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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.547Requirement to keep records and samples
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### sec.547 Requirement to keep records and samples
A petroleum tenure holder must, for the period and in the way prescribed under a regulation, keep the records and samples about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum tenure as prescribed under a regulation.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
For subsection (1) , the prescribed records may be—
exploration data; or
seismic acquisition and processing reports
information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data.
s 547 amd 2009 No. 3 s 561
(sec.547-ssec.1) A petroleum tenure holder must, for the period and in the way prescribed under a regulation, keep the records and samples about authorised activities carried out under the petroleum tenure as prescribed under a regulation. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.547-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the prescribed records may be— exploration data; or seismic acquisition and processing reports information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data.
- (a) exploration data; or Examples of exploration data— • seismic acquisition and processing reports • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
- • seismic acquisition and processing reports
- • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
- • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
- • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well
- (b) opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data.
- • seismic acquisition and processing reports
- • information obtained from airborne geophysical surveying
- • other information about petroleum or other materials at or below ground level
- • a well completion report for an exploration or appraisal well