Reporting requirements

Titleholders conducting offshore survey and well operations must provide reports, data and samples to the Titles Administrator.

The reporting and submission requirements relating to these activities are set out in the:

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act)
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 (RMA Regulations).

When preparing reports, data and samples, you should first review these resources:

Data Management Guideline Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025 on our Guidelines page
Relevant factsheets, templates and guidance on this website.

Remade RMA Regulations commence March 2026

The information and resources on this page relate to the remade 2025 RMA Regulations, commencing 31 March 2026.

To access resources under the superseded 2011 RMA regulations, please visit our Guidelines and Fact sheets and Forms pages.

Read our FAQs about the transitional arrangements.

Legislation and regulations

The OPGGS Act legislation governs Australia’s offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage regulatory framework. View the OPGGS Act on legislation.gov.au.

The RMA Regulations set out the requirements for collecting, retaining, submitting and publicly releasing data and samples. View the RMA Regulations on legislation.gov.au.

Data management guideline

The guideline gives an overview of how to provide information and samples related to offshore wells and surveys.

Download the Data management guideline on our Guidelines page.

Compliance

Before you submit, please check that your submission meets the requirements of the OPGGS Act and RMA Regulations.

We check that all submissions:

comply with the requirements set out in the RMA Regulations and OPGGS Act
are received within prescribed timeframes
are complete and usable prior to public release, if applicable.

We will contact you if:

data is missing or not received within prescribed timeframes
the submission does not meet the requirements of the RMA Regulations and OPGGS Act.

We also check submissions to ensure the information is fit-for-purpose and a complete representation of your activities.

To avoid having to resubmit, make sure your submission:

is as complete as possible
meets the prescribed requirements for the submission type.

Read about our approach to compliance and enforcement.

Public release of data

The RMA Regulations set out how certain technical information and samples may be made public after relevant confidentiality periods have passed.

Other information types given to the Titles Administrator are protected under the OPGGS Act, unless they fall within the types of information that may be made public.

Refer to the:

RMA Regulations
Data management guideline
Classification of information about wells and surveys on our Fact sheets page
Public release of data page.

Related information

Find out how to prepare your submission.
Find out how to submit reports, data and samples.

Contact us

Daily drilling, geological or workover reports, weekly survey reports and monthly and annual reports, email: reporting@nopta.gov.au.
Well and survey data, email: data@nopta.gov.au.
Discovery reports and incident reports, email: resources@nopta.gov.au.

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