Stuart Petroleum Cooper Basin Gas Pty Ltd (A-EA-AMD-100983888)

Closed
10 July 2026 11.59pm
Topic
Environmental licensing and regulation
Type
Public notice and consultation
Region
Outback Queensland

Stuart Petroleum Cooper Basin Gas Pty Ltd proposes an amendment to environmental authority (EA) EPPG00651513. The EA amendment is seeking revised impacts to Category B and C environmentally sensitive areas and prescribed environmental matters, to enable the continued development of approved coal seam gas wells and associated infrastructure.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994
Section 152
Application notice

Western Surat Gas Project

Resource activity: Site specific petroleum activity

It is advised that Stuart Petroleum Cooper Basin Gas Pty Ltd (ACN 130 588 055), a wholly owned subsidiary of Senex Energy Pty Ltd (Senex), has lodged an application for a major amendment to an environmental authority in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The environmental authority being amended is EPPG00651513.

The application relates to petroleum gas activities within Senex’s Roma North gas fields located between 20km and 55km north-northeast of Roma, Queensland, within Petroleum Leases (PL) 1022, 1023 and 1024.

View map of tenures: (PL) 1022, 1023 and 1024 (PDF, 466.2KB)

The EA amendment application involves updating approval conditions to allow revised impacts to Category B and C environmentally sensitive areas and prescribed environmental matters, to enable the continued development of approved coal seam gas wells and associated infrastructure. The application does not seek to increase the number of currently approved wells.

The application documents consist of the application documentation including supporting information and studies, and the response to the DETSI information request.

Application documents may be inspected or accessed at:

Copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may be made available upon request by contacting DETSI at palm@detsi.qld.gov.au

It is advised that any person may make a submission about the application documents during the submission period, which is from 12/06/2026 to 10/07/2026. Submission must be received on or before 11:59pm on the last day of the submission period. Submissions must be sent to:
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Energy and Extractive Resources Business Centre
GPO Box 2454, BRISBANE, QLD 4001
Email: EnergyandExtractive@detsi.qld.gov.au
Attention: Manager (Assessment)

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation as administering authority shall accept all properly made submissions and may accept written submissions even if they are not properly made. A properly made submission must meet all of the following requirements:

  • be written or made electronically
  • state the name and address of each submitter
  • be made to the administering authority stated above
  • be received on or before the last day of the submission period
  • state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds.

Submission may be made using the Submission form: Application or amendment application for an environmental authority / PRC plan / PRCP schedule (ESR/2015/1617)1. If you wish to make submissions electronically, please use submission form (ESR/2015/1617) as a guide about the matters that are to be included.

Enquiries about the application can be made directly to:
Senex Energy
GPO Box 2233
Brisbane QLD 4001
Email: info@senexenergy.com.au
Telephone: 07 3335 9000

1This is the publication number. The publication number can also be used as a search term to find the latest version of a publication at www.qld.gov.au.