Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations (SOR/2024-26)

Marginal note:Environmental report — drilling

200 An operator must ensure, in relation to a drilling program that involves an exploratory well or a delineation well, that an environmental report that contains the following documents and information is submitted to the Board within 90 days after the day referred to in subparagraph 199(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as the case may be:

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  (a) a summary of the physical and environmental conditions under which the drilling program was conducted and, if applicable, a description of ice management activities and non-productive time caused by meteorological or ice conditions;

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  (b) a summary of the environmental protection measures in place during the drilling program, the measures taken to mitigate the effects of any reportable incident, the effectiveness of those measures and any adjustments made for their continued improvement;

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  (c) a summary of the performance of the drilling program in relation to the environment, including in relation to the objective of reducing environmental risks;

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  (d) a summary of any emergency response drills and exercises for the protection of the environment that were completed; and

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  (e) all wildlife observation data that was required to be recorded under paragraph 181(1)(e).

Marginal note:Annual environmental report — production and pipeline

201 An operator must ensure, in relation to a production project or pipeline project, that an environmental report that contains the following documents and information with respect to a given calendar year is submitted to the Board not later than March 31 of the subsequent year:

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  (a) a summary of the general physical and environmental conditions to which each operations site was subjected;

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  (b) a description of any ice management activities carried out;

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  (c) a summary of the environmental protection measures in place, the measures taken to mitigate the effects of any reportable incident, the effectiveness of those measures and any adjustments made for their continued improvement;

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  (d) a summary of the performance of the project in relation to the environment, including in relation to the objective of reducing environmental risks;

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  (e) a summary of any emergency response drills and exercises for the protection of the environment that were completed; and

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  (f) all wildlife observation data that were required to be recorded under paragraph 181(1)(e).

Marginal note:Annual production report

202 An operator must ensure that, not later than March 31 of each year, an annual production report for a pool, field or zone is submitted to the Board that contains information on how the operator manages and intends to manage the resource being produced without waste, including

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  (a) for the preceding calendar year, details on performance, production forecasts, reserve revision, the reasons for deviations in well performance from forecasts in previous annual production reports, gas conservation resources, efforts to maximize the recovery of petroleum and operating and capital expenditures, including the cost of each well operation; and

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  (b) for the preceding calendar year, the current calendar year and the next two calendar years, capital costs and fixed operating costs for each well and field in a production project, variable costs, commodity prices and financial commitments in relation to the transportation of the resource, including by pipeline.

Marginal note:Gas venting records

203 An operator must ensure that a record is kept of the following information in respect of each gas venting referred to in paragraph 82(c):

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  (a) a description of the emergency situation that justified the venting;

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  (b) a description of the venting, the date it occurred and its duration; and

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  (c) the volume of gas vented.

Marginal note:Compressor records

204 An operator must ensure that a record containing the following documents and information is kept in respect of the compressors referred to in subsection 84(1):

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  (a) information demonstrating, with supporting documents, that the continuous monitoring device referred to in subsection 84(2) has been calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations such that its measurements have a maximum margin of error of ±10%; and

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  (b) for each compressor, if its maximum flow rate limit under subsection 84(3) or (4) has been exceeded,

  • (i) its serial number, make and model,

  • (ii) the date on which the maximum flow rate limit was exceeded,

  • (iii) the flow rate indicated by the continuous monitoring device when the maximum flow rate limit was exceeded, and

  • (iv) a description of the corrective measures that were taken and the dates on which they was taken.

Marginal note:Fugitive emission records

205 An operator must ensure that a record containing the following information is kept in respect of any fugitive emission from an installation that is detected:

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  (a) the date on which the emission was detected;

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  (b) the type of equipment from which the emission was released and its location within the installation or identifier;

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  (c) the means by which the emission was identified; and

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  (d) a description of the corrective measures that were taken and the dates on which they were taken.

Marginal note:Record retention period

206 An operator must ensure that a record referred to in any of sections 203 to 205 is retained for five years after the day on which the record is created.

Marginal note:Weekly status reports

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  207 (1) An operator must ensure that weekly reports are submitted to the Board on the status of any diving project or construction activities.

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  Marginal note:Content of reports

  (2) The weekly status reports must contain the following documents and information:

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    (a) the project number assigned by the Board;

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    (b) information identifying, and indicating the current location and status of, all operations sites and support craft used in the diving project or construction activities;

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    (c) a description of the works and activities carried out during the preceding week;

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    (d) an indication of the total number of persons involved in the works and activities who, during the week, were at, or transferred to or from, the operations sites and, if applicable, the means by which they were transferred;

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    (e) a summary of emergency drills and exercises that were completed and reportable incidents that occurred during the week;

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    (f) an indication of the quantities of consumable substances that are critical to safety that are currently at each operations site; and

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    (g) a summary of the verification, inspection, monitoring, testing, maintenance and operating activities that are critical to safety that were carried out during the preceding week.

208 The following Regulations are repealed:

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  (a) the Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Geophysical Operations RegulationsFootnote ¹;

  • Return to footnote ¹SOR/95-144

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  (b) the Nova Scotia Offshore Certificate of Fitness RegulationsFootnote ²;

  • Return to footnote ²SOR/95-187

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  (c) the Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations RegulationsFootnote ³; and

  • Return to footnote ³SOR/95-191

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  (d) the Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production RegulationsFootnote ⁴.

  • Return to footnote ⁴SOR/2009-317