Submerged Wetland Area

Submerged Wetland Area

Definition(s)

Submerged Wetland Area

Submerged Wetland Area―a wetland area which is normally inundated with water and where only levee material is available for mixing with waste fluids during closure of a pit. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Produced Water

Produced Water

Definition(s)

Produced Water

Water that is brought to the surface during operations which extract hydrocarbons from oil and gas reservoirs. (IPIECA, 2010) Source: Identifying and assessing water sources: Guidance document for the onshore oil and gas industry, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), 2014. Global Standards

Produced Water

Produced Water―liquids and suspended particulate matter that is obtained by processing fluids brought to the surface in conjunction with the recovery of oil and gas from underground geologic formations, with underground storage of hydrocarbons, or with solution mining for brine. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Produced Water

Produced Water―water that is obtained by processing fluids brought to the surface in conjunction with the recovery of oil and gas from underground geologic formations. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Produced Water

Produced water includes formation water, injection water and process water that is extracted along with oil and gas during petroleum production. In addition, a portion of the chemicals added during processing of reservoir fluids may partition to the produced water. At most offshore production installations, this water is separated from the petroleum process stream and, after treatment, is discharged to the marine environment or disposed of in a subsurface formation. Source:  Offshore Waste Treatment Guidelines, The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and National Energy Board, Canada, December 15, 2010. Regulatory Guidance  

Produced Water

“Produced water” means those waters produced in conjunction with the production of oil or gas and commonly collected at field storage, processing or disposal facilities including lease tanks, commingled tank batteries, burn pits, lease ACT units and community or lease salt water disposal systems and that may be collected at gas processing plants, pipeline drips and other processing or transportation facilities. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Operation of Oil and Gas Facilities

Operation of Oil and Gas Facilities

Definition(s)

Operation of Oil and Gas Facilities

Operation of Oil and Gas Facilities―as used in this Section, all oil and gas wells, disposal wells, enhanced recovery injection wells and facilities, flowlines, field storage and separation facilities, natural gas processing and/or gas sweetening plants, and compressor stations. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Onsite

Onsite

Definition(s)

Onsite

Onsite―for purposes of this Section, on the same lease or contiguous property owned by the lessor, or within the confines of a drilling unit established for a specific well or group of wells. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Mining Water

Mining Water

Definition(s)

Mining Water

Mining Water―well water, potable water, rainwater, or unsaturated brine which is injected into a brine solution mining well for recovery as saturated brine. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Parameter or Test Standard

Parameter or Test Standard

Definition(s)

Parameter or Test Standard

Parameter or Test Standard Thickness (average)     > 10 mil (0.01 in) Breaking Strength (Grab Method)*    90 lbs Bursting Strength*    140 psi Tearing Strength*    25 lbs Seam Strength*        50 lbs *Testing is to be performed according to ASTM method D-751, latest revision. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Manufactured Liner

Manufactured Liner

Definition(s)

Manufactured Liner

Manufactured Liner―any man-made synthetic material of sufficient size and qualities to sustain a hydraulic conductivity no greater than 1 x 10-7 cm/sec after installation and which is sufficiently reinforced to withstand normal wear and tear associated with the installation and pit use without damage to the liner or adverse affect on the quality thereof. For purposes of this Chapter and Chapter 5, a manufactured liner used in pit construction must meet or exceed the following standards. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Hydrocarbon Storage Brine

Hydrocarbon Storage Brine

Definition(s)

Hydrocarbon Storage Brine

Hydrocarbon Storage Brine―well water, potable water, rainwater, or brine (partially saturated to completely saturated) used as a displacing fluid in hydrocarbon storage well operations. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Groundwater Aquifer

Groundwater Aquifer

Definition(s)

Groundwater Aquifer

Groundwater Aquifer―water in the saturated zone beneath the land surface that contains less than 10,000 mg/l TDS. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Groundwater Aquifer

Groundwater Aquifer―as defined in §301. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
FSR Fluid

FSR Fluid

Definition(s)

FSR Fluid

FSR Fluid—fracture stimulation reclamation fluid as defined in §501. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Exploration and Production Waste

Exploration and Production Waste

Definition(s)

Exploration and Production Waste

Exploration and Production Waste―as defined in §501. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
E and P Waste

E and P Waste

Definition(s)

E and P Waste

E and P Waste―exploration and production waste. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Exempt Pits

Exempt Pits

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Exempt Pits

Exempt Pits―compressor station pits, natural gas processing plant pits, emergency pits, and salt dome cavern pits located in the coastal area. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Elevated Wetland Area

Elevated Wetland Area

Definition(s)

Elevated Wetland Area

Elevated Wetland Area―a wetland area which is not normally inundated with water and where land mass and levee material are available for mixing with waste fluids during closure of a pit. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Contamination

Contamination

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Contamination

Contamination―the introduction of substances or contaminants into a groundwater aquifer, a USDW or soil in such quantities as to render them unusable for their intended purposes. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System

Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System

Definition(s)

Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System

Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System―as defined in §501. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System

Community Saltwater Disposal Well or System―a saltwater disposal well within an oil or gas field which is operated by one operator of record for disposal of E and P Waste fluids and used by other operators of record in the same field or adjacent fields for noncommercial disposal of their produced water. Such operators share in the costs of operating the well/system. For purposes of this definition, adjacent fields means oil or gas fields or portions thereof which are located within or partially encroach upon the same township as a community saltwater disposal well or one or more townships all of which are directly contiguous to the township in which the community saltwater disposal well is located. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Coastal Area

Coastal Area

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Coastal Area

Coastal Area―that area comprising inland tidal waters, lakes bounded by the Gulf of Mexico, and salt water marshes and more particularly identified as the intermediate marshes, brackish marshes, and saline marshes on the Vegetative Type Map of the Louisiana Coastal Marshes, published by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, August, 1978. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Cubic Foot of Gas

Cubic Foot of Gas

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Cubic Foot of Gas

"Cubic foot of gas" means the volume of gas contained in one cubic foot of space at an absolute pressure of 14.65 pounds per square inch and at a temperature of 60°F. Conversion of volumes to conform to standard conditions shall be made in accordance with Ideal Gas Laws corrected for deviation from Boyle's Law when the pressure at point of measurement is in excess of 200 pounds per square inch gauge. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations

Cubic Foot of Gas

A cubic foot of gas is hereby defined as that amount of gaseous hydrocarbons contained in a cubic foot of space at the base temperature of 60 degrees F and an absolute pressure of 14.4 lbs./sq. in. plus 10 oz./sq. inch, which temperature and pressure are referred to as the base temperature and pressure, respectively. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Cubic Foot of Gas

"Cubic foot of gas" means that volume of gas contained in one cubic foot [28.32 liters] of space and computed at a pressure of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths per square inch absolute [1034.19 grams per square centimeter] at a base temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [15.56 degrees Celsius]. Source: Oil and gas Conservation, North Dakota Administrative Code, Chapter 43-02-03, April 2012. Regulations    
Gas/Oil Ratio (GOR)

Gas/Oil Ratio (GOR)

Definition(s)

Gas/Oil Ratio

The volume of gas at atmospheric pressure produced per unit of oil produced. Source: IADC UBO / MPD Glossary, December 2011. Global Standards

Gas/Oil Ratio

No flowing and/or gas-lift oil wells shall be permitted to produce with excessive gas/oil ratio, except where special orders are operative. Wells that are gas/lifted with gas from gas wells shall be prorated in the same manner as are hi-ratio naturally flowing oil wells, the G.O.R. being defined for this purpose as the total output gas less the total input gas divided by the number of barrels of oil produced. The uneconomic or unreasonable use of gas for gas-lift will not be permitted. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Department

Department

Definition(s)

Department

Department―the Department 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  

Department

"Department" means the Department of Workforce Services. Source: State of Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Rules and Regulations for Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Revised January 8, 2013. Regulations  

Department

Department means the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
Agent

Agent

Definition(s)

Agent

Agent―the director of the Division of Minerals, the chief engineer thereof, or any of the district managers or their aides. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  

Agent

"Agent" means any person authorized by another person to act for him. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations  

Agent

An agent means any person, natural or legal, engaged on behalf of the owner, charterer or operator of a ship, or the owner of the cargo, in providing shipping services, including managing arrangements for the ship being the subject of a marine safety investigation. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.255(84), Code of the International Standards and Recommended Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or Marine Incident (Casualty Investigation Code), 16 May 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Zone of Incorporation

Zone of Incorporation

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Zone of Incorporation

ZONE OF INCORPORATION shall mean the soil layer from the soil surface to a depth of twelve (12) inches below the surface. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Wildlife Resources

Wildlife Resources

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Wildlife Resources

WILDLIFE RESOURCES shall mean fish, wildlife, and their aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Wildcat (Exploratory) Well

Wildcat (Exploratory) Well

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Wildcat (Exploratory) Well

WILDCAT (EXPLORATORY) WELL means any well drilled beyond the known producing limits of a pool. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Well Site

Well Site

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Well Site

WELL SITE shall mean the areas that are directly disturbed during the drilling and subsequent operation of, or affected by production facilities directly associated with, any oil well, gas well, or injection well and its associated well pad. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  

Well Site

Well site—The area occupied by the equipment or facilities necessary for or incidental to the drilling, production or plugging of a well. Source: Oil and Gas Wells, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapter 78, December 2012. Regulations  
Waters of the State

Waters of the State

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Waters of the State

WATERS OF THE STATE mean any and all surface and subsurface waters which are contained in or flow in or through this state, but does not include waters in sewage systems, waters in treatment works of disposal systems, water in potable water distribution systems, and all water withdrawn for use until use and treatment have been completed. Waters of the state include, but are not limited to, all streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, wetlands , watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation ditches or canals, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public or private, situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the State. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Voluntary Self-evaluation

Voluntary Self-evaluation

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Voluntary Self-evaluation

VOLUNTARY SELF-EVALUATION shall mean a self-initiated assessment, audit, or review, not otherwise expressly required by environmental law, that is performed by any person or entity, for itself, either by an employee or employees employed by such person or entity who are assigned the responsibility of performing such assessment, audit, or review or by a consultant engaged by such person or entity expressly and specifically for the purpose of performing such assessment, audit, or review to determine whether such person or entity is in compliance with environmental laws. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations    
Trade Secret Chemical Product

Trade Secret Chemical Product

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Trade Secret Chemical Product

TRADE SECRET CHEMICAL PRODUCT shall mean a Chemical Product the composition of which is a Trade Secret. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Trade Secret

Trade Secret

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Trade Secret

TRADE SECRET shall have the meaning set forth in  § 7-74-102(4) (2011) of the Colorado Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  

Trade Secret

Any formula, pattern, device, or compilation of information that is used in a person's business, and that gives the person an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. The six factors considered in determining whether information qualifies as a trade secret, in accordance with the definition of "trade secret" in the Restatement of Torts, Comment B to Section 757 (1939), as adopted by the Texas Supreme Court in Hyde Corp. v. Huffines, 314 S.W.2d 763, 776 (Tex. 1958), include: (A) the extent to which the information is known outside of the company; (B) the extent to which it is known by employees and others involved in the company's business; (C) the extent of measures taken by the company to guard the secrecy of the information; (D) the value of the information to the company and its competitors; (E) the amount of effort or money expended by the company in developing the information; and (F) the ease or difficulty with which the information could be properly acquired or duplicated by others. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  
Total Water Volume

Total Water Volume

Definition(s)

Total Water Volume

TOTAL WATER VOLUME shall mean the total quantity of water from all sources used in the hydraulic fracturing treatment, including surface water, ground water, produced water or recycled water. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  

Total Water Volume

The total amount of water in gallons used as the carrier fluid for the hydraulic fracturing job. It may include recycled water and newly acquired water. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations