Submit your work-bid applications to the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) by 4 pm Tuesday 28 November 2023.
The time zone will be the local time of the NOPTA office you are applying to, either Perth or Melbourne.
NOPTA will not consider incomplete applications or applications submitted outside of these times.
Preparing your application
Your application must include:
- an application form signed by all applicants
- proof of payment for the application fee
- accompanying documentation supporting your application (electronic copy, searchable file format).
Submitting your application
Submit applications either:
- via the NEATS Secure Portal (preferred method), or
- loaded onto a USB, sealed and enclosed in a plain covering envelope clearly marked as ‘Application for Area [Release Area Number as appropriate] Commercial-in-Confidence’.
First-time applicants via the NEATS Secure Portal must contact NOPTA at ghg@nopta.gov.au at least 2 weeks before submission. This is to ensure your account is activated and ready for submission.
Any packages must be delivered by hand (couriers accepted) to either the Perth or Melbourne NOPTA office. Contact ghg@nopta.gov.au to book a lodgement appointment.
See NOPTA guidance material to support your application:
- NOPTA Forms Guidance – Greenhouse Gas
- Guideline: Offshore Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permits
- Guideline: Applicant Suitability
- Form 8 Natural Person Declaration form – disclosures and experience
- Form 9 Body Corporate (Company) Declaration form – disclosures and experience
- Form 10 Declaration of change of circumstances of a registered titleholder or applicant
- Signatures – Execution of NOPTA forms by companies
- Financial Resources
- Declaration of experience and disclosures
Contact NOPTA
Phone the NOPTA titles hotline on +61 8 6424 5317.
Email: ghg@nopta.gov.au.