Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
127Requirement for final well completion report and data
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127 Requirement for final well completion report and data
(1) This section applies if a petroleum titleholder undertakes drilling operations in the title area.
(2) The petroleum titleholder must give the Titles Administrator a report (a final well completion report), that includes the information specified in the table in subsection (6), and all final well completion data within:
(a) 18 months after the rig release date; or
Note: This subsection is a continuing offence under section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum penalty for each day that an offence under this subsection continues.
Note: This subsection is a continuing civil penalty provision under section 93 of the Regulatory Powers Act. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention referred to in this subsection continues.
Final well completion data
(5) For the purposes of this section, final well completion data means each of the following types of data presented on the medium and in the format specified for the type of data by the Titles Administrator under section 139:
(a) interpretative log analysis;
(b) composite well log;
(c) well index sheet;
(d) petrophysical, geochemical or other sample analyses.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (2), a final well completion report must include the information specified in the following table.
- Information for final well completion reports
- 3 The location of the well, in the form of:(a) latitude and longitude; and(b) map sheet name and graticular block number; and(c) seismic line location and shotpoint number; and(d) geographic coordinates and the related datum used in reference to the coordinates
- 8 The names of the contractors for:(a) cementing; and(b) wireline logging; and(c) measurements while drilling (MWD); and(d) logging while drilling (LWD); and(e) mudlogging
- 13 Either:(a) the spud date of the well; or(b) if the well is a sidetrack—the kick off date of the sidetrack
- 20 If applicable, the depth of perforation in the petroleum reservoir
- 22 If the well is deviated or horizontal:(a) the surveyed path of the well, including the geographic coordinates of the path and the related datum used in reference to the coordinates; and(b) the geographic coordinates of the bottom of the well bore; and(c) if applicable, the geographic coordinates and true vertical depth of the intersection of the well with the storage formation
- 28 The results of a check survey of the location of:(a) for a subsea well—the wellhead; or(b) in any other case—the top of the casing supporting the blow‑out preventer