Field development plan

A petroleum production licensee must have an accepted Field Development Plan (FDP) in place in order to undertake the recovery of petroleum from a pool in the licence area. Only an applicant for a production licence, or the holder of a production licence, can apply for acceptance of an FDP.

Guidance

View the relevant legislation and regulations on our Legislation page.

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

• Developing a petroleum resource fact sheet
• Cessation of pipeline operations and/or petroleum production fact sheet
• Field development plan – Content requirements and assessment
• Field development plan – Regulatory submissions requirements.

Also refer to:

• Application fees and annual levies
• Petroleum production licences
• Rate of recovery and equipement proceedures.

Forms

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

• Approval to undertake recovery of petroleum without accepted field development plan application
• Extension of approval to undertake recovery of petroleum without accepted field development plan application
• Acceptance of field development plan application
• Variation of field development plan application.