Primary and secondary geological information in production sharing agreements

Information of geophysical, geochemical, hydrogeological, geodetic, aerospace, petrographic, and paleontological content constitutes primary and secondary geological information.

Primary and secondary geological information characterizes the geological structure of the subsoil, mineral deposits, the composition of raw materials and the properties of rocks, ores, minerals, hydrocarbons, groundwater, as well as other qualitative and quantitative parameters.

Primary geological information is information and/or data obtained during the use of subsoil, conducting research on geological objects in their natural occurrence, samples, tests, as well as monitoring the condition, use and protection of subsoil.

The list of primary geological information documents includes:

1) documentation of routes, objects and observation points (including mines, sections, quarries, deposits, manifestations, mining operations, wells, water bodies).

2) samples of rocks, cores, formation fluids, other natural formations and their description.

3) field logs and testing of natural geological materials, distribution of samples and tests by type of analysis.

4) reports and materials of laboratory and analytical research.

5) field graphics.

6) documentation on mining and drilling operations.

7) documentation on well research and testing.

8) documentation on monitoring the state of the subsoil.

Secondary geological information is data obtained from all types and stages of geological exploration work, information on types of subsoil uses, processing, interpretation and analysis.

Secondary geological information includes:

1) reports on exploration wells.

2) reports on the results of core processing and geological and geophysical observations, including in digital form.

3) reports on the results of scientific research and thematic works on the geological study of the subsoil.

4) maps of geological and geophysical content (including geological, mineragenic, hydrogeological, geophysical, geochemical, engineering-geological, geoecological, deposits, reserve calculations, etc.).

5) bulletins of state monitoring of the state of subsoil and groundwater regime.

6) geological databases and information arrays of geological information about the subsoil (digital and graphic files, scanned images), geoinformation projects compiled based on the results of geological study of the subsoil.