Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
132Requirement for survey reprocessing report and data
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132 Requirement for survey reprocessing report and data
(1) This section applies if a petroleum titleholder undertakes a reprocessing project under which data collected from, or generated in relation to, one or more surveys is reprocessed in compliance with a condition of the title.
(2) The titleholder must give the Titles Administrator a report (a survey reprocessing report), that includes the information specified in subsection (3), and all reprocessed survey data within:
(a) 24 months after the day that the reprocessing of the data commenced; or
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a survey reprocessing report must include the following information:
(e) if a contractor reprocessed the data for or on behalf of the titleholder—the name of the contractor;
(f) the dates on which reprocessing of the survey data started and ended;
(g) the types of reprocessing undertaken and the purpose of the reprocessing;
(h) a summary of the data acquisition parameters of each survey;
(i) details of all the processing sequences and techniques used;
(j) listings of all reprocessed survey data;
(k) a sample Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) header from the final data set;
(l) for 2‑dimensional survey data—line ends and bends;
(m) for 3‑dimensional survey data—bin grid information and 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.
Reprocessed survey data
(6) For the purposes of this section, reprocessed survey data means:
(a) for a 2‑dimensional seismic survey—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:
(v) data for both stacked and migrated velocities, including line number, shotpoint and time versus root mean square pairs;
(vi) itemised 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—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: