Date: 6 March 2026
The Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 (RMA Regulations) will commence on 31 March 2026.
We have developed new and updated guidance and templates to assist applicants and titleholders to comply with the new application and reporting requirements. We consulted on these documents from December 2025 to January 2026.
New and updated documents include:
We will also shortly publish:
The well and survey data format schedules in the 2011 RMA Regulations have been replaced with a flexible, technology-neutral approach. This allows the Titles Administrator to set the appropriate format and media requirements.
View the new Specified format and medium data instrument.
Under the OPGGS Act, you can submit a supplementary instrument using a form that the Titles Administrator has approved, with your application to approve a dealing.
A supplementary instrument is used when the original instrument includes confidential or commercially sensitive information. Its purpose is to enable a person viewing the Titles Register to understand the effect of the dealing while preserving confidentiality.
If you are applying for approval to transfer a title, you must include an instrument of transfer, using the form approved by the Titles Administrator.
The Titles Administrator may change these approved forms from time to time. The latest versions are published as a notifiable instrument on legislation.gov.au:
Transitional arrangements are in place to support industry’s transition to the 2025 RMA Regulations from the previous 2011 RMA Regulations.
The transitional arrangements FAQ fact sheet covers which set of Regulations apply to:
You can find the transitional provisions in Part 16, sections 238 to 260 of the 2025 RMA Regulations on legislation.gov.au.
You can view new and updated information on these pages:
