Petroleum activities reporting

You must submit an annual report within one month after the anniversary of the grant of a petroleum interest, regardless of whether any work has been performed under the interest during the year or not.

Annual reports provide the minister with detailed information:

• about the operations and activities you've undertaken on or in relation to the interest area
• on your compliance with the legislative scheme during the reporting period.

They are permanently confidential and can only be released by the minister in limited circumstances. For example, if required by a court or the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Submitting a report

You must submit your annual report using the form below. It has been created as a template to match the requirements set out in the Petroleum Regulations 2020.

Fill in the annual report form:

Annual report form PDF (635.5 KB)
Annual report form DOCX (777.3 KB)

Within one month of submission, the minister may direct you to provide any missing information from an annual report.

A late lodgement fee is payable for each week or part of a week that an annual report is submitted past the due date. Failure to submit an annual report, or failure to comply with a direction from the minister in relation to an annual report is an offence that may be prosecuted.

The Petroleum (Transitional) Regulations 2023 allow an interest holder to apply to the minister for approval to submit an annual report later than one month after the anniversary date. This is a temporary provision that will be repealed in June 2025.