The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is the

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offshore energy regulator responsible for the

health and safety Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...

well integrity Well integrity, in regard to oil wells, is defined bNORSOK D-010as the "“Application of technical, operational and organizational solutions to reduce risk of uncontrolled release of formation fluids throughout the life cycle of a well”. There ...

and

environmental management Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aims ...

aspects of offshore oil and gas operations in Australian Commonwealth waters; and in coastal waters where regulatory powers and functions have been conferred by

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governments. NOPSEMA was established under the ''Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006'' (OPGGS Act). It is a corporate Commonwealth entity under the ''Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013'', and an independent

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under the ''

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''. NOPSEMA is part of the Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio. Under NOPSEMA's corporate structure, its Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the Federal Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia. Mr Stuart Smith was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NOPSEMA in September 2014.{{Cite web, title=Executive leadership » NOPSEMA, url=https://www.nopsema.gov.au/about/people-planning-and-performance/organisational-structure/executive-leadership, access-date=2021-05-18, website=www.nopsema.gov.au

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