312Requirement to give core, cutting or sample

312 Requirement to give core, cutting or sample

(1) A greenhouse gas titleholder who—

(a) drills a well or conducts another operation on a well in a title area; and

(b) collects a kind of core, cutting or sample mentioned in column 2 of the Table to subregulation (4)—

must give the core, cutting or sample to the Minister within the time specified in column 4 of that Table for that core, cutting or sample, or if the Minister authorises the titleholder to give that core, cutting or sample within another period, that other period.

Division 2 sets out requirements for the collection and keeping of cores, cuttings and samples.

(2) The titleholder must give the Minister the quantity of the core, cutting or sample specified for that item if that quantity is available.

(3) If the specified quantity is not available, the titleholder must—

(a) give the Minister an explanation why the specified quantity was not sent; and

(b) tell the Minister the total amount of the core, cutting or sample that was recovered.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation the following Table applies.

| Column 1<br>Item | Column 2<br>Type of core, cutting or sample | Column 3<br>Quantity of core, cutting or sample | Column 4<br>Time by which core, cutting or sample must be given | | 1 | Ditch cuttings | one set of 200 grams dry weight per sample interval | The day 6 months after the rig release date | | 2 | Full hole conventional cores | 1/3 of the core | The day 6 months after the rig release date | | 3 | Gaseous hydrocarbon samples | 300 cm3 | As soon as practicable after completion of the test during which the sample is collected | | 4 | Fluid hydrocarbon samples | 1 litre | Either—<br> (a) if the sample is collected during the drilling of a well—the day 6 months after the rig release date; or<br> (b) if the sample is collected during a test on a completed | | | | | well—as soon as practicable after collection of the sample | | 5 | Sidewall core material | All material collected | The day 12 months after the rig release date | | 6 | Palynological slides and residues, Paleontological material and Petrological slides | All material collected | The day 12 months after the rig release date |

Part 5.10—Release of technical information about greenhouse gas