A pipeline is defined as a pipe or system of pipes used for the conveyance of petroleum or the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance and includes all structures for protecting or supporting a pipeline. Petroleum pipelines are generally associated with petroleum production facilities or high-pressure natural gas distribution lines. A Pipeline Licence may be a petroleum pipeline or a greenhouse gas pipeline, but not both.
Pipeline Licences can be applied for by any party. However, under WA’s Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 the holder of the resource that the pipeline is intended to service, has a right of first option.
Pipelines under the Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Act 1969 and WA’s Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 are granted for an indefinite term. A Pipeline Licence, being restricted to onshore areas, is likely to coexist with other land tenures; accordingly, a licence enables the holder to construct a pipeline only over land that it has acquired by easement, purchase or some other authorisation.
The area required for a Pipeline Licence varies but is usually a narrow corridor of about 30 metres for access purposes. Pipeline Licences are subject to stringent safety and environmental conditions and audits.
Pipeline Licence application notices
Both the Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Pipelines Act 1969 and Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 require an application for a new Pipeline Licence or an application to vary an existing Pipeline Licence, together with a map, to be published for comment for a specified period. Applications will be displayed on this page for the prescribed period.
There are currently no new applications or variations for a pipeline licence.
Submissions can be provided to the department via email petroleum.titles@dmpe.wa.gov.au.
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