Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

Marginal note:Regulatory power of Governor in Council

14 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the exploration and drilling for and the production and conservation, processing and transportation of oil and gas and, in particular, but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations

• (a) respecting the licensing, drilling, spacing, locating, completing, producing, equipping, suspending and abandoning of wells;

• (b) respecting the regulating and controlling of the rate at which oil, gas or water may be produced from any well, pool or field;

• (c) respecting the reporting of information and data obtained in the course of the exploration for, the drilling for and the production of oil and gas and the keeping of records and measurements of all oil, gas and water produced;

• (d) concerning the safety and the inspection of all operations conducted in connection with the exploration and drilling for and the production of oil and gas and prescribing the measures to be taken to ensure the safety of those operations;

• (e) requiring and prescribing the making of tests, logs, analyses and surveys, and the taking of samples;

• (f) respecting the designation of fields and pools;

• (g) prescribing the methods to be used for the measurement of oil, gas, water and other substances obtained from wells;

• (h) respecting the repressurizing, cycling and pressure maintenance in any field or pool;

• (i) authorizing the Minister, or such other person as the Governor in Council deems suitable, to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be necessary for the management and control of oil or gas production, and authorizing the making of such orders as may be specified;

• (j) authorizing the Minister, or such other person as the Governor in Council deems suitable, to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be necessary for the removal of oil or gas from any area referred to in section 3, and authorizing the making of such orders as may be specified;

• (k) authorizing the Minister, or such other person as the Governor in Council deems suitable, to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be necessary for the construction of pipeline within any area referred to in section 3, and authorizing the making of such orders as may be specified;

• (l) for the prevention of waste within the meaning of this Act;

• (m) prescribing the conditions under which drilling operations may be carried out in water-covered areas and any special measures to be taken for those operations;

• (n) prescribing the measures to be adopted to confine any oil, gas or water encountered during drilling operations to the original stratum and to protect the contents of the stratum from infiltration, inundation and migration;

• (o) prescribing the minimum acceptable standards for the methods, tools, equipment and materials to be used in drilling, completing, operating, suspending and abandoning any well;

• (p) prescribing minimum acceptable standards for the construction, alteration or use of any works, fittings, machinery, plant and appliances used for the development, production, transmission, distribution, measurement, storage or handling of any oil or gas;

• (q) prescribing the measures necessary to prevent pollution of air, land or water as a result of the exploration and drilling for, or the production, storage, transportation, distribution, measurement, processing or handling of, any oil or gas or any substance obtained from or associated with oil or gas;

• (r) prescribing measures necessary for the disposal or gathering, and injection into an underground formation, of water, gas, oil or other substances produced from a pool or oil deposit;

• (s) prescribing the manner of applying for operating licences under section 5 and the fees and deposits required with those applications;

• (t) prescribing approvals, requirements and deposits applicable to authorizations under section 5 to carry on work or activity in any area to which this Act applies and applicable to that work or activity;

• (u) prescribing the manner in which spills shall be reported under subsection 25(2);

• (v) prescribing limits of liability in respect of any area for the purposes of section 26 or the manner of determining those limits; and

• (w) prescribing anything that is to be prescribed for the purposes of section 27.