Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004.

This Regulation concerns the exploration, exploitation and conveying of petroleum and fuel gas in the State of Queensland. It consists of seven Chapters divided into 176 sections: Preliminary (1); Exploring for and producing petroleum (2); Safety provisions relating to coal mining (3); Pipelines (4); Fuel gas (5); Miscellaneous (6); Transitional and saving provisions (7).
Chapter 3 prescribes requirements about exploring for or producing petroleum to ensure those activities do not adversely affect the safe and efficient mining or future mining of coal. Chapter 5 prescribes in detail safety requirements in relation to fuel gas networks, automotive LPG sites, etc. Chapter 6 contains provisions on fees, rents and royalites. The Regulation is completed by twelve Schedules dealing with different issues such as: Mandatory and preferred standards for safety requirements; incidents; Requirements for plugging and abandoning petroleum wells and bores; fees, etc.