Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
305Requirement for survey acquisition report and data
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305 Requirement for survey acquisition report and data
(1) A greenhouse gas titleholder who undertakes a geophysical or geological survey in a title area must give the Minister a survey acquisition report and all survey acquisition 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
survey acquisition data means—
(a) in relation to a seismic survey—each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 9—
(ii) presented on another medium or in another format which the Minister has authorised the greenhouse gas titleholder to use; or
(b) in relation to any other type of survey—each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 2 of Schedule 9 and presented in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) or (ii);
survey acquisition report means a report that includes—
(d) the name of the contractor that conducted the survey; and
(e) the name of the vessel or aircraft that conducted the survey; and
(f) a map of where the survey was conducted; and
(g) the dates on which the survey started and ended; and
(h) details of all data acquisition equipment and systems used; and
(i) details of all positions and navigation equipment and systems used; and
(j) the number of lines of data acquired in the survey and the number of data acquisition points along each line; and
(iii) in the case of other 3-dimensional surveys—a polygon outline; and
(l) the geometry of the acquisition parameters; and
(m) the results of any onboard data processing; and
(n) the results of any system tests, calibrations and diagnostics.