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National Offshore Petroleum Regulatory Reforms

In early 2011, the Commonwealth Government committed to expand the role of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) to include integrity and environment management to become the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environment Management Authority (NOPSEMA) and also to create the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) by 1 January 2012. These two regulators will deal only with projects in Commonwealth Waters.

NOPSEMA is an independent, Statutory Authority, while NOPTA is a branch within the Resources Division of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (Cwth).

During the transition period, DMP, NOPTA and NOPSEMA will need to realign a number of petroleum regulatory and administrative functions. DMP is currently working with the Commonwealth to minimise the impact of the transition on industry.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Commonwealth and Western Australian Government Ministers has been signed.
This MoU formalises cooperative arrangements between the two Governments with regard to offshore petroleum administration and regulation.

Contacts

Commonwealth offshore titles administration: Information regarding transitional arrangements and changes to Commonwealth offshore titles administration can be obtained from the following contacts within the NOPTA and the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) in Canberra:

Graeme Waters
General Manager
National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA)
(08) 6424 5303
Graeme.Waters@nopta.gov.au

Steven Taylor
Manager Compliance
National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA)
(08) 6424 5302
Steven.Taylor@nopta.gov.au

Joanne Bell
Manager Titles
National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA)
(08) 6424 5301
Joanne.Bell@nopta.gov.au  

Julie Adams
Manager Data
National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA)
(08) 6424 5306
Julie.Adams@nopta.gov.au  

Peter Livingston
Manager
Offshore Petroleum Regulatory Reform (RET)
(02) 6213 7974
Peter.Livingston@ret.gov.au

Commonwealth offshore safety and environment: Information regarding transitional arrangements and changes to Commonwealth offshore titles administration can be obtained from NOPSEMA by phoning (08) 6188 8700, or refer to their website: http://www.nopsema.gov.au/  

General questions relating to the regulatory reform: Informational regarding general queries or questions on the National Offshore Petroleum Regulatory Reform can be obtained by emailing: reform@dmp.wa.gov.au.

Note: Contact details will be updated when NOPTA establishes its website and telephone numbers.

NOPTA's head office will be in Perth and a regional office in Melbourne. NOPTA's General Manager and the majority of staff are located in Perth, but teams will work together across both offices.

NOPTA Perth Office:

Level 8, Alluvion House,
58 Mounts Bay Road, Perth WA 6000
(Interim arrangements until late January 2012: NOPTA located on Level 11 Alluvion House)

NOPTA Melbourne Office:

Level 1, 451 Little Bourke Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
(Interim arrangements until mid December 2012: some staff working in Victoria DPI offices)