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❓ A member of parliament requests data on petroleum well activity applications over the past decade. The Minister provides partial data, citing resource constraints for earlier years.

AnsweredQoN 3237Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 June 2018

Member

Mr W.R. Marmion

Portfolio

Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

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Can the Minister advise how many Petroleum Well Activities applications were received from the petroleum industry for approval by his department in the following years: (a) 2007/08; (b) 2008/09; (c) 2009/10; (d) 2010/11; (e) 2011/12; (f) 2012/13; (g) 2013/14; (h) 2014/15; (i) 2015/16; (j) 2016/17; and (k) this financial year up until the end of May 2018?

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Answered

14 August 2018

Responded by

Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement

Response time

8 days

(a) – (i) Information of this nature exists in paper and scanned form, however it is not in a format that allows for a ready response to this question. The provision of this information involves considerable investigation and in fact requires an analysis of every file relating to each well drilled within the respective years. This would divert staff away from their normal duties and I am not prepared to allocate the State's resources to provide an answer.
(j) 79
(k) 118

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