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Search and Rescue Unit
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Search and Rescue Unit
"Search and rescue unit". A unit composed of trained personnel and provided with equipment suitable for the expeditious conduct of search and rescue operations. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. LegislationSecondary Line
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Secondary line
Secondary line means a pipe, or system of pipes, for:- returning petroleum to a natural reservoir; or
- conveying petroleum for use for petroleum exploration operations; or
- conveying petroleum for use for petroleum recovery operations; or
- conveying petroleum that is to be flared or vented; or
- conveying petroleum from a well, wherever located, to a terminal station in an offshore area without passing through another terminal station.
Secondary Petroleum Production Licence
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Secondary petroleum production licence
Secondary petroleum production licence means a petroleum production licence granted as a result of an application under any of the following provisions:- subclause 2(6) of this Schedule;
- subclause 4(6) of this Schedule;
- subsection 40(3) or 40B(4) of the repealed Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
Secretary
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Secretary
"Secretary" means the duly appointed and qualified Secretary of the Commission or any person appointed by the Commission to act as such Secretary during the absence of the Secretary, his inability, or disqualification to act. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. RegulationsSecretary
“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board; secrétaire. Source: National Energy Board Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. N-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. LegislationSecretary
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationSecretary
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. (A) May be referred to as the Assistant Secretary. Source: State of Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Rules and Regulations for Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Revised January 8, 2013. RegulationsSecretary
The chief executive of the Department of Labour. *Indicates that the definition has been extracted from the HSE Act. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory GuidanceSecretary
Secretary means the chief executive of the department. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. LegislationSecretary-General
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Secretary-General
"Secretary-General". The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. LegislationSecretary-General
“Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the Organization. Source: International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,2001. Legislation Source: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001. Legislation Source: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004. Legislation Source: International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990. LegislationSection 33 Block
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Section 33 block
Section 33 block means a block constituted as provided by section 33. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationSecured Party
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Secured Party
“Secured party” means the person claiming a security interest under a security notice; partie garantie. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationSecurity Interest
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Security Interest
“Security interest” means any charge on or right in relation to an interest or a share in an interest that secures- the payment of an indebtedness arising from an existing or future loan or advance of money,
- a bond, debenture or other security of a corporation, or
- the performance of the obligations of a guarantor under a guarantee given in respect of all or any part of an indebtedness referred to in paragraph (a) or all or any part of a bond, debenture or other security of a corporation, and includes a security given under section 426 of the Bank Act, but does not include an operator’s lien; sûreté.
Security Notice
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Security Notice
“Security notice” means a notice of a security interest. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationSecurity of Supply
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Security of Supply
“Security of supply”, in respect of any period, means the anticipation of self-sufficiency during each of the five calendar years in that period, taking into account the aggregate during each such year of anticipated additions to producing capacity and anticipated adjustments to refining capacity; sécurité des approvisionnements. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationSediments
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Sediments
Sediment is insoluble particles in the foam concentrate. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1312, Revised Guidelines for the performance and testing criteria, and surveys of foam concentrates for fixed fire-extinguishing systems, 10 June 2009, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceSediments
“Sediments” means matter settled out of Ballast Water within a ship. Source: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004. LegislationSegregated Ballast
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Segregated Ballast
Segregated ballast means ballast water introduced into a tank permanently allocated to the carriage of ballast or cargoes other than oil or Noxious Liquid Substances as variously defined in the Annexes of the present Convention, and which is completely separated from the cargo and oil fuel system. <Annex II, Chapter 1, Regulation 1>. Source: Resolution MEPC.118(52), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Revised Annex II of MARPOL 73/78), 15 October 2004, International Maritime Organization. LegislationSelf-sufficiency
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Self-sufficiency
“Self-sufficiency” means a volume of suitable crude oil and equivalent substances available from Canadian hydrocarbon producing capacity that is adequate to supply the total feedstock requirements of Canadian refineries necessary to satisfy the total domestic refined product requirements of Canada, excluding those feedstock requirements necessary to produce specialty refined products; autosuffisance. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationSeparately Owned Tract
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Separately Owned Tract
Any reference to a separately owned tract, although in general terms broad enough to include the surface and all underlying common sources of supply of oil and gas, shall have reference thereto only in relation to the unit source of supply or portion thereof embraced within the unit area of a particular unit. Source: Control of Oil and Gas Resources, North Dakota Century Code, Title 38, Chapter 8, February 2013. LegislationSerious Harm
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Serious Harm
Serious harm, subject to subsection (4), means death, or harm of a kind or description declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be serious for the purposes of this Act; and seriously harmed has a corresponding meaning. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. LegislationSerious Situation
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Serious situation
Serious situation, in relation to an identified greenhouse gas storage formation, has the meaning given by section 379. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. LegislationShare
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Share
“Share” means, with respect to an interest, an undivided share in the interest or a share in the interest held in accordance with section 69; fraction. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationShare
“Share” means, with respect to an interest, an undivided share in the interest or a share in the interest held in accordance with section 23; fraction. Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationShip
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Ship
Ship means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and fixed or floating platforms. Source: IMO Resolution A.951(23), amendments to the IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling (resolution A.962(23)), 3 February 2006, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShip
Ship means any vessel required to comply with the 1974 SOLAS Convention. Source: Source: IMO resolution A.1021(26), Guidelines for ships operating in polar waters, 18 January 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShip
"Ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft, fixed or floating platforms, floating storage units (FSUs) and floating production storage and off-loading units (FPSOs). Source: Resolution MEPC.195(61), 2010 Guidelines for Survey and Certification of Anti-fouling Systemson Ships, 1 October 2010, International Maritime Organization, Regulatory Guidance Source: Resolution MEPC.207(62), 2011 Guidelines for the control and management of ships' biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species, 15 July 2011, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShip
“Ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the aquatic environment and includes submersibles, floating craft, floating platforms, FSUs and FPSOs. Source: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, LegislationShip
"Ship" means any seagoing vessel and seaborne craft, of any type whatsoever. Source: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, LegislationShip
"Ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, and floating craft of any type. Source: International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990. LegislationShip
“Ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft, fixed or floating platforms, floating storage units (FSUs) and floating production storage and off-loading units (FPSOs). Source: International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,2001, LegislationShip
Ship means any kind of vessel that:- is used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved; and
- is not, for the time being, a facility or part of a facility.
Ship
Ship has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Ship Registration Act 1992. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. LegislationShip Constructed
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Ship Constructed
Ship constructed means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction. A ship converted to a chemical tanker, irrespective of the date of construction, shall be treated as a chemical tanker constructed on the date on which such conversion commenced. This conversion provision shall not apply to the modification of a ship, which complies with all of the following conditions: 1 the ship is constructed before 1 July 1986; and 2 the ship is certified under the Bulk Chemical Code to carry only those products identified by the Code as substances with pollution hazards only. <Annex II, Chapter 1, Regulation 1> Source: Resolution MEPC.118(52), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Revised Annex II of MARPOL 73/78), 15 October 2004, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShips Constructed
Ships constructed means ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction. Source: Resolution MEPC.176(58), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Revised MARPOL Annex VI), 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShip Security Officer
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Ship Security Officer
Ship security officer means the person on board the ship, accountable to the master, designated by the Company as responsible for the security of the ship including implementation and maintenance of the ship security plan and liaison with the Company security officer and port facility security officers <Chapter I, regulation I/1>. Source: IMO Resolution A.1079(28), Recommendations for the Training and Certification of Personnel on Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs), Adopted on 4 December 2013, International Maritime Organization, Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO Resolution MSC.203(81), amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, 18 May 2006, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShipboard Incineration
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Shipboard Incineration
Shipboard incineration means the incineration of wastes or other matter on board a ship, if such wastes or other matter were generated during the normal operation of that ship. Source: Resolution MEPC.176(58), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Revised MARPOL Annex VI), 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShipboard Incinerator
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Shipboard Incinerator
Shipboard incinerator means a shipboard facility designed for the primary purpose of incineration. Source: Resolution MEPC.176(58), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Revised MARPOL Annex VI), 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShipowner
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Shipowner
Shipowner means the owner of a seagoing ship, or any other organization or person who or which has assumed responsibility for the operation of such a ship. Source: IMO Resolution A.898(21), Guidelines on shipowners’ responsibilities in respect of maritime claims, 4 February 2000, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShipowner
Shipowner means the owner of the ship or any other organization or person, such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the shipowner and who on assuming such responsibilities has agreed to take over all the attendant duties and responsibilities Note: Article 1(c) of the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention 1996 (No.179) and Regulation IX/1.2 of SOLAS 1974 as amended. Source: IMO Resolution A.930(22), Guidelines on Provision of Financial Security in Case of Abandonment of Seafarers, 17 December 2001, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO Resolution A.931(22), Guidelines on Shipowners' Responsibilities in respect of Contractual Claims for Personal Injury to or Death of Seafarers, 17 December 2001, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShipowner
Shipowner means the person or persons or company registered as the owner of the ship or, in the absence of registration, the person or persons or company owning the ship. However, in the case of a ship owned by a State and operated by a company which in that State is registered as the ship’s operator, “owner” shall mean such company. This term also includes those who have ownership of the ship for a limited period pending its sale to a recycling facility. Source: IMO Resolution A.951(23), IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling (resolution A.962(23)), 4 March 2004, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceShipowner
"Shipowner" means the owner, including the registered owner, bareboat charterer, manager and operator of the ship. Source: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001. LegislationShort International Voyage
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Short International Voyage
Short international voyage is an international voyage in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety. Neither the distance between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination nor the return voyage shall exceed 600 miles. The final port of destination is the last port of call in the scheduled voyage at which the ship commences its return voyage to the country in which the voyage began. <Chapter III, Part A, regulation 3>. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.47(66), adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. LegislationShortfall of Petroleum Deliveries in the Province
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Shortfall of Petroleum Deliveries in the Province
In this section, “shortfall of petroleum deliveries in the Province” means deliveries of petroleum that are inadequate to supply, on commercial terms,- the end use consumption demands of all consumers in the Province;
- feedstock requirements of industrial facilities that are in place in the Province on January 31, 1986; and
- the feedstock requirements of any refining facility located in the Province that was not in place on January 31, 1986 where the feedstock requirements required to satisfy the demand of industrial capacity, as of January 31, 1986, in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland have been met.
Significant Discovery
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Significant Discovery
“Significant discovery” means a discovery indicated by the first well on a geological feature that demonstrates by flow testing the existence of hydrocarbons in that feature and, having regard to geological and engineering factors, suggests the existence of an accumulation of hydrocarbons that has potential for sustained production; découverte importante. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationSignificant Discovery Area
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Significant Discovery Area
“Significant discovery area” means, in relation to a declaration of significant discovery made pursuant to subsection 74(1) or (2), those portions of the offshore area described in the declaration; périmètre de découverte importante. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationSignificant Discovery Area
“Significant discovery area” means, in relation to a declaration of significant discovery made pursuant to subsection 28(1) or (2), those frontier lands described in the declaration. périmètre de découverte importante. Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. LegislationSignificant Hazard
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Significant Hazard
“Significant hazard” means a hazard that is an actual or potential cause or source of: • Serious harm; or • Harm (being more than trivial) where the severity of effects on any person depend (entirely or among other things) on the extent or frequency of the person’s exposure to the hazard; or • Harm that does not usually occur, or usually is not easily detectable, until a significant time after exposure to the hazard. Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory GuidanceSignificant Hazard
Significant hazard means a hazard that is an actual or potential cause or source of— (a) serious harm; or (b) harm (being harm that is more than trivial) the severity of whose effects on any person depend (entirely or among other things) on the extent or frequency of the person’s exposure to the hazard; or (c) harm that does not usually occur, or usually is not easily detectable, until a significant time after exposure to the hazard. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. LegislationSignificant Offshore Petroleum Incident
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Significant offshore petroleum incidents
Significant offshore petroleum incidents In this Division, a significant offshore petroleum incident is a significant incident or occurrence that relates to any or all of the following operations in an offshore area:- petroleum exploration operations;
- petroleum recovery operations;
- operations relating to the processing or storage of petroleum;
- operations relating to the preparation of petroleum for transport;
- operations connected with the construction or operation of a pipeline;
- operations relating to the decommissioning or removal of structures, equipment or other items of property that have been brought into an offshore area for or in connection with any of the operations mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e).