2021 Offshore Greenhouse Gas Storage Acreage Release

Companies have the opportunity to submit bids on release areas from Friday 4 March 2022 to Thursday 10 March 2022.

The acreage release comprises 5 areas across 3 offshore basins including:

  • Bonaparte
  • Browse
  • Northern Carnarvon.

See release area information and bidding instructions for the 2021 acreage release.

Geoscience Australia has published geological information and information on Carbon, Capture and Storage in support of the release.

View the release areas on the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator’s (NOPTA) interactive map.

See the Acreage Release portal and search the interactive National Offshore Petroleum Information Management System (NOPIMS) database for wells and survey information.

Learn more about the offshore greenhouse gas storage acreage release process.

Subscribe to the Australian Petroleum News (APN), an occasional newsletter published by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, to keep up to date with the latest information on the acreage release.