Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations (SOR/96-118)

37 (1) Every installation and every component of an installation shall be designed in accordance with good engineering practice, taking into account

• (a) the nature of the activities on and around the installation;

• (b) the type and magnitude of functional loads, environmental loads, and foreseeable accidental loads;

• (c) operating and ambient temperatures;

• (d) corrosion conditions that may be encountered during the construction, operation and maintenance of the installation;

• (e) the avoidance of damage to any part of the installation that may lead to the progressive collapse of the whole installation; and

• (f) soil conditions.

(2) The design of an installation shall be based on such analyses or model tests of the installation, including simulations to the extent practicable, as are necessary to permit the determination of the behaviour of the installation and of the soils that support the installation or anchoring systems, under all foreseeable transportation, installation and operating conditions.