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25 Every applicant for a licence for the exportation of oil, other than a licence for the exportation of light crude oil or heavy crude oil, shall furnish to the Board all the information that is necessary for the Board to dispose of the application, including, unless otherwise authorized by the Board,

• (a) the terms that the applicant is requesting for the licence, including

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  • (ii) the daily, annual and term quantities of oil proposed to be exported, and

  • (iii) the points of exportation of the oil from Canada;

• (b) information respecting the applicant’s oil supply supporting the proposed exportation, including

  • (i) a summary of the quantities of oil under every oil supply contract,

  • (ii) a copy of every oil supply contract,

  • (iii) the name and location of each pool, field or area that contributes to the oil supply of the applicant and the details of the applicant’s contracted or working interest therein,

  • (iv) an estimate of the oil reserves in each pool, field or area that contributes to the oil supply of the applicant,

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  • (vi) basic productive capacity data for each pool, field or area that contributes to the oil supply of the applicant, and

  • (vii) a table showing anticipated annual production for each pool, field or area that contributes to the oil supply of the applicant, and the total annual production during the licence;

• (c) information respecting the applicant’s oil market, including

  • (i) details of the applicant’s oil export sale, including a copy of every oil export sales contract for the proposed exportation, and

• (d) details of the transportation arrangements pertaining to the proposed exportation of oil, including a description of any existing or proposed gathering, storage or transmission facility, and of any new facility other than a gathering, storage or transmission facility, that is required to move the oil to market, whether the facility is, or will be, in or outside Canada;

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• (f) a copy of, or details of the status of, each approval or authorization of a federal, provincial or state government pertaining to

  • (i) the importation of oil into the country of destination,

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  • (vi) contractual arrangements necessary for the exportation of oil.

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2 In these Regulations,

heavy crude oil

heavy crude oil means a substance that has a density greater than 875.7 kg/m³ and is

• (a) oil, other than refined petroleum products,

• (b) a blend of oils, other than refined petroleum products, or

• (c) a blend of oils, other than refined petroleum products, with refined petroleum products; (pétrole brut lourd)

licence

licence means a licence for the exportation or importation of oil or gas issued under Part VI of the Act; (licence)

light crude oil

light crude oil means a substance that has a density equal to or less than 875.7 kg/m³ and is

• (a) oil, other than refined petroleum products,

• (b) a blend of oils, other than refined petroleum products, or

• (c) a blend of oils, other than refined petroleum products, with refined petroleum products; (pétrole brut léger)

order

order means an order authorizing the exportation, importation, exportation for subsequent importation or importation for subsequent exportation of gas or authorizing the exportation of oil that is issued by the Board under these Regulations; (ordonnance)

refined petroleum products

refined petroleum products means

• (a) oil recovered by the processing of oil sands,

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• (c) oil for use as a component in the blending of gasoline-type fuels referred to in paragraph (b),

• (d) middle distillates, including the products commercially known as kerosene, stove oil, diesel fuel, furnace oil, diesel oil, gas oil, distillate heating oil, engine distillates and Nos. 1, 2 and 3 fuel oils,

• (e) heavy fuel oils, including Nos. 4, 5 and 6 fuel oils, bunker “C” oil, “C” grade oil, residual fuel oil, heavy bunker oil, intermediate and thin bunker fuels and any blend of heavy fuel oils, and

• (f) partially processed oil, whether commingled with crude oil or equivalent hydrocarbons or not. (produits pétroliers raffinés)

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25.1 Every applicant for a licence for the exportation of light crude oil or heavy crude oil shall furnish to the Board all the information that is necessary for the Board to dispose of the application, including, unless otherwise authorized by the Board,

• (a) the terms that the applicant is requesting for the licence, including

  • [...]

  • (ii) the daily, annual and term quantities of oil proposed to be exported, and

  • (iii) the points of exportation of the oil from Canada;

• (b) information respecting the applicant’s oil market, including

  • (i) the details of the applicant’s oil export sale, and

  • (ii) a copy of every oil export sales contract for the proposed exportation;

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• (e) a description detailing the manner in which the applicant

  • (i) has informed those persons who have declared an interest in buying oil for consumption in Canada of the quantities and grades of oil available for sale, and

  • (ii) has given those persons who have demonstrated an intention to buy oil for consumption in Canada, after having been so informed, an opportunity to purchase oil on terms and conditions, including price, as favourable as the terms and conditions specified in the application.

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• 26 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may, after holding a public hearing and obtaining the approval of the Governor in Council under section 4, issue a licence authorizing any person

  • (a) to export heavy crude oil for a period exceeding two years but not exceeding 25 years; and

  • (b) to export oil, other than heavy crude oil, for a period exceeding one year but not exceeding 25 years.

• (2) The Board may issue a licence for the exportation of refined petroleum products, resulting from an oil processing arrangement of imported oil, for a period exceeding one year but not exceeding 25 years, without holding a public hearing.

• (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), “oil processing arrangement of imported oil” means a commercial arrangement whereby oil is imported for processing or refining at a refinery in Canada, and the refined petroleum products obtained or derived therefrom, or from a quantity of other oil determined by the Board to be comparable thereto, are to be exported from Canada.

29 The following are matters in respect of which terms and conditions may be included in any order issued under section 28:

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• (b) the period within which the exportation of the oil must commence in order for the order to remain in effect;

• (c) the requirement that a contract or an agreement that the holder of the order enters into for the exportation of oil for a period of more than one month must relieve the holder of the order of any obligation to export oil under the contract or agreement to the extent that exportations are restricted by or under an Act of Parliament or a prerogative of the Crown;

• (d) the total quantity of oil that may be exported;

• (e) the points of exportation of the oil from Canada;

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