Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsIn these Regulations:
"accepted field development plan" means a field development plan that has been accepted by the Joint Authority under regulation 4.05, as varied from time to time under regulation 4.10.
"Act" means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .
"commencement day" means the day that these Regulations commence.
"end of the operation" means:
(a) for a regulated operation related to the drilling of a well--the date on which the rig is released; and
(b) for a regulated operation conducted on a well after the well is completed--the date on which the operation ceased; and
(c) for a survey--the date on which the acquisition of the data is completed.
"Energy Department" has the meaning given by subregulation 8.13A(2).
"excluded information" has the meaning given by regulation 1.06.
"greenhouse gas title" means:
(a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
(b) a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
(c) a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
(d) a greenhouse gas search authority; or
(e) a greenhouse gas special authority; or
(f) a greenhouse gas research consent.
"greenhouse gas titleholder" means:
(a) a greenhouse gas assessment permittee; or
(b) a greenhouse gas holding lessee; or
(c) a greenhouse gas injection licensee; or
(d) a registered holder of a greenhouse gas search authority; or
(e) a registered holder of a greenhouse gas special authority; or
(f) a holder of a greenhouse gas research consent.
"named month" means one of the 12 months of the calendar year.
"non-exclusive data" means data that is made available for commercial sale or license.
"open information about a survey" means any of the following information:
(a) the name of the survey;
(b) the title under which the survey is being conducted;
(c) the name of the titleholder;
(d) the basin and sub - basin (if applicable) in which the survey is being conducted;
(e) the type of survey;
(f) the size of the survey in:
(i) for a 2 - dimensional survey--kilometres; or
(ii) for a 3 - dimensional survey--square kilometres;
(g) the name of the vessel or aircraft conducting the survey;
(h) the name of the contractor conducting the survey;
(i) the dates on which the survey starts and ends or is proposed to start and end;
(j) whether the survey is exclusive or non - exclusive;
(k) navigation data for the survey, in the form of:
(i) for a 2 - dimensional survey--line ends and bends; or
(ii) for a 3 - dimensional seismic survey--a full fold polygon outline; or
(iii) for other 3 - dimensional surveys--a polygon outline.
"open information about a well" means any of the following information:
(a) the name of the well;
(b) the offshore area in which the well is located;
(c) the basin and sub - basin (if applicable) in which the well is located;
(d) the well's latitude and longitude;
(e) the name of the title area in which the well is located;
(f) the name of the titleholder;
(g) the purpose of the well (for example development, appraisal, exploration or stratigraphy);
(h) if the well is a sidetrack--the name of the parent well;
(i) the well's spud date;
(j) the water depth at the well;
(k) what is being used as the depth reference for the well (for example the Kelly bushing or the rig floor);
(l) the height of the depth reference above sea level;
(m) the name of the rig drilling the well;
(n) the rig's make and model;
(o) the name of the rig contractor;
(p) the rig release date;
(q) the status of the well (for example producing, suspended or abandoned).
"petroleum title" means:
(a) a petroleum exploration permit; or
(b) a petroleum retention lease; or
(c) a petroleum production licence; or
(d) a petroleum special prospecting authority; or
(e) a petroleum access authority; or
(f) a scientific investigation consent.
"petroleum titleholder" means:
(a) a petroleum exploration permittee; or
(b) a petroleum retention lessee; or
(c) a petroleum production licensee; or
(d) the registered holder of a petroleum special prospecting authority; or
(e) the registered holder of a petroleum access authority; or
(f) the holder of a scientific investigation consent.
"risk" means the likelihood of a specific, undesired, event occurring within a specific period or in specified circumstances.
Note: A risk may be understood as a frequency (the number of specified events occurring within a period) or a probability (the likelihood of a specific event following another event).
"seismic extracted data grid" means a series of vertical cross - sections extracted from a 3 - dimensional seismic data volume that form a grid of which:
(a) one direction is along the direction of seismic data acquisition; and
(b) the other direction is at right angles to the direction of seismic data acquisition; and
(c) the vertical cross - sections are spaced 5 kilometres apart in both directions.
"title" means:
(a) a greenhouse gas title; or
(b) an infrastructure licence; or
(c) a pipeline licence; or
(d) a petroleum title.
"title area" means:
(a) for a petroleum exploration permit or greenhouse gas assessment permit--the permit area; and
(b) for a petroleum retention lease or greenhouse gas holding lease--the lease area; and
(c) for a petroleum production licence, infrastructure licence, or greenhouse gas injection licence--the licence area; and
(d) for a petroleum special prospecting authority, petroleum access authority, greenhouse gas search authority or greenhouse gas special authority--the authority area; and
(e) for a scientific investigation consent or greenhouse gas research consent--the offshore area specified in the consent.
"titleholder" means:
(a) a greenhouse gas titleholder; or
(b) an infrastructure licensee; or
(c) a pipeline licensee; or
(d) a petroleum titleholder.
"Titles Administrator" means the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator.