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2 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

deliver

deliver  means to transport hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility for a purpose other than to dispose of the gas as waste. (livrer)

equipment component

equipment component  means a component of equipment at an upstream oil and gas facility that comes into contact with hydrocarbons and that has the potential to emit fugitive emissions of hydrocarbon gas. (composant d’équipement)

fugitive

fugitive , in relation to emissions of hydrocarbon gas, means the emission of hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility in an unintentional manner. (fugitive)

operator

operator  means a person who has the charge, management or control of an upstream oil and gas facility. (exploitant)

receive

receive , in relation to hydrocarbon gas, means to receive at an upstream oil and gas facility, other than from a natural source, hydrocarbon gas that is raw or has undergone primary processing without having been subject to additional processing. (recevoir)

upstream oil and gas facility

upstream oil and gas facility  means the buildings, other structures and stationary equipment — that are located on a single site, on contiguous or adjacent sites or on sites that form a network in which a central processing site is connected by gathering pipelines with one or more well sites — for the purpose of

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venting

venting , in relation to emissions of hydrocarbon gas, means the emission of hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility in a controlled manner, other than the emission of gas arising from combustion, due to

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23 (1) For the purpose of sections 20 and 26, the volume of hydrocarbon gas produced, received, vented or destroyed at, or delivered from, an upstream oil and gas facility must be determined in accordance with the applicable method set out in

• (a) the document entitled Measurement Guideline for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations, published by the Oil and Gas Commission of British Columbia on March 1, 2017, if the facility is located in British Columbia;

• (b) the document entitled Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations and commonly referred to as Directive PNG017, published by the Government of Saskatchewan on August 1, 2017 (version 2.1), if the facility is located in Manitoba or Saskatchewan; and

• (c) the document entitled Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations and commonly referred to as AER Directive 017, published by the Alberta Energy Regulator on March 31, 2016, in any other case.

(2) Despite paragraphs (1)(b) and (c), for the purpose of sections 12.2.2.1 and 12.2.2.2 of the Saskatchewan Directive PNG017 and of the AER Directive 017, the gas production per well per day is to be determined

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• (b) in any other case,

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  • (ii) by means of an estimate based on a gas-to-oil ratio determined

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    • (B) by the formula

      −0.5P_w + 150

      where

      P_w 

      is the average volume, expressed in standard m³, of oil produced by the well for a day during the most recent month of production.

24 (1) The determination of a gas-to-oil ratio for the purpose of clause 23(2)(b)(ii)(A) is made using the formula

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(4) The measurements to determine the value of O must be taken after the water has been separated from the liquid produced from the well and taken

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• (b) over a continuous period of at least 10 days that includes the continuous period used to measure G with a continuous measuring device that has a maximum margin of error of ±1 standard m³ and with the variation of flow rate in that continuous period such that the measured volume of oil produced for any day is within ±5% of the measured volume of oil produced for any other day in that continuous period.

Marginal note:Steady state

(5) A measurement taken under any of subsections (2) to (4) must be taken while the well is operating in a steady state, that is, it must be taken only if no adjustment that could result in a change to the oil or gas production rates has been made to the production parameters for at least 48 hours before the measurement is taken.