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Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority

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and for shallow coring. If the information received is not sufficient, additional<br />

reporting can be requested by the NPD.<br />

The operator is obliged to collect all necessary information for its<br />

licensed activity. All these data are forwarded to the NPD or to the entity that<br />

the NPD has appointed to keep the data. The NPD is responsible for storing<br />

all information in central files. Storing facilities in the NPD are:<br />

• Archives for general reports, well data and geophysical data. Core<br />

storage for storing cores and cutting samples from all wells drilled<br />

• Electronic archives for geophysical and geological data and<br />

administrative data<br />

• Freezer to store oil samples<br />

After two years or more, all raw data are released. On an annual basis,<br />

the NPD publishes reports giving information on well logs, cores, samples, etc<br />

from raw data that have been released. Based on this, oil-companies,<br />

universities and other institutions can order a copy of the released samples.<br />

The price is set to cover administrative costs. The released data also includes<br />

seismic surveys. The release of core materials and fluid samples are regulated<br />

in the same way as the release of well data. The NPD must receive a written<br />

application that is handled by its release committee. The conditions for<br />

requesting core samples are that all reports from studies based on released<br />

material have to be submitted to the NPD as soon as completed. All<br />

palynological and micropaleontological preparation produced from the<br />

released material shall also be submitted to NPD.<br />

Data that is not owned by a licence group is confidential for five years,<br />

while marked available data, is confidential for ten years. The NPD may<br />

shorten or extend this period on application. Sensitive information<br />

(interpretations etc) is confidential for 20 years. Data from areas relinquished<br />

or surrendered is no longer confidential. This also applies to data from an<br />

area where only parts of a licensed area are relinquished. All navigation data<br />

is public.<br />

In relation to further exploration activity, there are two purposes for<br />

submitting a copy of all collected data to the NPD. The NPD gets the<br />

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