MINES AND PETROLEUM —
ONSHORE GAS INDUSTRY
1277. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to Legislative Council
question on notice 1591, asked by me and answered on 20 September 2018, about
exploration permits and production and extractives licences issued by the Labor
state government.
(1) Since the
election of the Labor state government, please identify the permits and
licences issued for onshore gas, including —
(a) licence or permit number;
(b) approximate location of licence
or permit;
(c) date of approval;
(d) size of approved licence or
permit area; and
(e) name of the approved applicant.
(2) How will
these licences or permits be impacted by the state government decision of 27
November 2018?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The Minister for Mines and Petroleum has provided the following answer.
(1) (a)–(e)
Two exploration permits have been granted for onshore gas since March 2017.
Exploration permit 496, which was granted on 9 October 2017 to Bunbury Energy
Pty Ltd, covers approximately 668 square kilometres and is located 170 kilometres
south of Perth, immediately south of Bunbury. Exploration permit 498, which was
granted on 6 February 2018 to Southern Sky Energy Pty Ltd, covers approximately
1 492 square kilometres and is located 150 kilometres north of Perth and 80
kilometres east of Dongara.
One production licence has been
granted since March 2017 for onshore gas. Production licence L22 was granted on
20 September 2018 to Lattice Energy Resources (Perth Basin) Pty Ltd and AWE
(Beharra Springs) Pty Ltd. It covers approximately 149 square kilometres and is
located 200 kilometres north of Perth and 29 kilometres south east of Dongara.
(2) Exploration
permit 496 will continue to be subject to the fracking prohibition in the south
west region. Production licence L22 and exploration permit 498 will have the
moratorium lifted over their areas, but will be subject to the new requirements
as announced by the government.