Activities

Internal Initiate

  • Scoping
  • Identify the opportunity
  • Establish goals and scope
  • Decide who is involved
  • identification of key internal Stakeholders 
  • NSTA Prioritisation
  • Document Scope of Work (SOW)

Milestones - Draft

Who - NSTA lead, NSTA staff work to develop a point of view on rationale for Area plan and assess the optimal way to achieve the NSTA strategy in a specifc area.

Process

Scope of Work

  • Technical
  • Commercial
  • Legal
  • Drafted by the NSTA

External Initiate

  • Validate the opportunity
  • Validate goals and scope
  • Decide who is involved
  • Engage economists and lawyers
  • project Execution Plan (PEP)

Milestones - Approve to initiate externally, Agreed PEP

Who - NSTA lead, NSTA staff work to develop a point of view on rationale for Area plan and assess the optimal way to achieve the NSTA strategy in a specifc area.

Process - 

Area Plan

  • Tier 1
  • Tier 1
  • Tier 1

PEP

  • Mechanics of delivery
  • Drafted by industry

Assess

  • Identify range of scenarios
  • Evaluate scenarios (subsurface, infrastructure, cost, value)
  • Develop insights
  • Engage economists
  • Review and adjust scenarios

Milestones - Approve to proceed to Assess

Who - Industry lead (NSTA Support and monitor), NSTA staff work to develop a point of view on rationale for Area plan and assess the optimal way to achieve the NSTA strategy in a specifc area.

Process - 

PEP

  • Mechanics of delivery
  • Drafted by industry

Work Phase

  • Protocol
  • Industry led

Select

  • NSTA Strategy optimised solutions(s)

Milestones - Approve to proceed to select

Who - Industry lead (NSTA Support and monitor), NSTA staff work to develop a point of view on rationale for Area plan and assess the optimal way to achieve the NSTA strategy in a specifc area.

Process - 

Outcomes/Action

  • Agressment and progress
  • Agreement and no progress

Define

  • Define and document Area Plan

Milestones - Area plan

Who - Industry lead (NSTA Support and monitor), NSTA staff work to develop a point of view on rationale for Area plan and assess the optimal way to achieve the NSTA strategy in a specifc area.

Process - 

Outcomes/Action

  • Agressment and progress
  • Agreement and no progress

Execute

  • Communicate the Area Plan
  • Execute the Area Plan
  • Review and adjust the Area Plan

Milestones - NSTA and Industry communicate Area plan

Industry exectute

NSTA

  • Influence and regulate (for example)
  • Informal guidance
  • Licence management
  • FDP approvals
  • Well approvals
  • COP approvals

Industry do not execute

NSTA Intervention steps

  • NSTA consider creating and NSTA plan

NSTA consider

Where appropriate:

  • NSTA create an NSTA plan
  • NSTA monitors the NSTA plan execution
  • NSTA sanctions for failure to comply with a petroleum related requirement.