The Company

The Company

Definition(s)

The Company

The company: the company as referred to in Article 82.1. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). Legislation
The Southern South African Waters

The Southern South African Waters

Definition(s)

The Southern South African Waters

The Southern South African waters means the sea area enclosed by the following co-ordinates: 31° 14΄ S; 017° 50΄ E 31° 30΄ S; 017° 12΄ E 32° 00΄ S; 017° 06΄ E 32° 32΄ S; 016° 52΄ E 34° 06΄ S; 017° 24΄ E 36° 58΄ S; 020° 54΄ E 36° 00΄ S; 022° 30΄ E 35° 14΄ S; 022° 54΄ E 34° 30΄ S; 026° 00΄ E 33° 48΄ S; 027° 25΄ E 33° 27΄ S; 027° 12΄ E. Source: Resolution MEPC.154(55), amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Designation of the Southern South African waters as a Special Area), 13 October 2006, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Thermal Protective Aid

Thermal Protective Aid

Definition(s)

Thermal Protective Aid

Thermal protective aid is a bag or suit made of waterproof material with low thermal conductance. <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. Legislation
Tied

Tied

Definition(s)

Tied

Tied, in relation to a greenhouse gas holding lease or greenhouse gas injection licence, has the meaning given by section 13. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Timor Sea Treaty

Timor Sea Treaty

Definition(s)

Timor Sea Treaty

Timor Sea Treaty means the Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and East Timor, done on 20 May 2002 [2003] ATS 13, as amended from time to time. Note: In 2007, the text of international agreements in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au). Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Timor Sea Treaty Designated Authority

Timor Sea Treaty Designated Authority

Definition(s)

Timor Sea Treaty Designated Authority

Timor Sea Treaty Designated Authority means the Designated Authority within the meaning of the Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Act 2003. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Title

Title

Definition(s)

Title

Title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas title; or
  2. an infrastructure licence; or
  3. a pipeline licence; or
  4. a petroleum title.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 (Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 54 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations  

Title

Title:
  1. when used in the definition of registered holder—has the meaning given by the second sentence of that definition; or
  2. when used in Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 1.2—has the meaning given by section 38; or
  3. when used in Division 3 of Part 1.2—has the meaning given by section 50; or
  4. when used in section 282—has the meaning given by subsection 282(6); or
  5. when used in section 462—has the meaning given by subsection 462(6); or
  6. when used in Chapter 4—has the meaning given by section 467; or
  7. when used in Chapter 5—has the meaning given by section 519; or
  8. when used in section 574—has the meaning given by subsection 574(1); or
  9. when used in section 574A—has the meaning given by subsection 574A(1); or
  10. when used in Division 2A of Part 6.2—has the meaning given by subsection 576A(3); or
  11. when used in section 580—has the meaning given by subsection 580(1).
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

Title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas title; or
  2. a petroleum title.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

Title means:
  1. a petroleum exploration permit; or
  2. a petroleum retention lease; or
  3. a petroleum production licence; or
  4. a prescribed instrument.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

Title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
  2. a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
  3. a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
  4. a prescribed instrument.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

In this Division title means:
  1. a petroleum exploration permit; or
  2. a petroleum retention lease; or
  3. a petroleum production licence.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

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; or
  6. a petroleum access authority.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

Title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
  2. a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
  3. a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
  4. a greenhouse gas special authority.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

In this section, 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; or
  6. a petroleum special prospecting authority; or
  7. a petroleum access authority.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title

Title means:
  1. a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or
  2. a greenhouse gas holding lease; or
  3. a greenhouse gas injection licence; or
  4. a greenhouse gas search authority; or
  5. a greenhouse gas special authority.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Titles and title areas

In this Division, the table has effect: Item A title is any of the following; The title area for the title is ...
  1. a petroleum exploration permit; the permit area.
  2. a petroleum retention lease; the lease area.
  3. a petroleum production licence; the licence area.
  4. an infrastructure licence; the licence area.
  5. a pipeline licence; the part of the offshore area in which the pipeline is constructed.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Title Area

Title Area

Definition(s)

Title area

Title area means:
  1. for a petroleum exploration permit or greenhouse gas assessment permit — the permit area; and
  2. for a petroleum retention lease or greenhouse gas holding lease — the lease area; and
  3. for a petroleum production licence, infrastructure licence, or greenhouse gas injection licence — the licence area; and
  4. for a petroleum special prospecting authority, petroleum access authority, greenhouse gas search authority or greenhouse gas special authority — the authority area; and
  5. for a scientific investigation consent or greenhouse gas research consent — the offshore area specified in the consent.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 (Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 54 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations  

Title area

Title area:
  1. when used in Division 3 of Part 1.2—has the meaning given by section 51; or
  2. when used in section 572—has the meaning given by subsection 572(1); or
  3. when used in Division 2A of Part 6.2—has the meaning given by subsection 576A(3); or
  4. when used in section 586—has the meaning given by subsection 586(6); or
  5. when used in section 586A—has the meaning given by subsection 586A(7).
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Titles and title areas

In this Division, the table has effect: Item A title is any of the following; The title area for the title is ...
  1. a petroleum exploration permit; the permit area.
  2. a petroleum retention lease; the lease area.
  3. a petroleum production licence; the licence area.
  4. an infrastructure licence; the licence area.
  5. a pipeline licence; the part of the offshore area in which the pipeline is constructed.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title area

Title area:
  1. in relation to a petroleum exploration permit—means the permit area; or
  2. in relation to a petroleum retention lease—means the lease area; or
  3. in relation to a petroleum production licence—means the licence area.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Title area

Title area:
  1. in relation to a greenhouse gas assessment permit—means the permit area; or
  2. in relation to a greenhouse gas holding lease—means the lease area; or
  3. in relation to a greenhouse gas injection licence—means the licence area.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Titleholder

Titleholder

Definition(s)

Titleholder

Titleholder means:
  1. a greenhouse gas titleholder; or
  2. an infrastructure licensee; or
  3. a pipeline licensee; or
  4. a petroleum titleholder.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 (Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 54 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations  

Titleholder

Titleholder means:
  1. a greenhouse gas assessment permittee; or
  2. a greenhouse gas holding lessee; or
  3. a greenhouse gas injection licensee; or
  4. an infrastructure licensee; or
  5. a petroleum exploration permittee; or
  6. a petroleum production licensee; or
  7. a petroleum retention lessee; or
  8. a pipeline licensee.
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  

Titleholder

Titleholder:
  1. when used in Division 3 of Part 1.2—has the meaning given by section 51; or
  2. when used in section 572—has the meaning given by subsection 572(1).
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Titleholder

Titleholder means the registered holder of:
  1. a petroleum title; or
  2. a greenhouse gas title.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
Titles Administrator

Titles Administrator

Definition(s)

Titles Administrator

Titles Administrator means the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 (Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 54 as amended), Australia, prepared on 1 January 2012. Regulations Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Titles Administrator

Titles Administrator means the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator—see section 7. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  
To Explore

To Explore

Definition(s)

To Explore

“To explore” means to undertake standard practices in searching for petroleum by employing geological, geophysical, and other surveys; and also includes to undertake drilling for stratigraphic tests in order to determine the existence of petroleum and its extent, to define the boundaries of petroleum reservoirs or to obtain other essential data which are necessary to petroleum production. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
To Import Petroleum

To Import Petroleum

Definition(s)

To Import Petroleum

“To import petroleum" means to bring it into India by land, sea or air otherwise than during the course of transport. Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation
To Produce

To Produce

Definition(s)

To Produce

“To produce” means to undertake any operation in order to obtain petroleum from its reservoirs; and also includes to employ any process other than refining, petrochemical operations, gas separation plant operations, liquefied natural gas plant operations or compressed natural gas plant operations, in order to render petroleum in saleable or disposable forms. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act (No. 4) B.E. 2514 (1989), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
To Store

To Store

Definition(s)

To Store

“To store” means to undertake any operation in order to gather and keep in stock the petroleum produced by the concessionaire. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
To Store Petroleum

To Store Petroleum

Definition(s)

To Store Petroleum

"To store petroleum" means to keep it in any one place, but does not include any detention happening during the ordinary course of transport. Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation
To Transport

To Transport

Definition(s)

To Transport

“To transport” means to undertake any operation in order to move the petroleum produced by the concessionaire from production fields to storage places, points of sale or disposal, points of purchase, and points of export, and also includes to move such petroleum between the said points and places. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
To Transport Petroleum

To Transport Petroleum

Definition(s)

To Transport Petroleum

"To transport petroleum" means to move petroleum from one place to another in India and includes moving from one place to another in India across a territory which is not part of India. Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation
Toll

Toll

Definition(s)

Toll

“Toll” includes any toll, rate, charge or allowance charged or made
  1. for the shipment, transportation, transmission, care, handling or delivery of hydrocarbons or of another commodity that is transmitted through a pipeline, or for storage or demurrage or the like,
  2. for the provision of a pipeline when the pipeline is available and ready to provide for the transmission of oil or gas, and
  3. in respect of the purchase and sale of gas that is the property of a company and that is transmitted by the company through its pipeline, excluding the cost to the company of the gas at the point where it enters the pipeline; droit.
Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation Source: National Energy Board Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. N-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation  
Tract Participation

Tract Participation

Definition(s)

Tract Participation

“Tract participation” means the share of production from a unitized zone that is allocated to a unit tract under a unit agreement or unitization order or the share of production from a pooled spacing unit that is allocated to a pooled tract under a pooling agreement or pooling order; fraction parcellaire. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation
Trained Health And Safety Representative

Trained Health And Safety Representative

Definition(s)

Trained Health And Safety Representative

Trained health and safety representative has the meaning set out in section 46A(1). Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation  

Trained Health And Safety Representative

Trained health and safety representative means a health and safety representative who has achieved a level of competency in health and safety practice specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette or who has completed an appropriate course approved under section 19G. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
Transfer

Transfer

Definition(s)

Transfer

“Transfer” means a transfer of an interest or a share in an interest; transfert. 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. Legislation
Transfer Date

Transfer Date

Definition(s)

Transfer Date

“Transfer date” means the effective date of the first order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to section 47.1 of the Yukon Act, as amended by this Act, after this section comes into force that transfers the administration and control of oil and gas to the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory; date de transfert. Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation
Transit Passage

Transit Passage

Definition(s)

Transit Passage <Right of transit passage>

Transit passage means the exercise in accordance with this Part of the freedom of navigation and overflight solely for the purpose of continuous and expeditious transit of the strait between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone. However, the requirement of continuous and expeditious transit does not preclude passage through the strait for the purpose of entering, leaving or returning from a State bordering the strait, subject to the conditions of entry to that State. Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982. Legislation 
Transport

Transport

Definition(s)

To transport

Handling of materials and transport routes, access and evacuation routes: The terms transport, access and evacuation routes also include stairs, doors, hatches, etc. Source: Guidance Notes on Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India), 2012. Regulatory Guidance

To transport

“To transport” means to undertake any operation in order to move the petroleum produced by the concessionaire from production fields to storage places, points of sale or disposal, points of purchase, and points of export, and also includes to move such petroleum between the said points and places. Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
Transportation

Transportation

Definition(s)

Transportation

The movement of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway, or water. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Transportation

Shipment of petroleum by pipeline as well as the construction, placing, operation and use of a facility for the purpose of transportation. Source: Act 29 November 1996 No. 72 Relating to Petroleum Activities, Norway, amended June 2011. Legislation  
Transportation Rate

Transportation Rate

Definition(s)

Transportation Rate

“Transportation rate”, in relation to common carrier or contract carrier or a city or local natural gas distribution network, means such rate for moving each unit of petroleum, petroleum products or natural gas as may be fixed by regulations. Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, No. 19 of 2006, India, amended as of May 2013. Legislation
Trim

Trim

Definition(s)

Trim

Trim is the difference between the draught forward and the draught aft, where the draughts are measured at the forward and aft terminals respectively, disregarding any rake of keel. <Chapter II-1, regulation 2>. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.216(82), amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, 8 December 2006, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Unauthorized Broadcasting

Unauthorized Broadcasting

Definition(s)

Unauthorized Broadcasting <Unauthorized broadcasting from the high seas>

For the purposes of this Convention, 'unauthorized broadcasting' means the transmission of sound radio or television broadcasts from a ship or installation on the high seas intended-for reception by the general public contrary to international regulations, but excluding the transmission of distress calls. Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982. Legislation 
Uncertainty Phase

Uncertainty Phase

Definition(s)

Uncertainty Phase

"Uncertainty phase". A situation wherein uncertainty exists as to the safety of a person, a vessel or other craft. 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. Legislation
Union

Union

Definition(s)

Union

Union has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation