Petroleum production licence

A petroleum production licence authorises the licensee to recover petroleum in the licence area.

Guidance

View the relevant legislation and regulations on our Legislation page.

Visit our Guidelines and Fact sheets pages for more information including:

• Applicant suitability guideline
• Annual title assessment report fact sheet
• Cessation of pipeline operations and/or petroleum production fact sheet
• Declaration of experience and disclosures fact sheet and FAQs
• Developing a petroleum resource fact sheet
• Financial resources fact sheet
• Monthly production reports fact sheet.

You can also view information on:

• Field development plans
• Rate of recovery and equipment procedures
• Application fees and annual levies

Forms

Relevant forms and Forms Guidance are on our Forms page. These include:

• Petroleum production licence application
• Petroleum production licence application (to which the Royalty Act applies)
• Variation of condition(s) of title – petroleum production licence application
• Request for extension of time to lodge an application for renewal of a petroleum title
• Renewal of a fixed term petroleum production licence application
• Request for longer period for grant of petroleum title
• Request for grant of a petroleum title
• Application for a variation of blocks: primary petroleum production licence (to which the Royalty Act applies).