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creators_name: Goldstein, B. D.
creators_name: Malavazos, Michael
creators_name: Long, Alexandra
creators_name: Bendall, Betina
creators_name: Hill, Tony
creators_name: Alexander, Elinor
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
corp_creators: Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia (PIRSA) , Australia
title: THE REGULATOR'S PERSPECTIVE - BEST PRACTICE ACTIVITY APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR EGS PROJECTS (INCLUDING INDUCED SEISMICITY)
subjects: O
subjects: RA1
subjects: SG
divisions: SHEER-6
full_text_status: none
abstract: Benign and valuable outcomes are key objectives for
geothermal industry activities. Trust in the capacity
of both industry and regulators to deliver outcomes
that satisfy stakeholder expectations are the
foundation for investment and expeditious land
access and activity approvals. These principles and
practices are especially important for operations
perceived to be new and with uncertain risks
Imperatives to deliver benign outcomes and
expeditious land access motivate the behavior of the
regulator for geothermal, upstream petroleum, high
pressure pipeline and gas storage operations in the
State of South Australia. The legislative framework
in South Australia (Petroleum and Geothermal
Energy Act 20001
) and the behavior of the regulator,
Primary Industries and Resources – South Australia
(PIRSA) are recognized by industry as “a relatively
straightforward regulatory system, which could be
considered a benchmark for other jurisdictions”
(Productivity Commission, 2009).
The regulatory instruments that have delivered both
trust and efficiency in South Australia are: nonprescriptive;
allow for innovation while ensuring that
operators demonstrate their ability to manage all
possible risks to an acceptable level; and entail
extensive stakeholder consultation to set standards
which are aligned with community expectations.
Operations in South Australia include internationally
significant Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
developments. Recognizing EGS is (at least to the
public) a new technology with uncertain risks,
PIRSA has taken account of international
developments (Majer, Baria and Stark, 2008) and
commissioned research (Hunt and Morelli, 2006 and
Morelli and Malavazos, 2008) to increase certainty in
relation to risk management for EGS operations.
This paper describes the objective based, one-stopshop
approach taken in South Australia to deliver expeditious land access and activity approvals, while
building trust in regulation and the geothermal
industry’s operations to deliver desired, benign,
sustainable and successful outcomes. The basis for
informed activity approvals for EGS operations is
discussed in some detail.
date_type: published
volume: 35
publisher: Stanford University, Stanford Geothermal Program
place_of_pub: Stanford, California
pagerange: 321-327
isbn: 1058-2525
book_title: PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Fifth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
official_url: https://www.geothermal-library.org/index.php?mode=pubs&action=view&record=8005649
access_IS-EPOS: limited
owner: Publisher
citation:   Goldstein, B. D. and Malavazos, Michael and Long, Alexandra and Bendall, Betina and Hill, Tony and Alexander, Elinor   THE REGULATOR'S PERSPECTIVE - BEST PRACTICE ACTIVITY APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR EGS PROJECTS (INCLUDING INDUCED SEISMICITY).   In:  PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Fifth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering.   Stanford University, Stanford Geothermal Program, Stanford, California, pp. 321-327.  ISBN 1058-2525