Prohibition of Entry into a Petroleum Safety Zone - Notice A604295

I, Jeremy Dunster, a representative of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority [NOPSEMA], pursuant to section 616 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, hereby prohibit all vessels other than vessels under the control of ESSO Deepwater Gippsland Pty Ltd and vessels operated by authorised persons who are exercising powers under section 615(1) of Division 1 of Part 6.6 of the above Act from entering or being present in the area of the petroleum safety zones without the consent in writing of NOPSEMA.

These petroleum safety zones extend to a distance of 500 metres, measured from each point of the outer edge of the wells known as:

Baldfish-1 (latitude 38° 36’ 00.26” South, longitude 148° 34’ 58.80” East*), and

Hairtail-1 (latitude 38° 36’ 43.82” South, longitude 148° 31’ 19.63” East*)

*Note: the above are GDA94 coordinates.

These petroleum safety zones will be valid from 1 June 2018 to 31 December 2018 inclusive.

Where an unauthorised vessel enters or remains in the safety zone specified in contravention of this notice, the owner and the person in command or in charge of the vessel are each guilty of an offence against Section 616 of the Act and are punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for a term:

• not exceeding 15 years if the breach is determined as intentional.
• not exceeding 12.5 years if the breach is determined as recklessness.
• not exceeding 10 years if the breach is determined as negligence.
• not exceeding 5 years if the breach is determined as an offence of strict liability.

Dated this 17th day of April 2018

Made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Jeremy Dunster, Manager – Assessment & Inspection

Pursuant to the Instrument of delegation dated 11 October 2017

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority