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• 8 (1) In this section

  process vessel

  process vessel means a heater, dehydrator, separator, treater or vessel used in the processing or treatment of produced gas or oil. (récipient de fabrication)

• (2) No person shall create or cause to be created any unprotected flame or source of ignition within 50 m of a well, an oil storage tank or other source of ignitable vapour.

• (3) No oil storage tank shall be placed or remain within 50 m of an onshore well.

• (4) No flame-type equipment shall be placed or operated within 25 m of a well, an oil storage tank or other source of ignitable vapour, except

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• (8) An exhaust pipe from an internal combustion engine located within 25 m of a well, a process vessel, an oil storage tank or other source of ignitable vapour shall be constructed so that

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• (9) All equipment at or near a well, a process vessel, an oil storage tank or other source of ignitable vapour shall be constructed in accordance with Part I of the Canadian Electrical Code Part I and the Oil and Gas Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.

• 2 (1) In these Regulations,

  Act

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

  certificate of fitness

  certificate of fitness means a certificate issued by a certifying authority in accordance with section 4 of the Canada Oil and Gas Certificate of Fitness Regulations; (certificat de conformité)

  certifying authority

  certifying authority has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Certificate of Fitness Regulations; (autorité)

  offshore loading system

  offshore loading system means the equipment and any associated platform or storage vessel located at an offshore production site to load oil or gas on a transport vessel, and includes any equipment on the transport vessel that is associated with the loading system; (système de chargement au large des côtes)

  production facility

  production facility means equipment for the production of oil or gas located at a production site, including separation, treating and processing facilities, equipment and facilities used in support of production operations, landing areas, heliports, storage areas or tanks and dependent personnel accommodations, but not including any associated platform, artificial island, subsea production system, drilling equipment or diving system; (matériel de production)

  production operation

  production operation means an operation that is related to the production of oil or gas from a pool or field; (travaux de production)

  subsea production system

  subsea production system means equipment and structures that are located on or below or buried in the seafloor for the production of oil or gas from, or for the injection of fluids into, a field under an offshore production site, and includes production risers, flow lines and associated production control systems; (système de production sous-marin)

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• (2) Subject to subsection (3), on an offshore installation,

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  • (d) every machinery space and every storeroom containing paint, oil, any gaseous substance or other flammable material shall be separated from galleys or accommodation areas by class A-60 divisions and from each other by class A-0 divisions;

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  • (o) for compartments that contain or are affected by oil and oil vapour, the surface of insulating materials fitted to the inside of bulkheads and decks and forming the casings and crowns shall be impervious to oil and oil vapour;

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• (7) Where crude oil is to be stored in a floating platform, the platform shall have enough ballast capacity, segregated from the crude storage, to be able to float at minimum operating draft with no crude oil on board.

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• (12) Every floating platform shall be equipped with a bilge system that has at least two bilge pumps connected to the bilge main and that is capable, under all conditions from upright to 15 degrees in any direction, of pumping or draining any watertight compartment except for those spaces permanently designated for the storage of fresh water, water ballast, fuel oil or liquid cargo and for which other effective means of pumping are provided.