The Confidentiality of Seismic Data

The authors review the common law, common contractual language and statutory law relating to the confidentiality of seismic information. The extent of the rights of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boards to receive, use and make seismic data public is c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simms, Michael P, Penick, Van
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Schulich Law Scholars 2007
Subjects:
Oil
Gas
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol30/iss2/7
https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1924&context=dlj
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Summary:The authors review the common law, common contractual language and statutory law relating to the confidentiality of seismic information. The extent of the rights of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boards to receive, use and make seismic data public is considered in light of freedom of information and protection of privacy legislation. The authors discuss the different treatment of specified user and speculative seismic data, and explore copyright.