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…

24 May 2024

NOPTA: draft 2024 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement

NOPTA has recently completed an internal review of its cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS). NOPTA welcomes any comments on the NOPTA CRIS Consultation Draft by 7 June 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…

29 November 2023

NOPTA annual report of activities 2022–23

NOPTA has published its annual report of activities for 2022–23. This report provides stakeholders with a concise overview of key activities and achievements relevant to NOPTA’s administrative functions…

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)…