Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated RegulationsIn this Chapter—
"accepted field development plan" means a field development plan that has been accepted by the Minister under regulation 207 and, if varied under regulation 212, as varied from time to time;
"accepted well operations management plan" means a well operations management plan that has been accepted by the Minister under regulation 228 and, if varied under regulation 234, as varied from time to time;
"end of the operation" means—
(a) in relation to a regulated operation related to the drilling of a well—the date on which the rig is released; and
(b) in relation to a regulated operation conducted on a well after the well is completed—the date on which the operation ceased; and
(c) in relation to a survey—the date on which the acquisition of the data is completed;
excluded information has the meaning given by regulation 187 ;
"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—
(i) in relation to a 2-dimensional survey—in kilometres; or
(ii) in relation to a 3-dimensional survey—in 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) in the case of a 2-dimensional survey—line ends and bends; or
(ii) in the case of a 3-dimensional seismic survey—a full fold polygon outline; or
(iii) in the case of 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 basin, and sub-basin if applicable, in which the well is located;
(c) the well's latitude and longitude;
(d) the name of the title area in which the well is located;
(e) the name of the titleholder;
(f) the purpose of the well (for example, development, appraisal, exploration or stratigraphy);
(g) if the well is a sidetrack—the name of the parent well;
(h) the well's spud date;
(i) the water depth at the well;
(j) what is being used as the depth reference for the well (for example, the Kelly bushing or the rig floor);
(k) the height of the depth reference above sea level;
(l) the name of the rig drilling the well;
(m) the rig's make and model;
(n) the name of the rig contractor;
(o) the rig release date;
(p) 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;
"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) in relation to a petroleum exploration permit or greenhouse gas assessment permit—the permit area; and
(b) in relation to a petroleum retention lease or greenhouse gas holding lease—the lease area; and
(c) in relation to a petroleum production licence, infrastructure licence, or greenhouse gas injection licence—the licence area; and
(d) in relation to a petroleum special prospecting authority, petroleum access authority, greenhouse gas search authority or greenhouse gas special authority—the authority area; and
(e) in relation to a scientific investigation consent or greenhouse gas research consent—the 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.