23 July 2025

RMA Regulations remake – public consultation now open

The department is remaking the 2011 RMA Regulations. Have your say…

1 July 2025

Credit card rate changes

Reserve Bank of Australia advise new rates will apply for Mastercard and Visa cards from 01 July 2025…

8 January 2025

New guidance on the extended meaning of ‘explore’

NOPTA has published to its website a new Fact Sheet and a set of Frequently Asked Questions to provide guidance to industry…

4 January 2025

New greenhouse gas fact sheets published

Four new greenhouse gas factsheets on Injection Licence and Site Plans, Significant Risk of Significant Adverse Impact (SROSAI), Risk Assessment and Monitoring Plans have now been published and are available to download…

13 December 2024

Annual report of activities 2023–24

Our annual report of activities for 2023–24 has been published. This report provides stakeholders an overview of key activities and achievements relevant to our core functions. Read more…

3 December 2024

Offshore greenhouse gas injection licence guideline published

A revised guideline for offshore greenhouse gas (GHG) injection licences is available to download…

26 November 2024

Review of cost recovery implementation statement

“NOPTA recently completed a review of its 2022 cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS). As a result, new fees and levies will apply from 1 January 2025.…

11 October 2024

NOPIMS’ new website is launched in October

NOPTA will release a new National Offshore Petroleum Information Management System (NOPIMS) website in October this year…

03 July 2024

Identified Greenhouse Gas Storage Formations Register

The Register of identified greenhouse gas storage formations is now available on the NOPTA website…

30 June 2024

Adjusted credit card surcharge rates effective 1 July 2024

As advised by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) as of 1 July 2024…

16 January 2024

Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage regulatory approvals

The Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage regulatory approvals guidance note is now available on NOPTA’s website. This document provides an overview of all of the government regulatory approvals required for Carbon Capture activities in the offshore commonwealth waters…

20 October 2023

International Upstream Forum (IUF) 2023

On 28–29 September 2023, the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) Branch of the Oil and Gas Division, hosted the 13th annual International Upstream Forum (IUF) in Perth…

1 September 2023

Revised Forms and NOPTA Forms Guidance

NOPTA has prepared a suite of revised forms to implement changes to submission requirements for applications under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act).

NOPTA has also revised the existing NOPTA Forms Guidance–Petroleum and NOPTA Forms Guidance–Greenhouse Gas…

14 August 2023

2023 NOPTA stakeholder survey response

Thank you to all our stakeholders who made the time to participate in the 2023 NOPTA stakeholder survey conducted by KPMG.

11 August 2023

Updated Guidance for Feasibility Licence Applications available on Registrar’s website

The suite of guidance documents available to applicants and stakeholders on the feasibility licence applications and assessment process under the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 and Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Regulations 2022 have been updated…

30 June 2023

Adjusted credit card surcharge rates effective 3 July 2023

To ensure NOPTA remains aligned with the Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines credit card payments will incur amended surcharges as of 3 July 2023…

09 June 2023

Update to NEATS website

The NEATS website now provides access to publicly available information concerning offshore electricity infrastructure licences under the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 (the OEI Act).

For further information regarding offshore electricity infrastructure licences, please refer to www.offshoreregistrar.gov.au.

11 October 2022

NOPTA releases new functionality to NEATS Secure Portal

The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) released new important functionality enhancements to the ‘Secure Portal’ of the National Electronic Approvals Tracking System (NEATS)…