Data and Reports

Under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 licence holders are required to submit various data and reports to PIRSA. Guidelines are provided to ensure that data and reports comply with the requirements under the Act.

In addition to the guidelines given here, liaison between company staff and PIRSA Petroleum and Geothermal Group personnel is encouraged to facilitate effective and efficient information submission.

Geological and Engineering Data

Approved form of digital data submissions (.PDF) 66KB provides guidelines on the requirements for the submission of text-based reports of any kind (eg well completion reports, environmental impact reports, annual reports etc). The guidelines cover text, format, plans, figures, plates, images, file name conventions, photographs, tabular data, wireline logs (plot files and digital data) and daily drilling reports.

Geophysical Data

Regulation 37 of the Act requires the holder of a petroleum licence to submit to PIRSA geophysical data collected during exploration and development activities. This includes all field recordings and supporting documentation necessary to allow future explorers to reprocess the original data and all processed data, which should allow future explorers to reinterpret the original data.

Guidelines for submission of geophysical data (.PDF - 2.2 MB) is a guide to the preparation and submission of 'basic' geophysical data appropriate to petroleum licences in South Australia.

The guidelines cover geophysical data required, data content, acceptable media types, metadata and data due dates.

In addition to the submission of geophysical data, companies are required to submit a Geophysical Report.

The submission of the geophysical data should coincide with the submission of the Geophysical Operations Report which discusses the acquisition of the data.

Geophysical Reports

Regulations 34, 35 and 36 of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 require that:

  • geophysical progress reports
  • geophysical operations reports
  • geophysical interpretation reports

are submitted to the Minister. The reports must be submitted in both hardcopy form and in digital form.

Guideline for Geophysical Reports Submission (.PDF - 2.3 MB), updated June 2008, indicates what the Minister would expect to be included in the reports in order to meet the requirements of the regulations mentioned above. Guidelines regarding file name conventions, data content, format and media types are included.