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  1. Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations - SOR/96-117

    Whereas, pursuant to subsection 15(1) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations ActFootnote *, a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting geophysical operations in relation to exploration for oil and gas in any area to which the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act applies, substantially in the form set out in the annexed text, was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on June 11, 1994, and a reasonable opportunity was afforded to interested persons to make representations with respect thereto;

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    Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to section 14Footnote ** of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting geophysical operations in relation to exploration for oil and gas in any area to which the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act applies.

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  2. Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations - SOR/96-117 (Section 17)

    • 17 (1) Every operator who is conducting an onshore geophysical operation shall, when determining the location for a seismic energy source, ensure that the seismic energy source

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      • (c) where the energy source is a charge comprised of explosives, is placed

        • (i) where the quantity of explosives being used for the charge is set out in column I of an item of Schedule I, at least the distance set out in column II of that item from any oil or gas well or the centre line of any oil or gas pipeline, and

      • (d) where the energy source is other than a charge referred to in paragraph (c), is placed at least

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        • (ii) 15 m from any oil or gas well or the centre line of any oil or gas pipeline,


  3. Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations - SOR/96-117 (SCHEDULE I)

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    Minimum Distance Between a Charge and Any Oil or Gas Well or the Centre Line of Any Oil or Gas Pipeline


  4. Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations - SOR/96-117 (Section 10)

    10 Subject to any other applicable law, every operator shall ensure that all refuse produced as a result of a geophysical operation is handled in the following manner:

    • (a) all fuel, oil, oily material or lubricants are collected in a closed system that is designed for that purpose;

    • (b) all oil or oily material that is not burned at the field location where the operation is conducted and all non-combustible material is transported in a suitable container to, and disposed of at, a suitable waste disposal facility on land; and


  5. Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations - SOR/96-117 (Section 2)

    2 In these Regulations,

    Act

    Act  means the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act; (Loi)

    geophysical operation

    geophysical operation  means the measurement or investigation, by indirect methods, of the subsurface of the earth for the purpose of locating oil or gas or of determining the nature of the seabed and subsurface conditions at a proposed drilling site or of a proposed pipeline route, and includes a seismic survey, resistivity survey, gravimetric survey, magnetic survey, electrical survey and geochemical survey and any work preparatory to that measurement or investigation, such as field tests of energy sources, calibration of instruments and cable ballasting, but does not include a velocity survey or a vertical seismic survey that is not a walkaway vertical seismic survey; (étude géophysique)


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