Division 2—Performance and technical reports
33—Annual licence reports
(1) A licensee must, within 2 months after the end of each licence year, furnish to the Minister a report for the relevant licence year (an annual licence report).
(2) An annual licence report must be provided in a manner and form determined by the Minister.
(3) An annual licence report must include—
(a) a summary of the regulated activities conducted under the licence during the year; and
(b) a report for the year on compliance with the Act, these regulations, the licence and any relevant statement of environmental objectives; and
(ba) the methods implemented during the relevant licence year to ensure compliance with the Act, these regulations, the licence and any relevant statement of environmental objectives; and
(c) a statement concerning any action to rectify non‑compliance with obligations imposed by the Act, these regulations, the licence or any relevant statement of environmental objectives, and to minimise the likelihood of the recurrence of any such non‑compliance; and
(d) a summary of any system audits undertaken during the relevant licence year, including information on any failure or deficiency identified by the audit and any corrective action that has, or will be, taken; and
(da) a summary of the work undertaken to monitor the effectiveness of the management system during the relevant licence year, including details of auditing, monitoring and review of the effectiveness of controls necessary for compliance with a statement of environmental objectives; and
(db) a summary of any failures or deficiencies identified during work undertaken under paragraph (da) during the relevant licence year, and any corrective actions that have, or will, be taken; and
(dc) a report on any reasonably foreseeable threats to the environment during the relevant licence year, including details of any corrective action that has, or will be taken to address the threats; and
(de) a report on any reasonable concerns reported to the licensee by members of the public during the relevant licence year relating to the carrying out of regulated activities by the licensee, including details of any action that has been, or will be, taken to address these concerns; and
(e) a list of—
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—all reports and data relevant to the operation of the Act generated by the licensee during the relevant licensing year; or
(ii) with the approval of the Minister—the technical reports required to be provided to the Minister under regulation 47 during the relevant licensing year; and
(f) in relation to any incidents reported to the Minister under the Act and these regulations during the relevant licensing year—
(i) an overall assessment and analysis of the incidents, including the identification and analysis of any trends that have emerged; and
(ii) an overall assessment of the effectiveness of any action taken to rectify non‑compliance with obligations imposed by the Act, these regulations or the licence, or to minimise the risk of recurrence of any such non‑compliance; and
(g) a report on any reasonably foreseeable threats (other than threats previously reported on) that reasonably present, or may present, a hazard to facilities or activities under the licence, and a report on any corrective action that has, or will be, taken; and
(h) unless the relevant licence year is the last year in which the licence is to remain in force—a statement outlining operations proposed for the ensuing year; and
(i) in the case of a petroleum production licence, a regulated substance production licence or a gas storage production licence—an estimate of the volume of the regulated substance likely to be produced, wasted, stored or sold under the licence during the ensuing year, or such longer period as the Minister may require; and
(j) in the case of a production licence—an assessment of the development activities proposed to be undertaken under the licence, including the number of completions that are expected to occur, during the ensuing year, or such longer period as the Minister may require; and
(k) in the case of a pipeline licence—the volume of any regulated substance transported through the pipeline during the relevant licence year.
(4) An annual licence report must be accompanied by a statement of expenditure on regulated activities conducted under the licence for the relevant licence year.
(5) An annual licence report for an associated activities licence may be included as part of the annual licence report for the primary licence.
(6) Without limiting subregulation (5), a licensee may, with the approval of the Minister, amalgamate the annual licence reports with respect to 2 or more licences.
(7) If a licence is surrendered or cancelled, the person who held the licence immediately before the surrender or cancellation must, within 2 months after the surrender or cancellation, furnish a final annual licence report under this regulation for the period starting at the end of the last full licence year.
(7a) If a part of a licence area is surrendered, the annual licence report required under subregulation (7)—
(a) unless otherwise determined by the Minister—must describe the part of the licence that has been surrendered; and
(b) need only provide information in relation to those parts of the licence area that have been surrendered; and
(c) must, in addition to the matters required to be included under subregulation (3), provide a prospectivity review of the part of the licence that has been surrendered.
(8) A copy of an annual licence report provided to the Minister under this regulation must be kept available for public inspection in a manner determined by the Minister.
(9) However, a member of the public is not entitled to inspect a statement of expenditure provided under subregulation (4).
34—Geophysical progress reports
(1) A licensee who is conducting geophysical activities, or activities involving the reprocessing of geophysical data, must furnish to the Minister, on a periodic basis determined by the Minister after consultation with the licensee, a report (a geophysical progress report) which includes—
(a) a list of activities conducted on each day during the reporting period including, if applicable, the lines prepared, the data recorded, and the rehabilitation undertaken; and
(b) a cumulative tally of activities from the start of the relevant survey, including, for three‑dimensional seismic surveys, the total number of source line kilometres and the total number of recorded square kilometres; and
(c) the location of any campsites used during the reporting period; and
(d) the status of any processing or reprocessing of geophysical data; and
(e) a specific report on any reportable incident under section 85 of the Act that has occurred during the reporting period.
(2) A copy of a report under this regulation will not be available for public inspection.
35—Geophysical operations reports
(1) A licensee who—
(a) records any geophysical field data (other than wireline data in a well); or
(b) reprocesses any geophysical field data (other than wireline data from a well),
must furnish to the Minister—
(c) in a case where paragraph (a) applies—within 12 months after the completion of the recording of the data;
(d) in a case where paragraph (b) applies—within 12 months after the completion of the reprocessing of the data,
a geophysical operations report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A geophysical operations report must include—
(a) the name of the survey during which the data was obtained; and
(b) in a case where subregulation (1)(a) applies—information on the following:
(i) the location of the survey, including the licence area in which the survey was conducted;
(ii) significant dates relating to survey activities, including recording, starting and finishing dates and processing completion dates;
(iii) the operations carried out in acquiring the data, including a description of the equipment used for positioning, surveying, navigation or other purposes, and a description of the geophysical techniques and equipment used;
(c) a description of the processing or reprocessing carried out on the data, and the products of those processes;
(d) information on the geodetic and geophysical datum employed;
(e) information on any stations, lines or areas recorded under the survey;
(f) a recording parameter summary;
(g) information on the location of survey control points and permanent markers;
(h) if relevant—information on uphole locations;
(i) a list of tapes and cartridges that have been generated including (where appropriate)—
(i) recorded field data, including line and station range details; and
(ii) processed data, including details on the lines, station range, Common Depth Point range and forms of processing.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection—
(a) in the case of a report involving speculative survey data—after the expiry of the period (not being more than 15 years) specified in the speculative survey licence; or
(i) after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the recording of the data; or
(ii) if the data has been reprocessed but does not include newly recorded data that requires processing for the first time—after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the reprocessing of the data; or
(iii) if the data has been reprocessed and includes newly recorded data—after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the recording of the newly recorded data.
36—Geophysical interpretation reports
(1) A licensee who—
(a) records any geophysical data (other than wireline data in a well); or
(b) reprocesses any geophysical field data (other than wireline data from a well),
must furnish to the Minister, within 12 months after the completion of the processing or reprocessing of the data (as the case may be), a geophysical interpretation report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A geophysical interpretation report must provide a representative evaluation of the data according to good industry practice and in any event information on the following:
(a) the interpretation of horizons;
(b) structural mapping;
(c) any leads or prospects arising from the data.
(3) The report must identify the interpretation methods and techniques used in the interpretation of the data.
(4) The report must include maps and show other identifying features to a reasonable scale, detail and extent.
(5) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection—
(a) in the case of a report involving speculative survey data—after the expiry of the period (not being more than 15 years) specified in the speculative survey licence; or
(i) if the licence is surrendered or cancelled—after the surrender or cancellation of the licence; or
(ii) if the licence expires—after the expiry of the licence.
37—Geophysical data
(1) A licensee must, at the time the licensee provides a geophysical operations report to the Minister, also provide to the Minister the following geophysical data:
(a) in relation to seismic data—
(i) recorded field data; and
(ii) observers logs; and
(iii) station locations, including elevation and bathymetry data; and
(iv) field statics data; and
(v) processed two‑dimensional seismic reflection sections; and
(vi) processed three‑dimensional data volumes and velocities; and
(vii) processed three‑dimensional time slices (if they have been produced);
(b) in relation to aeromagnetic or other airborne data—
(i) location data, including flight location data and flight logs; and
(ii) raw and edited field data; and
(iii) quality control plots or calibrations; and
(iv) processed data; and
(v) processed files;
(c) any other data relevant to field acquisition in the possession of the licensee or required by the Minister.
(2) If data has been reprocessed, the following must also be provided to the Minister:
(a) a transcribed copy of the field data;
(b) the field tape transcription log;
(c) a tape and file listing of the field data that has been copied and reprocessed.
(3) Unless otherwise determined by the Minister, all location data must use GDA 2020 coordinates.
(4) Data provided under this regulation will be available for public inspection—
(a) in the case of a report involving speculative survey data (whether or not including reprocessed data)—after the expiry of the period (not being more than 15 years) specified in the speculative survey licence; or
(i) after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the recording of the data; or
(ii) if the data has been reprocessed but does not include newly recorded data that requires processing for the first time—after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the reprocessing of the data; or
(iii) if the data has been reprocessed and includes newly recorded data—after the expiration of 2 years from the date of substantial completion of the recording of the newly recorded data.
38—Daily drilling reports
(1) A licensee who undertakes any drilling on any day must furnish to the Minister a daily drilling report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A daily drilling report—
(a) must relate to a period not exceeding 24 hours, calculated from the end of the period reported on in the immediately preceding daily drilling report (unless the report is the first report for the well); and
(b) must be provided to the Minister—
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—within 12 hours after the end of the period to which it relates;
(ii) if the end of the period of 12 hours under subparagraph (i) would fall on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—by 10 am on the first business day following the end of that 12 hour period.
(3) A daily drilling report must include the following:
(b) a report number or the number of days from spud;
(c) the time and date of well spud and rig release;
(d) the depth of the well at the end of the reporting period (in metres);
(e) information on operations carried out during the reporting period;
(f) the mudlog for the reporting period;
(g) resource show descriptions;
(h) a description of the formations, and the depth of any geological formation tops, encountered during the reporting period;
(i) well logs acquired during the reporting period;
(j) the drill stem test intervals and results, including recoveries and the API gravity of any liquid hydrocarbons recovered during the reporting period, and the resistivity of any water recovered during the reporting period;
(k) results of cement calculation;
(l) results of formation integrity tests (including leak off tests).
(4) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection when the relevant well completion report is made available for such inspection.
(5) However, the location, spud date, rig release date, total depth, datum heights and status of a well may be made available to the public at any time.
39—Wireline logs
(1) A licensee who acquires any open hole or cased hole logs must furnish copies of the logs to the Minister within 2 months of acquisition.
(2) However—
(a) if a log is acquired at more than one scale, the larger scale log need only be submitted; and
(b) drill stem test correlations and sidewall core records need not be furnished to the Minister; and
(c) a log that is primarily a record of the completion of an operation need not be furnished to the Minister.
(3) All depth references for the purposes of any logs provided under this regulation must be in metres (unless otherwise approved by the Minister).
(4) The data contained in logs furnished under this regulation will be available for public inspection—
(a) after the expiration of 2 years from the date of rig release; or
(b) if acquired after rig release—after the expiration of 2 years from the date of acquisition.
40—Well completion reports
(1) A licensee who undertakes any drilling must furnish to the Minister, within 6 months after rig release, a well completion report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A well completion report must include the following:
(b) a summary page or pages, located at the beginning of the report, which set out in a concise form basic information relating to the well found in the report;
(c) a diagram that shows the following:
(i) the latitude and longitude of the well in GDA 2020 coordinates, computed within accuracy levels approved by the Minister;
(ii) the direction of true north;
(iii) any other well and all roads, access tracks, public utilities or substantial buildings or other structures within 300 metres of the site of the well, and any significant topographical, environmental or cultural features;
(iv) where applicable, the boundaries and legal description of the section of land within which the well is situated;
(d) the name of any drilling contractor;
(e) the spud date, the date of rig release, and the total depth drilled (to drillers and loggers depths, in metres);
(f) a summary of the lithologies encountered during the drilling, and a summary of the geological formations taken to have been encountered during drilling;
(g) a composite log, formulated to a scale comparable with the wireline logs used in connection with the drilling, that includes the following:
(i) the bit record;
(ii) the penetration rate;
(iii) the casing record;
(iv) a lithological summary;
(v) geological formation tops;
(vi) representative open hole and cased hole logs;
(vii) sidewall core points;
(viii) palaeontological analysis results;
(ix) hydrocarbon shows;
(x) the drill stem test intervals and results;
(xi) core intervals and recoveries;
(xii) the log analysis result;
(xiii) the final surveyed well location and elevation information (including the coordinate reference system used);
(h) core and sidewall sample descriptions, and an analysis of these;
(i) relevant petrographic descriptions;
(j) the palaeontological analysis results and interpretation;
(k) the formation test reports, charts and interpretation;
(l) log interpretations;
(m) details of hole sizes, casings and cementing that has been undertaken;
(n) details of well completion or abandonment;
(o) a velocity survey;
(p) for exploration and appraisal wells—an interpreted post drill structure map of the primary objective and an interpreted seismic section;
(q) a location survey;
(r) if the well was drilled from a multi‑well pad—a diagram identifying which well was drilled from which slot on the pad.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), all depth references for a well must be in metres.
(4) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 2 years from the date of rig release.
41—Quarterly cased‑hole well activity report
(1) A licensee who undertakes any activity on a cased‑hole well in any quarter must furnish to the Minister, within 30 days after the end of the quarter, a quarterly cased‑hole well activity report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A quarterly cased‑hole well activity report must include the following:
(b) the dates on which any activity occurred;
(c) information (in a form determined by the Minister) on all pressure tests, recompletions, perforations, fluid sampling and cased hole logging activities conducted during the quarter.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will not be available for public inspection.
42—Well test analysis reports
(1) A licensee who undertakes a well test for the purpose of determining reservoir pressure, or reservoir characteristics or flow characteristics within the vicinity of the well bore, must furnish to the Minister, within 6 months after the well test is completed, a well test analysis report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A well test analysis report must include the following:
(b) information on the type of test that was carried out;
(c) the date of the test;
(d) the interval tested;
(e) the quantity of any regulated substance produced;
(f) a description of the analysis or interpretation that has been undertaken;
(g) the results of the test (including all interpreted results);
(h) any raw data obtained from the test.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 2 years from the date on which the relevant test was carried out.
43—Reservoir fluid analysis reports
(1) A licensee who samples reservoir fluid (including water) must furnish to the Minister, within 6 months after the date of sampling, a reservoir fluid analysis report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A reservoir fluid analysis report must include the following:
(b) the date on which the reservoir fluid was sampled;
(c) the interval from which the sample was obtained;
(d) a description of any analysis or test that has been performed on the sample;
(e) the results of any analysis or test;
(f) the name of the laboratory or other place at which any analysis or test was undertaken.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 2 years from the date on which the sampling was carried out.
44—Downhole diagrams
(1) A licensee who installs or alters downhole equipment must furnish to the Minister, within 2 months after the installation or alteration, a downhole diagram in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A downhole diagram must—
(a) include details on the equipment that has been installed, or information on the alterations; and
(b) show the perforated intervals; and
(c) state the date on which the particular equipment became operable, or on which the alteration occurred; and
(d) state the status of the well; and
(e) include details of any reservoir stimulation treatments that have been undertaken.
(3) A copy of the diagram under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 6 months from the date of the installation or alteration of the equipment (as the case may be).
45—Production reports
(1) A licensee who produces a regulated substance or geothermal energy in any month must furnish to the Minister, within 2 months after the end of the month, a production report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
(2) A production report in respect of a regulated substance must include the following:
(b) in relation to each producing completion—
(i) identifying information as to completion interval; and
(ii) the number of days on which the producing completion was on line during the month; and
(iii) the quantity of regulated substance produced or injected during the month; and
(iv) the quantity of water (if any) produced during the month.
(2a) A production report in respect of geothermal energy must include the following:
(a) the volume, flow rates, production temperature and pressure and geochemistry of the geofluid that is produced;
(b) the volume, flow rates, reinjection temperature and pressure and geochemistry of the geofluid that is reinjected into the reservoir once heat energy has been used for commercial purposes;
(c) any other information specified by the Minister.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 6 months after the month to which it relates.
46—Facility construction reports
(1) The Minister may require that a report (a facilities construction report) be provided to the Minister, at regular intervals determined by the Minister, on the progress of the construction of any facility (and the person to whom that requirement is directed must comply with the requirement).
(2) A facilities construction report must include the following:
(a) the name of the facility, or other information that identifies the facility;
(b) the effective date of the report;
(c) the progress that has been achieved since the effective date of the last report;
(d) the current construction timetable.
(3) A licensee who has completed the construction of a facility must furnish to the Minister, within 2 months after completion of the construction, a report on the facility containing information determined by the Minister.
(4) A licensee who alters or modifies a pipeline must furnish to the Minister, within 2 months after completion of the work, drawings which show the pipeline as altered or modified.
46A—Facility rehabilitation or decommissioning reports
(1) A licensee who undertakes rehabilitation of a facility must provide to the Minister, within 6 months after the rehabilitation is completed, a facility rehabilitation report in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
(2) A facility rehabilitation report must include the following information:
(a) the name of the facility or other information that identifies the facility;
(b) the dates during which the rehabilitation activity occurred;
(c) details of the rehabilitation activity undertaken.
(3) A licensee who decommissions a facility must provide to the Minister, within 6 months after the decommissioning is completed, a facility decommissioning report in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
(4) A facility decommissioning report must include the following information:
(a) the name of the facility or other information that identifies the facility;
(b) the dates during which the decommissioning occurred;
(c) details of the decommissioning undertaken.
(5) A copy of a report under this regulation will not be available for public inspection.
46B—Hydraulic fracturing report
(1) A licensee who undertakes hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of producing a regulated substance from a well bore must provide to the Minister, within 6 months after the hydraulic fracturing is completed, a hydraulic fracturing report in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
(2) A hydraulic fracturing report must include the following:
(a) the well name, well number and hydraulic fracturing stage number;
(b) information on the type of hydraulic fracturing that was carried out;
(c) the dates during which the hydraulic fracturing was carried out;
(d) the depth of the interval fractured;
(e) the volume of fluid and proppant injected;
(f) the rate of injection and the pumping schedule;
(g) the pressures measured at the surface hole and the bottom hole;
(h) the results of any diagnostic fracture injection tests that have been undertaken;
(i) a description of any analysis or interpretation of the data collected during hydraulic fracturing.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will be available for public inspection after the expiration of 2 years from the date on which the hydraulic fracturing was first carried out.
46C—Reserve estimate report
(1) A licensee must provide to the Minister in each year a report of the reserve estimate in respect of each field (a reserve estimate report) in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.
(2) A reserve estimate report must be provided to the Minister—
(a) in a manner and form determined by the Minister; and
(b) within 2 months after the reserve estimate has been calculated.
(3) A copy of a report under this regulation will not be available for public inspection.
47—Other technical reports
(1) A licensee who prepares or commissions any other technical report in connection with an activity conducted under the licence must furnish a copy of the report to the Minister within 2 months after the report is in a reasonable state of completion or received by the licensee (as the case may be).
(2) Information contained in a report provided under this regulation will be available for public inspection—
(a) in the case of analytical laboratory data, field survey data or general technical data (in any form)—after the expiration of the prescribed period;
(b) in any other case—on the expiration of the relevant licence.
(3) In subregulation (2)—
prescribed period means—
(a) in the case of analytical data or general technical data—the period of 2 years from the time at which the report is first received from the licensee (including in a case where the report is first received without being fully completed);
(b) in any other case—the period of 2 years from the date on which the report is provided to the Minister.