Australia implemented the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024 in June 2025, modernizing the safety landscape for offshore carbon management. The new rules focus heavily on psychosocial risks and enhanced worker protection, aligning with international health and safety benchmarks. A critical pillar is the Design Notification Scheme, which requires storage projects to submit detailed safety cases to NOPSEMA during the early engineering phase. Furthermore, the regulations shift incident reporting duties to specialized frontline roles, ensuring transparency and establishing the world’s most rigorous human-centric safety standards for high-pressure CO2 sub-sea operations.
Australia Offshore GHG Storage (Safety) Regulations 2024
Regulatory Active
Verified
National Governance Context
Australia Overview
Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)
Governed Policies
4
Identified Projects
44
Operational Cap 3.3 Mtpa
Under Construction Cap 0.0 Mtpa
Planned Cap 51.2 Mtpa
Related Policy Network
Directly Linked Assets
Adbri Project
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Cliff Head CCS Project
Storage — 1 Mtpa
CTSCo Project
Full chain — 0.11 Mtpa
Middle Arm CO2 import terminal (NT)
Transport — 0 Mtpa
ZETA
CCU — 0.1 Mtpa
NSW CO2 SAP
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Otway CCS Hub
Storage — 0.2 Mtpa
Cygnus CCS Hub phase 1
Storage — 0.5 Mtpa
Cygnus CCS Hub phase 2
Storage — 0.5 Mtpa
Incapture G-15-AP
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Chevron G-20-AP
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Chevron G-18-AP
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Worsley Alumina CCS
Capture — 0.7 Mtpa
Ichthys LNG (Darwin)
Full chain — 0 Mtpa
5,000 TA CO2 (Australia) phase 1
Full chain — 0.005 Mtpa
Arckaringa
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Cstore 2
T&S — 7.5 Mtpa
Gorgon CCS
Full chain — 1.6 Mtpa
H2Perth Woodside
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project Full scale (CarbonNET)
Capture — 1.8 Mtpa
MEPAU Mid West CCUS hub
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Mid West Clean Energy Project
Capture — 1 Mtpa
Angel CCS
T&S — 5 Mtpa
Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage
Full chain — 1.7 Mtpa
South East Australia carbon capture and storage (SEA CCS) hub
T&S — 2 Mtpa
Kwinana Industrial Area CO2 Aggregation Project
Capture — 0 Mtpa
South West Hub Project
Storage — 0.8 Mtpa
Wesfarmers Mitsui WA low-carbon ammonia
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Barossa and Darwin liquefied natural gas (DLNG) CCUS
Capture — 2.3 Mtpa
Cstore 1
T&S — 7.5 Mtpa
Reindeer CCS
Storage — 5 Mtpa
Santos Bonaparte Basin storage
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Bonaparte CCS Block G-7 AP
Storage — 10 Mtpa
Berrima cement plant (NSW)
CCU — 0.1 Mtpa
Longford gas plant
Capture — 2 Mtpa
Bridgeport Energy Moonie CCUS Project
T&S — 0.12 Mtpa
Woodside Browse CCS Assessment
Full chain — 0 Mtpa
Geovault Canning Basin CCS Assessment
Storage — 0 Mtpa
J-Power Sumitomo joint feasibility clean hydrogen Latrobe Valley (VI)
Capture — 0 Mtpa
CarbonNet
T&S — 6 Mtpa
HIF Tasmania eFuels Facility (TAS)
CCU — 0.3 Mtpa
Yara Pilbara ammonia
Capture — 0 Mtpa
WAH2 Clean Ammonia Project - phase 1
Capture — 0.25 Mtpa
WAH2 Clean Ammonia Project - phase 2
Capture — 0.55 Mtpa