Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations In this
Part —
basic information means documentary information
that is not interpretative information;
disclosable information means documentary
information that is not permanently confidential information;
documentary information has the meaning given in
section 152A of the Act;
excluded information has the meaning given in
regulation 81;
exclusive data means data that is not made
available for commercial sale or licence;
interpretative information has the meaning given
in regulation 83;
mining sample means a petroleum mining sample as
defined in in section 152A of the Act;
non‑exclusive data means data that is made
available for commercial sale or licence;
open information about a survey means any of the
following information —
(a) the
name of the survey;
(b) the
instrument under which the survey is being conducted;
(c) the
name of the instrument holder;
(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 being used to conduct 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
basin and sub‑basin (if applicable) in which the well is located;
(c) the
well’s latitude and longitude;
(d) the
name of the instrument area in which the well is located;
(e) the
name of the instrument holder;
(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 drilling contractor;
(o) the
rig release date;
(p) the
status of the well (for example, producing, suspended or decommissioned);
operation means an operation carried on under the
authority of an instrument;
permanently confidential information has the
meaning given in regulation 82;
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.