Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
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175 Requirement for survey acquisition report and data
(2) The greenhouse gas titleholder must give the Titles Administrator a report (a survey acquisition report), that includes the information specified in subsection (3), and all survey acquisition data for the survey within:
(a) 18 months after the day that the acquisition of the data is completed; or
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a survey acquisition report must include the following information:
(d) the name of the contractor that conducted the survey;
(e) if a vessel or aircraft was used to conduct the survey or part of the survey—the name of the vessel or aircraft;
(f) if the survey was wholly or partly conducted using another means—a description of how the survey or part of the survey was conducted;
(g) a georeferenced map of where the survey was conducted;
(h) the dates on which the survey started and ended;
(i) the line numbering convention;
(j) details of all data acquisition equipment and systems used;
(k) details of all positioning and navigation equipment and systems used;
(l) the number of lines of data acquired in the survey and the number of data acquisition points along each line;
(m) navigation data for the survey, in the form of:
(iii) for any other survey—a polygon outline;
(n) the geometry of the acquisition parameters;
(o) the results of any onboard data processing;
(p) the results of any system tests, calibrations and diagnostics.
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.
Survey acquisition data
(6) For the purposes of this section, survey acquisition data means either:
(a) for a 2‑dimensional or 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 188:
(i) raw navigation data;
(ii) seismic field data;
(iii) seismic support data;
(iv) itemised field tape listing showing tape number, survey name, line number, shotpoint range and data type; or
(b) for any other type of 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 188:
(i) field data;
(ii) field support and navigation data.