Petroleum Act 1923

The application must include the following—

a statement (a CSG statement) that complies with section 76V;

other information that addresses the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (the CSG assessment criteria).

The CSG assessment criteria are—

the requirements of the 2004 Act, chapter 9; and

the initial development plan requirements; and

the legitimate business interests of the applicant and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder (the parties); and

the effect of the renewed lease on the future development of coal or oil shale resources from the land, including for example, each of the following—

the proposed timing and rate of petroleum production and the development of coal or oil shale resources from the land;

the potential for the parties to make a coordination arrangement about—

petroleum production under the renewed lease; and

coal or oil shale mining and any incidental coal seam gas mining under any future mining lease over the land;

the attempts required of the applicant under section 76W(1)(b) and any changes of the type mentioned in section 76W(1)(c);

the economic and technical viability of the concurrent or coordinated petroleum production and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in the land;

the extent, nature and value of petroleum production and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in the land; and

having regard to the public interest in petroleum production from, and the development of any coal or oil shale resources in, the land.