Groundwater reinjection for exploration well testing of Ramsay Project wells

About the application

Application: Stage 2 Approval - Environmental assessment and approval of Environmental Objectives

Applicant: Gold Hydrogen Pty Ltd

Purpose: Activities related to groundwater reinjection (GWRI) for exploration well testing that are outside the coverage of the existing drilling and well testing Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (Natural Hydrogen Exploration Drilling and Well Testing, PEL 687 – Yorke Peninsula Environmental Impact Report, August 2023) and Statement of Environmental Objectives (SEO) (Natural Hydrogen Exploration Drilling and Well Testing, PEL - 687 Yorke Peninsula Statement of Environmental Objectives, August 2023). These activities are:

  • Temporary pipelines to transport groundwater to the reinjection well
  • Downhole reinjection of groundwater (into Ramsay-1)

The EIR and accompanying SEO are designed to operate in conjunction with the existing drilling and well testing EIR and SEO, both of which are available on the Department for Energy and Mining Environmental Register

Location

The project site is situated on the Yorke Peninsula region of PEL 687, approximately 10 km east of Minlaton, South Australia.

Documents for public comment

The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Statement of Environmental Objectives (SEO) have been submitted by Gold Hydrogen Pty Ltd, following stakeholder consultation.

Making a submission

You can submit your views by providing comments directly in the submission form (link provided below), or you can upload your comments to the submission form as a separate document.

Should you make a written submission, that submission becomes a public record. All written submissions will be provided to the applicant for consideration and will be made publicly available on the Department for Energy & Mining Environmental Register (unless deemed irrelevant, offensive, or on any other grounds that the Minister thinks fit) in accordance with the requirements of the Energy Resources Act 2000 (ER Act) and regulations.

The delegate of the Minister for Energy and Mining is required to have regard to these submissions in determining whether to grant or refuse the application and, if granted, the terms and conditions on which it should be granted.

Closing date for submissions was 27 March 2026.

More information

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