Detection Agent

Detection Agent

Definition(s)

Detection agent

Detection agent means a substance, whether in a gaseous or liquid state, that: when added to:
  1. another substance; or
  2. a mixture of other substances;
facilitates the monitoring of the behaviour of that other substance or that mixture, as the case may be; and is specified in the regulations. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Designated Authority

Designated Authority

Definition(s)

Designated Authority

Designated Authority:
  1. means a person who, at any time before the commencement of Part 6.10, was a Designated Authority (within the meaning of this Act); and
  2. when used in the expression the Designated Authority, means a person who, at any time before the commencement of Part 6.10, was the Designated Authority (within the meaning of this Act) for the offshore area concerned.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Designated Agreement

Designated Agreement

Definition(s)

Designated agreement

Designated agreement has the meaning given by section 32. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Dealing

Dealing

Definition(s)

Dealing

Dealing means a dealing to which Part 4.6 applies. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Declared Petroleum Retention Lease

Declared Petroleum Retention Lease

Definition(s)

Declared petroleum retention lease

Declared petroleum retention lease has the meaning given by section 138. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Declared Petroleum Production Licence

Declared Petroleum Production Licence

Definition(s)

Declared petroleum production licence

Declared petroleum production licence has the meaning given by section 164. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Declared Petroleum Exploration Permit

Declared Petroleum Exploration Permit

Definition(s)

Declared petroleum exploration permit

Declared petroleum exploration permit has the meaning given by section 101. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Declared Greenhouse Gas Facility

Declared Greenhouse Gas Facility

Definition(s)

Declared greenhouse gas facility

Declared greenhouse gas facility has the meaning given by section 18. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Datum

Datum

Definition(s)

Datum

Datum means a reference frame for defining geographic coordinates. Note: If the position on the surface of the Earth of a particular point is identified by a coordinate that is determined by reference to a particular datum, the use of a different datum will result in the same point being identified by a different coordinate. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Current Apportionment Percentage

Current Apportionment Percentage

Definition(s)

Current apportionment percentage

Current apportionment percentage, in relation to an amount of petroleum recovered at a particular time, means:
  1. 79.9%; or
  2. if, before that time, the Apportionment Ratio set out in article 7 of the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement has changed, at least once, because it has been:
    1. redetermined due to a technical redetermination undertaken in accordance with paragraph 8(1) of the agreement; or
    2. altered due to an agreement in accordance with paragraph 8(2) of the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement;

the percentage of the production of petroleum from the Greater Sunrise unit reservoirs that is apportioned to Australia under the Greater Sunrise unitisation agreement immediately after the most recent change to the Apportionment Ratio.

Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Court

Court

Definition(s)

Court

“Court” means the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and includes a judge of that Court; tribunal. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation  

Court

In this section, “court” includes a judge thereof and any provincial court judge or justice. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation

Court

“Court” means, with respect to any frontier lands or any portion thereof, such superior court as may be prescribed and includes a judge thereof; tribunal. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation

Court

In this section, court includes a person authorised to receive evidence:
  1. by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
  2. by consent of parties.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Court

"Court" means the High Court or the Court of Judicial Commissioner within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant or respondent carries on the whole or a substantial part of his business, and where the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to such restrictions, limitations and conditions, as it thinks fit, empowered any court of civil jurisdiction subordinate to the High Court or, as the case may be, the Court of the Judicial Commissioner, to exercise all or any of the powers conferred by this Act, such court. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Continental Shelf

Continental Shelf

Definition(s)

Continental Shelf

Continental shelf means the continental shelf (within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973) adjacent to the coast of:
  1. Australia (including the coast of any island forming part of a State or Territory); or
  2. a Territory.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Continental Shelf

The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance. Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982. Legislation  

Continental Shelf

The seabed and subsoil of the marine areas extending beyond the Norwegian territorial sea, throughout the natural prolongation of the Norwegian land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the base lines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, however, not beyond the median line to another state, unless otherwise can be derived from the rules of international law for the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the base lines, or from an agreement with the relevant state. Source: Act 29 November 1996 No. 72 Relating to Petroleum Activities, Norway, amended June 2011. Legislation  

Continental Shelf

By continental shelf shall be understood the sea bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond the Norwegian territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the base lines from which the territorial sea has been measured, nevertheless not beyond the median line in relation to other states. Source: Act 29 November 1996 No. 72 Relating to Petroleum Activities, Norway, amended June 2011. Legislation  

Continental Shelf

Continental shelf: that part of the sea bed located beneath the North Sea and the subsoil thereof, over which the Kingdom, in accordance with the Treaty of the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego-Bay on 10 December 1982 (Tractatenblad 1983, 83), has sovereign rights, and which is located on the seaward side of the line referred to in Article 1.1 of the Wet grenzen Nederlandse territoriale zee. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation  

Continental Shelf

“Continental Shelf” means the seabed and sub-soil or submarine areas adjacent to the coast of India including its island but outside the area of its territorial waters, to a depth of 200 metres, or beyond that limit to where the depth of the superjacent water admits of the exploitation of natural resources of the areas. Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 (As amended from time to time), India, as amended as of May 2013. Regulations
Contact Details

Contact Details

Definition(s)

Contact details

Contact details of a person includes the following:
  1. the person’s name;
  2. the address of:
    1. the place of residence or business of the person; or
    2. if the person is a body corporate—the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate;
  3. the person’s telephone number (if any);
  4. the person’s fax number (if any);
  5. the person’s email address (if any);
  6. if the person is a body corporate that has an ACN (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001)—the ACN.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Construct

Construct

Definition(s)

Construct

Construct includes place. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation    

Construct

Construct, in relation to a well, includes:
  1. drill, bore, or otherwise make, the well; and
  2. install any well-related equipment associated with the well.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Commonwealth Title

Commonwealth Title

Definition(s)

Commonwealth title

Commonwealth title means:
  1. a petroleum exploration permit; or
  2. a petroleum retention lease; or
  3. a petroleum production licence; or
  4. an infrastructure licence; or
  5. a pipeline licence.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Commonwealth title

Commonwealth title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
  2. a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
  3. a greenhouse gas injection licence.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Commission of Inquiry

Commission of Inquiry

Definition(s)

Commission of inquiry

Commission of inquiry means an inquiry conducted, or to be conducted, by a person appointed under section 780A. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Commissioner

Commissioner

Definition(s)

Commissioner

Commissioner means a person appointed under section 780A. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Commissioner

Commissioner―the Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Commissioner

Commissioner―the Commissioner of Conservation. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations
Coastal Waters

Coastal Waters

Definition(s)

Coastal waters

Coastal waters, in relation to a State or the Northern Territory, means so much of the scheduled area for the State or Territory as consists of:
  1. the territorial sea; and
  2. any waters that are:
    1. on the landward side of the territorial sea; and
    2. not within the limits of the State or Territory.
For this purpose, assume that the breadth of the territorial sea of Australia had never been determined or declared to be greater than 3 nautical miles, but had continued to be 3 nautical miles. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Coastal waters

Waters under tidal influence and waters of the open Gulf of Mexico. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
COAG Reform Fund

COAG Reform Fund

Definition(s)

COAG Reform Fund

COAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Closure Assurance Period

Closure Assurance Period

Definition(s)

Closure assurance period

Closure assurance period has the meaning given by section 399. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Cash-bid Petroleum Exploration Permit

Cash-bid Petroleum Exploration Permit

Definition(s)

Cash-bid petroleum exploration permit

Cash-bid petroleum exploration permit means:
  1. a petroleum exploration permit granted under Division 3 of Part 2.2 of this Act; or
  2. an exploration permit granted under section 22B of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967; or
  3. a petroleum exploration permit granted under Division 5 of Part 2.2 of this Act by way of the renewal of a permit referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
  4. an exploration permit granted under section 32 of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 by way of the renewal of a permit referred to in paragraph (b).
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Cash-bid Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permit

Cash-bid Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permit

Definition(s)

Cash-bid greenhouse gas assessment permit

Cash-bid greenhouse gas assessment permit means a greenhouse gas assessment permit granted under Division 3 of Part 3.2. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Block That Is Constituted by a Graticular Section

Block That Is Constituted by a Graticular Section

Definition(s)

Block that is constituted by a graticular section

A reference in this Act to a block that is constituted by a graticular section includes a reference to a block that is constituted by the area of a part only, or by the areas of parts only, of a graticular section. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Block

Block

Definition(s)

Block

Block means a block constituted as provided by section 33 or 282. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Blocks

For the purposes of this Act: (a) a graticular section that is wholly within an offshore area constitutes a block; and (b) if a part only of a graticular section is, or parts only of a graticular section are, within an offshore area, the area of that part, or of those parts, constitutes a block. Note: See also section 282 (certain portions of blocks to be blocks). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Authority Area

Authority Area

Definition(s)

Authority area

Authority area:
  1. when used in relation to a petroleum special prospecting authority—means the area constituted by the block or blocks that are the subject of the petroleum special prospecting authority; or
  2. when used in relation to a petroleum access authority—means the area to which the petroleum access authority relates; or
  3. when used in relation to a greenhouse gas search authority—means the area constituted by the block or blocks that are the subject of the greenhouse gas search authority; or
  4. when used in relation to a greenhouse gas special authority—means the area to which the greenhouse gas special authority relates.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Australian Geodetic Datum

Australian Geodetic Datum

Definition(s)

Australian Geodetic Datum

Australian Geodetic Datum means the Australian Geodetic Datum as defined in Gazette No. 84 of 6 October 1966 (AGD66 geodetic data set). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Approved Site Plan

Approved Site Plan

Definition(s)

Approved site plan

Approved site plan means a site plan in respect of which an approval is in force under the regulations. Note: See section 457. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Applied Provisions

Applied Provisions

Definition(s)

Applied provisions

Applied provisions has the meaning given by subsection 80(2). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Applied provisions

For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of laws applied under subsection (1) are to be known as the applied provisions. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Adjusted Amount

Adjusted Amount

Definition(s)

Adjusted amount

Adjusted amount means the amount that would have been paid under subsection (1) in respect of the amount of royalty if it were assumed that the provisional royalty (within the meaning of section 16 of the Royalty Act) had been equal to the determined royalty (within the meaning of that section). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Dangerous Occurrence

Dangerous Occurrence

Definition(s)

Dangerous occurrence

Dangerous occurrence has the meaning given by subregulation 2.41 (2). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009 (Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 382 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations  

Dangerous occurence

For the definition of dangerous occurrence in clause 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act, an occurrence, at a facility, that is specified in the following table is a dangerous occurrence.
  1. An occurrence that did not cause, but could reasonably have caused:
    1. the death of, or serious personal injury to, a person; or
    2. a member of the workforce to be incapacitated from performing work for the period mentioned in subregulation (1)
  2. A fire or explosion
  3. A collision of a marine vessel with the facility
  4. An uncontrolled release of hydrocarbon vapour exceeding 1 kilogram
  5. An uncontrolled release of petroleum liquids exceeding 80 litres
  6. A well kick exceeding 8 cubic metres (or 50 barrels)
  7. An unplanned event that required the emergency response plan to be implemented
  8. Damage to safety-critical equipment
  9. An occurrence to which items 1 to 8 do not apply that:
    1. results in significant damage to a pipeline (for example, reducing the capacity of the pipeline to contain petroleum or greenhouse gas substance flowing through it); or
    2. is likely to have a result of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a); or
    3. is of a kind that a reasonable pipeline licensee would consider to require immediate investigation
  10. Any other occurrence of a kind that a reasonable operator would consider to require an immediate investigation.
Note: The meaning of facility is explained in subregulation 1.5 (1). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009 (Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 382 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations  

Dangerous occurence

Dangerous occurrence means an occurrence declared by the regulations to be a dangerous occurrence for the purposes of this definition. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Dangerous occurence

In this regulation, dangerous occurrence means any of the following events that arose out of or in connection with petroleum operations:
(a) an event that did not cause, but might reasonably have caused, a major accident:
(b) a well kick that either—
(i) exceeded 8 cubic metres (or 50 barrels); or
(ii) required the well to be shut-in:
(c) an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbon vapour exceeding 1 kilogram:
(d) an uncontrolled release of petroleum liquids exceeding 80 litres:
(e) the failure of any part of a well whose failure would cause or contribute to, or whose purpose is to prevent or limit the effect of, the unintentional release of fluids from a well or a reservoir being drawn on by a well:
(f) damage to, or failure of, a safety-critical element that required intervention to ensure it will operate as designed:
(g) a fire or explosion at an installation:
(h) the uncontrolled or unintentional release or escape of any substance (other than petroleum) on or from an installation, where that release or escape had the potential to cause death or serious harm to any person:
(i) an unintended collapse of—
(i) an installation; or
(ii) any part of an installation; or
(iii) any plant on an installation, where that collapse jeopardised, or could have jeopardised, the integrity of the installation:
(j) subsidence or local collapse of the seabed or ground that could have affected the foundations, or the integrity, of an installation:
(k) an unplanned event (other than a false alarm) that required the emergency response plan to be implemented:
(l) damage to an installation, caused by adverse weather conditions, earthquakes, or other natural events, that had the potential to cause death or serious harm of any person: (m) a collision between a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle and an installation that resulted in damage to the installation, the vessel, the aircraft, or the vehicle:
(n) a failure of equipment required to maintain a floating offshore installation on station:
(o) an incident involving loss of stability or buoyancy of a floating offshore installation. Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 2013, SR 2013/208, New Zealand, as of May 2013. Regulations