March  2017.

The revised Western Australian Petroleum Guideline – Criteria for Assessment provides greater clarity and transparency of the department’s pre-grant assessment processes, including the minimum legislative requirements that apply and how competing applications are ranked.

The new Guideline will be used for the current petroleum acreage release, which closes in February 2018.

The new guidelines are available online

Section highlights

DMP has made significant technological progress that allows stakeholders to transact digitally with 22,000 registered customers and 92 per cent of the annual volume of business now being conducted online.