Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
130Requirement for survey processing report and data
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130 Requirement for survey processing report and data
(2) The petroleum titleholder must give the Titles Administrator a report (a survey processing report), that includes the information specified in subsection (3), and all processed survey data within:
(a) 24 months after the day that the acquisition of the data is completed; or
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a survey processing report must include the following information:
(d) the dates on which processing of the survey data started and ended;
(e) the name of the processing contractor;
(f) the purpose of the processing;
(g) a summary of the data acquisition parameters;
(h) details of all the processing sequences and techniques used;
(i) a sample Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) header from the final data set;
(j) listings of all processed data;
(k) for a seismic survey—a description of the position of the survey polygon.
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.
Processed survey data
(6) For the purposes of this section, processed survey data means:
(a) for a 2‑dimensional seismic survey—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:
(ii) raw and final migrated data, including pre‑stack time migration, pre‑stack depth migration and near/mid/far sub‑stacks;
(v) data for both stacked and migrated velocities, including line number, shotpoint and time versus root mean square pairs;
(vi) itemised process tape listing showing tape number, survey name, line number, shotpoint range, common depth points and data type; or
(b) for a 3‑dimensional seismic survey—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:
(ii) raw and final migrated data, including pre‑stack time migration, pre‑stack depth migration and near/mid/far sub‑stacks;
(iv) final navigation data in the form of final processed (grid) bin coordinates and polygonal position data (outline of the full fold area);