Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations (SOR/2024-26)

Marginal note:Critical information

• 193 (1) The records that must be kept under section 181 include, in the case of an operation involving drilling or production, records containing the following information and documents:

  • (a) in respect of any assessment of the efficacy of a spill-treating agent under paragraph 11(4)(a),

    • (i) a description of the assessment, including any oil samples used, and

    • (ii) a description of any tests conducted for the assessment and their results;

  • (b) information concerning the inspection of any installation and its equipment or a pipeline for corrosion and erosion and any resulting maintenance activities carried out;

  • (c) the pressure, temperature and flow rate data obtained from compressors and from systems and equipment used for treatment and processing;

  • (d) information concerning the calibration of meters and other instruments on an installation;

  • (e) information concerning the testing of subsea, surface and subsurface safety valves;

  • (f) information concerning the status of each well and the status of well operations;

  • (g) in the case of a floating platform, information concerning all loads that could affect the motions, stability or inclination of the platform, including

    • (i) data, observations, measurements and calculations related to its stability and station-keeping capability, including records of all of its movements,

    • (ii) the results of all tests and analyses conducted to assess its stability and station-keeping capability,

    • (iii) a description of every change in relation to its weight, its centre of gravity or the weight or distribution of temporary or portable equipment on it that may affect its stability, and

    • (iv) a description of the verification of the disconnect capability of any disconnectable mooring system;

  • (h) in respect of boilers and pressure systems, the documents and information referred to in paragraphs 135(12)(d) to (f);

  • (i) information concerning each formation leak-off test and formation integrity test conducted under section 70;

  • (j) the findings resulting from the verifications of temporary safe refuges required under subsection 117(3); and

  • (k) the findings resulting from the verifications of the availability and condition of life-saving appliances required under subsection 119(11).

• Marginal note:Retention periods

  (2) The operator must retain the records referred to in subsection (1) for the following periods:

  • (a) in the case of the records referred to in paragraph (1)(a), for as long as the spill-treating agent is approved for use;

  • (b) in the case of the records referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) to (f), subparagraph (1)(g)(iv) and paragraphs (1)(i) to (k), five years after the day on which the record is created;

  • (c) in the case of the records referred to in subparagraphs (1)(g)(i) to (iii), for the life of the floating platform; and

  • (d) in the case of the records referred to in paragraph (1)(h), five years after the day on which the boiler or pressure system is taken out of service.