Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE (RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 7.15

  (1)   A petroleum titleholder commits an offence if the titleholder:

  (a)   undertakes a geophysical or geological survey in a title area; and

  (b)   does not give the Titles Administrator a weekly survey report as soon as practicable after the end of each week of the survey.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

  (2)   In this regulation:

"weekly survey report" means a report that includes:

  (a)   the name of the survey; and

  (b)   the title under which the survey is being conducted; and

  (c)   the name of the titleholder; and

  (d)   the name of the contractor conducting the survey; and

  (e)   the name of the vessel or aircraft conducting the survey; and

  (f)   a map showing where the survey was conducted during the week; and

  (g)   the number of kilometres or square kilometres for which data was acquired during the week; and

  (h)   the number of points at which data was acquired during the week; and

  (i)   the number of lines of data acquired during the week; and

  (j)   the amount of downtime during the week due to equipment problems, bad weather or other circumstances; and

  (k)   the percentage of the survey completed at the end of the week.

"week of the survey" means:

  (a)   the week starting on the first day of data acquisition; and

  (b)   each subsequent week.