Requirement to give core, cutting or sample
51 Requirement to give core, cutting or sample
This regulation applies if the holder of an authority—
drills a well or conducts any other petroleum operation in a well under the authority; and
during that operation, collects a core, cutting or sample of a type set out in column 2 of the Table to subregulation (2).
For the purposes of section 179(c) of the Act, the holder of the authority must give the core, cutting or sample to the Minister—
before the corresponding day set out in column 4 of the Table; and
subject to subregulation (3), in the corresponding quantity set out in column 3 of the Table.
Table
Column 1
| Column 2
| Column 3
| Column 4 Day by which core, cutting or sample must be given |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drill cuttings | 2 sets of 200 grams dry weight per sample interval | The day that is 6 months after the rig release date |
2 | Full hole conventional cores | 1/3 of the core | The day that is 6 months after the rig release date |
3 | Full hole conventional cores | 2/3 of the core | The day that is 2 months after the holder of |
the authority completes tests on the core | |||
4 | Gaseous hydrocarbon samples | 300 cm3 | Either— (a) if the core, cutting or sample is collected during the drilling of a well—the day that is 6 months after the rig release date; or (b) if the core, cutting or sample is collected during a test on a completed well—the day that is 2 months after the collection of the sample |
5 | Fluid hydrocarbon samples | 1 litre | Either— (a) if the core, cutting or sample is collected during the drilling of |
a well—the day that is 6 months after the rig release date; or (b) if the core, cutting or sample is collected during a test on a completed well—the day that is 2 months after the collection of the sample | |||
6 | Sidewall core material | All material collected | The day that is 12 months after the rig release date |
7 | Palynological slides and residues, paleontological material and petrological slides | All material collected | The day that is 12 months after the rig release date |
Note
Under section 179 of the Act, a person who contravenes this subregulation is liable to a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units.
If the corresponding quantity is not available for the core, cutting or sample before the corresponding day, the holder of the authority must provide details of the following to the Minister—
the reasons the corresponding quantity was not available;
the quantity of the core, cutting or sample collected before that day.
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