Updates from the Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate

The Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate publishes newsletters, annual reports, and other important updates about the sector in Queensland. The Inspectorate also publishes safety alerts, instructions and bulletins to raise awareness in the industry.

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Newsletter

If you would like earlier editions of these publications, email us and let us know details including the month, year or title of publication.

Latest edition

• December 2022

Previous editions

• April 2022
• December 2021
• June 2021
• March 2021
• December 2020
• July 2020 (PDF, 1MB)
• April 2020
• December 2019
• July 2019
• April 2019
• October 2018
• July 2018
• April 2018
• January 2018

Chief Inspector updates

The Chief Inspector sends updates to current licence and authorisation holders and key stakeholders to announce, and provide information on, important regulatory or strategic changes that affect the petroleum and gas sector in Queensland. You can read the latest updates below.

• Amendments to Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (June 2019)
• Amendments to Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (March 2019)
• Changes to approved compliance materials (March 2019)
• Penalty infringement notices (PINs) evaluation report (Feb 2019)
• Important information about your gas work licence (Feb 2019)
• Important information about your gas work authorisation (Feb 2019)
• New Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 – Changes for industry (March 2019)
• New Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 – Changes for gas fitters and authorisation holders (Sep 2018)

Industry updates

• Safety recall: Suburban RV/caravan gas fuelled water heaters (Nov 2019)

Service delivery snapshots

Each financial year, the inspectorate reports back to industry on the regulatory services delivered in the previous year, key projects, highlights, and outlines the focus for the coming financial year.

Read the following:

• Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate snapshot 2017-18
• Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate snapshot 2016-17
• Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate summary of key activities 2015-16.

Also consider...

• Read Safety alerts and instructions for petroleum and gas for alerts, bulletins and instructions for warnings of potential hazards and advice on legislative requirements.
• Read about our regulatory performance framework and access regulatory activity data.