Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act
Marginal note:Definitions
2 In this Act,
Accord Acts
lois de mise en oeuvre
Accord Acts means
(a) the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, and
(b) the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act; (lois de mise en oeuvre)
Chief Conservation Officer
délégué à l’exploitation
Chief Conservation Officer means the person designated as the Chief Conservation Officer under section 3.1; (délégué à l’exploitation)
Chief Safety Officer
délégué à la sécurité
Chief Safety Officer means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 3.1; (délégué à la sécurité)
Committee
Comité
Committee means the Oil and Gas Committee established by section 6; (Comité)
federal Ministers
ministres fédéraux
federal Ministers means the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; (ministres fédéraux)
field
champ
field
(a) means a general surface area underlain or appearing to be underlain by one or more pools, and
(b) includes the subsurface regions vertically beneath the general surface area referred to in paragraph (a); (champ)
former regulations
anciens règlements
former regulations means the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations made pursuant to the Public Lands Grants Act and the Territorial Lands Act and includes orders made pursuant to those Regulations; (anciens règlements)
gas
gaz
gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas; (gaz)
lease
concession
lease means an oil and gas lease issued pursuant to regulations made in accordance with the Territorial Lands Act and the Public Lands Grants Act and includes a production licence issued under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; (concession)
Minister
ministre
Minister means
(a) in relation to any area in respect of which the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has administrative responsibility for the natural resources therein, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and
(b) in relation to any area in respect of which the Minister of Natural Resources has administrative responsibility for the natural resources therein, the Minister of Natural Resources; (ministre)
oil
pétrole
oil means
(a) crude petroleum regardless of gravity produced at a well-head in liquid form, and
(b) any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, including hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from surface or subsurface deposits, including deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale and other types of deposits; (pétrole)
permit
permis
permit means an exploratory oil and gas permit issued pursuant to regulations made in accordance with the Territorial Lands Act and the Public Lands Grants Act and includes an exploration agreement entered into under the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations and any exploration agreement or licence that is subject to the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; (permis)
pipeline
pipeline
pipeline means any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes by which oil, gas or water incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas is conveyed from any well-head or other place at which it is produced to any other place, or from any place where it is stored, processed or treated to any other place, and includes all property of any kind used for the purpose of, or in connection with or incidental to, the operation of a pipeline in the gathering, transporting, handling and delivery of oil or gas, and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes offshore installations or vessels, tanks, surface reservoirs, pumps, racks, storage and loading facilities, compressors, compressor stations, pressure measuring and controlling equipment and fixtures, flow controlling and measuring equipment and fixtures, metering equipment and fixtures, and heating, cooling and dehydrating equipment and fixtures, but does not include any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes that constitutes a distribution system for the distribution of gas to ultimate consumers; (pipeline)
pool
gisement
pool means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of oil or gas or both oil and gas and being separated or appearing to be separated from any other such accumulation; (gisement)
prescribed
Version anglaise seulementprescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council; (Version anglaise seulement)
Provincial Minister
ministre provincial
Provincial Minister means the Provincial Minister within the meaning of either of the Accord Acts; (ministre provincial)
well
puits
well means any opening in the ground, not being a seismic shot hole, that is made, to be made or is in the process of being made, by drilling, boring or other method,
(a) for the production of oil or gas,
(b) for the purpose of searching for or obtaining oil or gas,
(c) for the purpose of obtaining water to inject into an underground formation,
(d) for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or other substance into an underground formation, or
(e) for any purpose, if made through sedimentary rocks to a depth of at least one hundred and fifty metres. (puits)
- R.S., 1985, c. O-7, s. 2
- R.S., 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 118
- 1992, c. 35, s. 3
- 1994, c. 41, s. 37
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