Petroleum titles fees and rents

Find application fees below for petroleum titles, permits and licences, annual rent and administration fees, miscellaneous fees and advertising costs.

You can also find application fees related to land access agreements.

All fees and rents have been converted from revenue units. A revenue unit is worth $1.41 as of 1 July 2024, and may change on that date each year.

Monetary value is subject to indexation under the Revenue Units Act 2009.

For more information, read about revenue units.

You must pay a fee when you apply or renew a petroleum title.

Application fees are not refunded if the application is withdrawn or refused. Applications will not be accepted without correct payment.

Title type

Petroleum Act 1984

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Energy Pipelines Act 1981

Exploration permit/pipeline licence

$22,204

$6,041

$5,826

$5,640

Application to approve recovery of petroleum on an appraisal basis$25,602

Retention licence/lease

$24,680

$2,013

$11,652

Production licence/lease

$51,205

$2,013

$58,264

Access authority

$7,058

Special prospecting authority

$1,208

Renewal - exploration permit / pipeline licence

$11,539

$2,013

$5,826

2,013

Renewal - retention licence/lease

$11,402

$2,013

$11,652

Renewal - production licence/lease

$9,406

$2,013

Variation, suspension, extension - exploration permit

$8,507

Variation, suspension, extension - retention licence/lease

$8,830

Variation, suspension, extension - production licence/lease

$6,834

$1,975

Variation - exploration permit / pipeline licence

$8,507

$1,208

$232

$1,975

Surrender - exploration permit/licence

$1,073

You must pay the annual rent on a title, each year that a petroleum title remains valid. Payment is due before the anniversary of the grant date. These fees are GST exempt.

The title will be cancelled if you don't pay the annual rent.

Title type

Petroleum Act 1984

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Energy Pipelines 
Act 1981

Exploration permit - per block

$613

$84 / $1,500 minimum fee

$23 - year 1,2,3,4 and 5
$46 - year 6,7,8,9 and 10
$93 - each remaining year

Retention licence/lease - per block

$13,275

$12,075

$2,232

Production licence/lease - per block

$16,215

$18,000

$2,330

Pipeline licence

$120 per km

$658 minimum fee - refer to formula below

Formula is A = B x C x D.  
A is the fee payable, B is the prescribed unit amount (currently 90 cents), C is the average internal pipeline diameter expressed in metres, D is the pipeline length expressed in metres.

You must pay registration fees for the following transactions.

Transaction type

Petroleum Act 1984

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Energy Pipelines Act 1981

Transfer of title

$2,726

1.5% or $1,208 minimum fee

$874

$241

Transfer of interest in an application$1,995

Transfer of title – related corporations

$1,995

$6,041

$241

Application to approve change in control$1,995

$6,041

$241

Approval of dealing - that creates or assigns an interest in a title

$232

$1,208

Caveat $117

$241

Devolution of title (devolved by operation of law)

$80

$119

$291

$49

Transaction  type

Petroleum Act 1984

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Energy Pipelines Act 1981

An inspection of register and other instruments

$26

$26

$16

$8

A copy/extract of register or other instrument (per page)

$8

$5.75

$5

$22

A certificate issued by the registrar

$46

$39

$29

$118

Change of name

$119

Late lodgement of annual reports

$141 for each week or part of a week

Later than 28 days but within 56 days - $117

Later than 56 days but within 84 days - $699

Later than 84 days but within 112 days - $1,281

Later than 112 days - $1,281 plus $582 for each

You must pay the cost of advertising your petroleum title application in the newspaper.

The department advertises all applications in the NT News. Some applications may also be advertised in the Koori Mail, depending on the tenure of the land and where it is.

The department arranges the advertising. You will be invoiced for the cost once the application has been published in the newspaper.

You must pay a fee when you make certain applications related to land access agreements.

Application fees are not refunded if the application is withdrawn or refused.

Applications will not be accepted without correct payment.

Transaction typePetroleum Regulations 2020
Application for approval of access agreement$1,610
Application to register access agreement$939
Application to inspect access agreement register$26
Application for certified copy or certificate from register$46
Application for approval or registration of variation$1,610
Application for registration of variation of access agreement
by order of the tribunal
$939

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