规定了新西兰地热行业为确保穿透热地下条件（尤其是火山地区）的油井的安全钻井和操作所需的设计和工作实践要求。它在从钻井到废弃的整个生命周期内促进深层地热井管理的最佳实践。它提供指导，并鼓励运营商、钻井承包商、服务公司、监管机构和其他利益相关者改善油井的整体管理，包括安全和环境管理。

Sets out the requirements of design and work practices necessary to ensure the safe drilling and operation of wells that penetrate hot subsurface conditions, particularly in volcanic regions, by the geothermal industry of New Zealand. It promotes best practice in the management of deep geothermal wells throughout their lifetime from drilling through to abandonment of wells. It provides guidance and encourages operators, drilling contractors, service companies, regulators, and other stakeholders to improve the overall management of wells, including safety and environmental management.