Victorian Numbered Regulations

PETROLEUM REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 139 OF 2021) - REG 43

    (1)     For the purposes of section 179(c) of the Act, the holder of an authority who undertakes a geophysical, geological or geochemical survey in the authority area must give the Minister a survey processing report and all processed survey data within—

        (a)     in the case of a 2-dimensional seismic survey—12 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed; or

        (b)     in the case of a 3-dimensional seismic survey—18 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed; or

        (c)     if the Minister authorises the holder of the authority to give the report and data within another period—that other period; or

        (d)     in any other case—6 months after the day on which the acquisition of the data is completed.

Note

Under section 179 of the Act, a person who contravenes this subregulation is liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.

    (2)     A survey processing report under subregulation (1) must include—

        (a)     the name of the survey; and

        (b)     the authority under which the survey was conducted; and

        (c)     the name of the holder of the authority; and

        (d)     the dates on which processing of the survey started and ended; and

        (e)     the name of the processing contractor; and

        (f)     the purpose of the processing; and

        (g)     a summary of the data acquisition parameters; and

        (h)     details of all the processing sequences and techniques used; and

              (i)     a sample Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code header from the final data set; and

        (j)     listings of all processed data; and

        (k)     in the case of a 3-dimensional survey—

              (i)     a description of the position of the survey polygon; and

              (ii)     a calculation for the 3-dimensional line numbering convention.

    (3)     A survey processing report under subregulation (1) must—

        (a)     be in the form approved by the Minister; and

        (b)     in the case of a 2-dimensional seismic survey—include each type of the following data—

              (i)     raw and final stacked data, including near, mid and far sub stacks if generated;

              (ii)     raw and final migrated data, including—

    (A)     pre-stack time migration; and

    (B)     pre-stack depth migration; and

    (C)     near, mid and far sub stacks;

              (iii)     final processed navigation and elevation data;

              (iv)     shotpoint to common depth point relationship;

              (v)     data for both stacked and migrated velocities, including—

    (A)     line number; and

    (B)     shotpoint; and

    (C)     time versus root mean square pairs;

              (vi)     an itemised process tape listing showing—

    (A)     tape number; and

    (B)     survey name; and

    (C)     line number; and

    (D)     shotpoint range; and

    (E)     common depth points; and

    (F)     data type; and

        (c)     in the case of a 3-dimensional seismic survey—include each type of the following data—

              (i)     raw and final stacked data, including near, mid and far sub stacks if generated;

              (ii)     raw and final migrated data, including—

    (A)     pre-stack time migration; and

    (B)     pre-stack depth migration; and

    (C)     near, mid and far sub stacks;

              (iii)     final processed navigation, elevation and bathymetry data;

              (iv)     final navigation data in the form of—

    (A)     final processed grid bin coordinates; and

    (B)     polygonal position data, being an outline of the full fold area;

              (v)     data for both stacked and migrated velocities, including—

    (A)     bin number; and

    (B)     time versus root mean square pairs;

              (vi)     2D data subset, if production is required as a condition of the grant of an authority;

              (vii)     an itemised process tape listing showing—

    (A)     tape number; and

    (B)     survey name; and

    (C)     in-lines and crosslines; and

    (D)     data type; and

        (d)     in the case of any other survey—include each type of the following data—

              (i)     final processed data;

              (ii)     final processed images;

              (iii)     final geological or geochemical survey analysis data.