Queensland Energy and Resources Insights

11 July 2008

Welcome to the July edition of Queensland-only Energy & Resources Insights, in which we'll look at:

why some mining lease applications over different petroleum tenures will need to be split into multiple applications
Australia's proposed world-first framework for carbon dioxide capture and geological store
why energy and resources companies should review their insurance for business interruption losses
who gets prosecuted for breaches of mine OHS - the operators, the employers, the worker who substantially created the risk - or all three?; and
Force Majeure clauses.

Compulsory splitting of mining lease applications

By Rory Whitefield and James Minchinton.

Recent changes to the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld) mean that some mining lease applications over different petroleum tenures will need to be split into multiple applications. When does this compulsory event arise? Rory Whitefield and James Minchinton explain.

New greenhouse gas injection and storage permits for offshore petroleum

By Sarah Reuter.

Australia will have the world's first greenhouse gas injection and storage permits via the recent Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill, as discussed by Sarah Reuter.

Businesses interrupted: have you checked your insurance cover?

By Mark Waller.

The Varanus Island gas plant explosion in Western Australia on 3 June serves as a timely reminder to businesses to check what risks they are insured against - or risk being out of pocket unnecessarily, as Mark Waller warns.

Individual worker prosecuted over workplace fatality

By Andrew Cardell-Ree.

Mine operators and employers continue to bear primary responsibility for workplace health and safety, but as a recent Queensland decision confirms, workers are not beyond prosecution if they are sufficiently involved in creating a risk to safety. Andrew Cardell-Ree reports.

Did you know… The power of the force

By David Kapa.

Something beyond your control stops you from performing your contractual obligations. Are you in breach? It depends on your Force Majeure clause (or lack of one), says David Kapa.

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