1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oil and Gas Authority (Offshore Petroleum) (Retention of Information and Samples) Regulations 2018 and come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations—
“computerised model” means a model which—
provides a spatial representation of the distribution of sediment and rock in the subsurface, or
simulates the flow of petroleum or any other fluid in a reservoir;
“petroleum” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998(1);
“relevant upstream petroleum pipeline” and “upstream petroleum infrastructure” have the meanings given in section 9H of that Act(2);
“well” includes borehole.
Section 9H was inserted by section 41 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).