Schedule 4F for a processing report, and the following associated
data for reprocessed seismic data:
(a) final processed navigation and elevation data in the form of x,
y and z coordinates for each shot and receiver point for 2D
seismic surveys;
(b) raw and final stacked data, including near/mid/far sub-stacks if
these have been generated;
(c) raw and final migrated data, including Pre Stack Time
Migration (PSTM), Pre Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) and
near/mid/far sub-stacks if these have been generated;
(d) 2D data subset for 3D seismic surveys;
(e) shot point to common depth point (CDP) relationship for 2D
seismic surveys;
(f) final processed (grid) bin coordinates for 3D seismic surveys;
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(g) polygonal position data (outline of full fold area) for 3D seismic
surveys;
(h) data for stacked and migrated velocities, including line number
and shot points for 2D seismic surveys, bin number for 3D
seismic surveys and time versus root mean square (RMS)
velocity pair.
(3) An interpretation report and interpretative data, consistent with the
requirements for final survey reports under Schedule 4F.
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regulation 66AAR
2 Information and data relating to the integrity validation testing that
has been carried out.
3 A classification relating to the well integrity.
4 The revision history for the report.
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regulation 66AAS
1 A report identifier and the date of the report.
2 The name of the well, the type of well and the number of the
3 Well geographical coordinates.
4 Well depths.
5 Activity timeframes.
6 Well cost information.
7 A list of responsible daily contacts.
8 Well control equipment testing details.
9 The operations being undertaken at the time of the report.
10 A summary of operations for the last 24 hours.
11 Information about operations carried out to the nearest 15 minutes.
12 A brief summary of any tests, logs or surveys made in the well bore.
13 Rig identification.
14 Drilling and intervention fluid details.
15 The results of any surveys made in the well bore.
16 Any well stratigraphy data.
17 Any indications of petroleum.
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regulation 66AAT
1 The total quantities for each of the following for the relevant month
for the interest area:
(a) liquid and gaseous petroleum produced;
(b) liquid and gaseous petroleum used;
(c) liquid and gaseous petroleum injected;
(d) gaseous petroleum flared or vented;
(e) liquid petroleum stored;
(f) liquid and gaseous petroleum delivered from the area;
(g) water produced;
(h) water injected.
2 Taking into account the information provided under clause 1, the
cumulative quantities of liquid and gaseous petroleum, and water,
produced or injected as at the end of the month for the interest
area.
3 For each well in the interest area:
(a) the identification name and number of the well; and
(b) a summary of all work performed on the well during the month;
and
(c) the results of any production test for the well during the month;
and
(d) the operational status of the well at the end of the month; and
(e) the number of production days for the month; and
(f) the total quantities for the each of the following for the relevant
month:
(i) liquid and gaseous petroleum produced, with
corresponding daily averages;
(ii) liquid and gaseous petroleum injected, with
corresponding daily averages;
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(iii) water produced, with corresponding daily averages;
(iv) water injected, with corresponding daily averages;
(v) average gas to oil ratios;
(vi) average water cut ratios.
4 Taking into account the information provided under clause 3, the
cumulative quantities of liquid and gaseous petroleum, and water,
produced or injected as at the end of the month for the well.
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regulation 66AAU
1 The identification name and number of the well.
2 A summary of the production test activities, including the number of
days of flow testing, conducted during the month and the
operational status of the well at the end of the month.
3 A summary of flow test results, including the range of production
rates achieved during the month, the normalised flow rate and the
composition of the fluids that have been produced.
4 The volume of petroleum flared or vented during the month.
5 Any conclusions or implications that inform further production
testing to prove the commerciality of the reservoir.
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regulation 66AAV
2 Well geographical coordinates and a well location map.
3 The status of the well (such as producing, suspended or
decommissioned).
4 The purpose of the well activity.
5 The start and end dates for the well activity.
6 The depth reference and the surveyed height of depth reference
above the ground surface, with reference to an approved height
datum.
Example of depth reference
Kelly bushing or rig floor.
7 The water depth or ground depth of the well.
8 The measured depth of the well.
9 The true vertical depth of the well.
10 The depth of any perforation in a petroleum pool.
11 A detailed summary of the activity that has been carried out.
12 A list of well evaluation, formation evaluation or production logs.
13 The name of any contractor used to carry out the activity.
14 The type of rig, snubbing unit or coiled tubing unit used for the
activity.
15 Details of equipment and casing installed on or in the well.
16 Details of any of the following:
(a) re-completion operations;
(b) cementing operations;
(c) fracturing operations;
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(d) well testing operations;
(e) logging or perforating operations;
(f) milling or drilling operations.
17 A summary of fluids used in the well and lost circulation materials.
18 Details of any indication of petroleum resources.
19 Details of any produced formation materials.
20 Any final well completion, suspension or decommissioned
schematic.
21 Well activity data, such as well evaluation log data.
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regulation 66AAW(a)
2 If the well is a side track well – the name of the parent well.
3 A well location map.
4 An introduction that gives a brief description or summary of the
geological reason for drilling.
5 The predicted stratigraphy compared to the actual stratigraphy of
the location of the well.
6 A statement of the well objectives and the extent to which those
objectives have been met.
7 The depth reference and the surveyed height of depth reference
above the ground surface, with reference to an approved height
datum.
Example of depth reference
Kelly bushing or rig floor.
8 The surveyed surface well location and bottom hole location with
coordinates in latitude and longitude and the relevant datum.
9 Particulars of all borehole deviation surveys.
10 The name of the drilling contractor and the type of drilling rig that
was used.
11 The spud date, the date on which total depth was reached and the
date of rig release.
12 The measured depth and the true vertical depth reached, in metres.
13 Details of drilling, including hole and casing design, bit records,
cementing, drilling fluids, perforations, equipment installed and any
other information relevant to well integrity.
14 The formation evaluation, including stratigraphy and formation top
details.
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15 A list of well evaluation logs, including the Measurement While
Drilling (MWD) logs, Logging While Drilling (LWD) logs, cement
bond logs, pressure detection logs, mud logs, wireline logs, velocity
surveys, tiltmeter surveys and micro-seismic surveys.
16 Plots and data for all well evaluation logs.
17 A description and results of all tests, including Diagnostic Fracture
Injection Testing (DFIT), Leak Off Tests (LOT), Formation Integrity
Tests (FIT) and production tests or surveys carried out in the well or
bore and including the depth in metres where each test was carried
out and the distance in metres between the top and the bottom of
each testing interval.
18 Particulars of any hydraulic fracturing.
19 A list of cores, cuttings and other sampling details with their depths
and intervals.
20 Hydrocarbon show details and a preliminary assessment of
reservoir and prospective horizons.
21 Well completion details, including a completion schematic.
22 If applicable, lost in hole bottom assembly details, including a
schematic.
23 A statement outlining whether the well has been completed as a
production well, suspended or abandoned.
24 A summary of the overall drilling activity, well integrity and
hydrocarbon potential, together with conclusions and any
recommendations.
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regulation 66AAW(b)
relevant tenure, and the name of the interest holder and the name
of the operator.
2 If the well is a side track well, the name of the parent well.
3 A well location map.
4 A well data card.
5 Composite and interpreted well logs.
6 Photographs of core, cuttings and other samples, with identifying
information.
7 Geological interpretations of the well data and details of changes to
the reservoir model (if applicable).
8 A discussion of the relevance of the well data to the evaluation of
the hydrocarbon potential of the area or any implications for future
field maintenance.
9 The report and data for any technical or geoscience studies that
have been carried out.
10 A report relating to any revised structure maps and appropriate
seismic sections, illustrating the post-drilled structural and
stratigraphic interpretation of the well.
11 An updated summary of the overall drilling activity, geological
interpretation and hydrocarbon potential, together with conclusions
and any recommendations.
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regulation 66AAX(1)
1 The location of the petroleum pool.
2 The reservoir rock properties.
3 The reservoir fluid properties.
4 An estimate of petroleum present in the petroleum pool that
complies with the Petroleum Resources Management System
published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (as in force from
time to time), including the data, assumptions and methodologies
on which those estimates are based.
5 Details of the plans for further evaluation of the discovery, including
work that the permittee or licensee proposes to carry out in the
interest area in the next 12 months.
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regulation 66AAX(2)
1 The number of the relevant tenure and the name of the interest
holder.
2 The location of the petroleum pool.
3 The reservoir rock properties.
4 The reservoir fluid properties.
5 The revised estimate of petroleum present in the petroleum pool
that complies with the Petroleum Resources Management System
published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (as in force from
time to time), including the data, assumptions and methodologies
on which those estimates are based.
6 A description of the reservoir simulation models that have been
used, a comparison of results with previous estimates and a
discussion about any implications for petroleum recovery from the
interest area.
7 A copy of any reports that have been prepared by or on behalf of
the permittee or licensee in connection with the revised estimate.
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regulation 67
Petroleum Regulations 1994 Subordinate Legislation
No. 32 of 1994
Amendment of Petroleum Regulations 2000 Subordinate Legislation
No. 35 of 2000
Amendments of Petroleum Regulations 2003 Subordinate Legislation
No. 31 of 2003
Petroleum Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2013 Subordinate Legislation
No. 13 of 2013
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1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Petroleum Regulations 2020 (SL No. 31, 2020)
Notified 9 December 2020
Commenced 1 January 2021 (r 2)
Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 33, 2022)
Assent date 16 December 2022
Commenced 2023 (Gaz , 2023, p 1)
Petroleum Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL No. 12, 2023)
Date made 13 June 2023
Commenced 22 June 2023 (r 2, s 2 Petroleum Legislation Amendment
Act 2022 (Act No. 33, 2022), and Gaz S41,13 June 2023, p1)
Statute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. , 2026)
Assent date 9 February 2026
Commenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)
3 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 2A ins No. 12, 2023, r 4
r 3 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 89; No. 12, 2023, r 5; Act No. 3, 2026, s 64
r 4 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 90
r 5 sub Act No. 33, 2022, s 91
rr 5A – 5C ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 91
r 8 amd No. 12, 2023, r 6
r 12 amd No. 12, 2023, r 7
r 13 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 92
r 21 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 93; Act No. 3, 2026, s 64
r 23 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 94
r 34 amd No. 12, 2023, r 8
r 39 amd No. 12, 2023, r 9
r 42 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 95
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r 47 sub Act No. 33, 2022, s 96
amd No. 12, 2023, r 10
rr 48 – 49 sub Act No. 33, 2022, s 96
r 50 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 97; No. 12, 2023, r 11
r 51 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 98
r 52 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 99; No. 12, 2023, r 12
r 53 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 100; No. 12, 2023, r 13
r 54 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 101
rep No. 12, 2023, r 14
r 55 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 102; No. 12, 2023, r 15
pt 5AA hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
rr 66AA –
66AAD ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
pt 5AB hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
div 1 hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
rr 66AAE –
66AAF ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
div 2 hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
r 66AAG ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
div 3 hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
r 66AAH ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
pt 5AC hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
rr 66AAJ –
66AAM ins No. 12, 2023, r 16
pt 5A hdg ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
rr 66AAN –
66AAX ins No. 12, 2023, r 17
r 66A ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
pt 5B hdg ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
rr 66B – 66D ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
pt 5C hdg ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
r 66E ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
pt 5D hdg ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
rr 66F – 66J ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 103
pt 5E hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
rr 66K – 66N ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
pt 5F hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
rr 66P – 66R ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
pt 5G hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
rr 66S – 66X ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
pt 5H hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
rr 66Y – 66ZB ins No. 12, 2023, r 18
r 69 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 104
pt 6
div 3 hdg ins No. 12, 2023, r 19
rr 72 – 73 ins No. 12, 2023, r 19
sch 1 sub Act No. 33, 2022, s 105
amd No. 12, 2023, r 20
sch 1A – 1B ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 105
sch 4 amd Act No. 33, 2022, s 106; No. 12, 2023, r 21
sch 4A ins Act No. 33, 2022, s 107
sch 4B – 4R ins No. 12, 2023, r 22