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Support Craft

Definition(s)

Support Craft

“Support craft” means a vessel, vehicle, aircraft, standby vessel or other craft used to provide transportation for or assistance to persons on the site where a work or activity is conducted (véhicule de service). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-315, February 2013. Regulations Source: Drilling and Production Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance Source: Incident Reporting and Investigation Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, November 30, 2012. Regulatory Guidance Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-317, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Support Craft

“Support craft” means a vessel, vehicle, tug, ship, aircraft, air cushion vehicle, standby vessel or other craft used to provide transport for goods, materials, equipment or personnel or other assistance to the work place. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Regulations

Surface Casing

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Surface Casing

Casing that is run inside the conductor casing to protect shallow water zones and weaker formations

Note: 1 to entry: Surface casing can be cemented within the conductor casing and is often cemented back to the mud-line or surface.
Note: 2 to entry: The surface wellhead is normally installed on this casing for surface wells.

[SOURCE: API RP 90, modified] Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards

Surface Casing

See casing. Source: API RP 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, Third Edition, August 1999 (2007). Global Standards

Surface Casing

The first string of casing to be set and cemented in a well, the principal purpose of which is to protect fresh water aquifers. It also prevents lost circulation while drilling deeper, supports blowout prevention equipment (if used), and supports deeper casing strings and the tubing. Source: API BULLETIN E3, Environmental Guidance Document: Well Abandonment and Inactive Well Practices for U.S. Exploration and Production Operations, First Edition, January 1993 (Reaffirmed June 2000). Global Standards

Surface

Casing including HPWHH (first casing string attached to subsea BOPs. Normal clearance casing OD in.: 20. Tight clearance casing OD in.: 22. NOTE These are examples only. Each well can have variations in number of casing strings and sizes. Naming conventions can vary. The heavy-wall surface casing designs may allow 13 5/8 in. to be run as a liner and not tied back. Source: API RP 96, Deepwater Well Design and Construction, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards

Surface Casing

"Surface casing" means a string of casing set and cemented in a well to prevent lost circulation while drilling deeper and to protect strata known or reasonably expected to serve as a source of drinking water for human consumption; usually "surface casing" is the first string of casing upon which BOPE is set. Source: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Definitions, Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.990, December 7, 2012. Regulations

Surface Casing

“Surface casing” means the casing that is installed in a well to a sufficient depth, in a competent formation, to establish well control for the continuation of the drilling operations (tubage de surface). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-315, February 2013. Regulations Source: Drilling and Production Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-317, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Surface Casing

“Surface casing” means a string of casing set and cemented to isolate and protect the deepest underground source of drinking water and to serve as a base for well control equipment. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations

Surface Casing

“Surface casing” means any casing placed in the well bore for the purpose of protecting fresh water strata and other reservoir rock, and/or for the prevention of the invasion of fresh water into the well bore. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations

Surface Casing

"Surface casing" means the first casing string designed and run to protect the treatable water formations and/or control fluid or gas flow from the well. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations

Surface Casing

"Surface casing—A string or strings of casing used to isolate the wellbore from fresh groundwater and to prevent the escape or migration of gas, oil or other fluids from the wellbore into fresh groundwater. The surface casing is also commonly referred to as the water string or water casing. Source: Oil and Gas Wells, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapter 78, December 2012. Regulations

Surface Casing

Casing run inside the conductor casing to protect shallow water zones and weaker formations and may be cemented within the conductor string and is often cemented back to the mudline. The surface wellhead is normally installed on this string for surface wells. Source: API RP 90, Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore Wells, Upstream Segment. First Edition, August 2006. Global Standards

Surface Commingling

Definition(s)

Surface commingling:

The surface mixing of production from two or more leases and/or unit participating areas prior to royalty measurement. Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations

Surface Compression Chamber

Definition(s)

Surface Compression Chamber

“Surface compression chamber” means a compression chamber that is not intended to be submerged (caisson de compression de surface). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Diving Regulations, SOR/88-600, February 2013. Regulations Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Diving Regulations, SOR/95-189, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Surface Or Subsurface Water

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Surface Or Subsurface Water

Groundwater, percolating or otherwise, and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf of Mexico inside the territorial limits of the state, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, navigable or nonnavigable, and including the beds and banks of all watercourses and bodies of surface water, that are wholly or partially inside or bordering the state or inside the jurisdiction of the state. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations

Surface Piping

Definition(s)

Surface Piping

Any pipe within a storage facility that is directly connected to a storage well, outboard of the wellhead emergency shutdown valve and used to transport product, brine, or fresh water to or from a storage well whether such pipe is above or below ground level. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations

Surface Piping

Any pipe within a storage facility that is directly connected to a storage well, outboard of the wellhead emergency shutdown valve and used to transport gas, brine, or fresh water to or from a storage well whether such pipe is above or below ground level. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations

Surface Unit

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Surface Unit

Surface unit is a unit with a ship- or barge-type displacement hull of single or multiple hull construction intended for operation in the floating condition. Source: IMO Resolution A.1023(26), Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (2009 MODU Code), 2009. Global Standards Source: IMO resolution MSC.267(85), International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), 4 December 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO Resolution MSC.267(85), adoption of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), 4 December 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Surface Type Unit Surface type unit means a unit with a ship shape or barge type displacement hull of single or multiple hull construction intended for operation in the floating condition. Source: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 46 CFR 107-109 (2013). Regulations

Surface Waste Management Facility

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Surface Waste Management Facility

“Surface waste management facility” means a facility that receives oil field waste for collection, disposal, evaporation, remediation, reclamation, treatment or storage except: (a) a facility that utilizes underground injection wells subject to division regulation pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and does not manage oil field wastes on the ground in pits, ponds, below-grade tanks or land application units; (b) a facility permitted pursuant to the New Mexico environmental improvement board rules or WQCC rules; (c) a temporary pit as defined in 19.15.17 NMAC; (d) a below-grade tank or pit that receives oil field waste from a single well, permitted pursuant to 19.15.37 NMAC, regardless of the capacity or volume of oil field waste received; (e) a facility located at an oil and gas production facility and used for temporary storage of oil field waste generated on-site from normal operations, if the facility does not pose a threat to fresh water, public health, safety or the environment; (f) a remediation conducted in accordance with a division-approved abatement plan pursuant to 19.15.30 NMAC, a corrective action pursuant to 19.15.29 NMAC or a corrective action of a non-reportable release; (g) a facility operating pursuant to a division emergency order; (h) a site or facility where the operator is conducting emergency response operations to abate an immediate threat to fresh water, public health, safety or the environment or as the division has specifically directed or approved; or (i) a facility that receives only exempt oil field waste, receives less than 50 barrels of liquid water per day (averaged over a 30-day period), has a capacity to hold 500 barrels of liquids or less and is permitted pursuant to 19.15.17 NMAC. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations

Surface Water Intake

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Surface Water Intake

SURFACE WATER INTAKE shall mean the works or structures at the head of a conduit through which water is diverted from a classified water supply segment and/or source (e.g., river or lake) into the treatment plant. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations

Surface Water Supply Area

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Surface Water Supply Area

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY AREA shall mean the classified water supply segments within five (5) stream miles upstream of a surface water intake on a classified water supply segment. Surface Water Supply Areas shall be identified on the Public Water System Surface Water Supply Area Map or through use of the Public Water System Surface Water Supply Area Applicability Determination Tool described in Rule 317B.b. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations

Surface-oriented Diving Technique

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Surface-oriented Diving Technique

“Surface-oriented diving technique” means a diving procedure in which the use of a diving bell or diving submersible is not required (technique de la plongée avec soutien en surface). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Diving Regulations, SOR/88-600, February 2013. Regulations Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Diving Regulations, SOR/95-189, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Surplus Acreage

Definition(s)

Surplus Acreage

Substandard acreage within a lease, pooled unit, or unitized tract that remains unassigned after the assignment of acreage to each applied for, permitted, or completed well in a field, in an amount equaling or exceeding the amount established for standard or optional drilling units. Surplus acreage is distinguished from the term "tolerance acreage,"in that tolerance acreage is defined in context with proration regulation, while surplus acreage is defined by this rule only in context with well density regulation. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations

Survey Acquisition Data

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Survey acquisition data

Survey acquisition data means:

for a seismic survey — each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 3:
1. presented on a medium and in a format specified in the item; or
2. presented on another medium or in another format that the Titles Administrator has authorised the petroleum titleholder to use; or
for any other type of survey — each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 2 of Schedule 3 and presented in accordance with subparagraph (a) (i) or (ii).

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

Survey acquisition data

Survey acquisition data means:

for a seismic survey — each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 3:
1. presented on a medium and in a format specified in the item; or
2. presented on another medium or in another format that the Titles Administrator has authorised the greenhouse gas titleholder to use; or
for any other type of survey — each type of data mentioned in an item in Part 2 of Schedule 3 and presented in accordance with subparagraph (a) (i) or (ii).

Survey Acquisition Report

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Survey acquisition report

Survey acquisition report means a report that includes:

the name of the survey; and
the title under which the survey was conducted; and
the name of the titleholder; and
the name of the contractor that conducted the survey; and
the name of the vessel or aircraft that conducted the survey; and
a map of where the survey was conducted; and
the dates on which the survey started and ended; and
details of all data acquisition equipment and systems used; and
details of all positioning and navigation equipment and systems used; and
the number of lines of data acquired in the survey and the number of data acquisition points along each line; and
navigation data for the survey, in the form of:
1. for a 2-dimensional survey — line ends and bends; or
2. for a 3-dimensional seismic survey — a full fold polygon outline; or
3. for other 3-dimensional surveys — a polygon outline; and
the geometry of the acquisition parameters; and
the results of any onboard data processing; and
the results of any system tests, calibrations and diagnostics.

Survey Interpretation Report

Definition(s)

Survey interpretation report

Survey interpretation report means a report that includes the following information:

the name of the survey;
the title under which the survey was conducted;
the name of the titleholder;
a description of the objectives of the interpretation;
for a seismic survey:
1. a list of the surfaces interpreted; and
2. a justification of the surfaces interpreted, including synthetic seismograms if available; and
3. the velocity field used to convert time to depth (including ASCII data) and the basis for the velocity field; and
4. if available, time slices to describe the environment of deposition;
a bathymetric map of the survey area;
an index of the maps created during the interpretation.

Survey Processing Report

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Survey processing report

Survey processing report means a report that includes:

the name of the survey; and
the title under which the survey was conducted; and
the name of the titleholder; and
the dates on which processing of the survey started and ended; and
the name of the processing contractor; and
the purpose of the processing; and
a summary of the data acquisition parameters; and
details of all the processing sequences and techniques used; and
a sample Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) header from the final data set; and
listings of all processed data; and
for a 3-dimensional survey:
1. a description of the position of the survey polygon; and
2. a calculation for the 3-dimensional line numbering convention.

Survival Condition

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Survival Condition

“Survival condition”, with respect to a mobile offshore platform, means the condition of the platform when it is subjected to the most severe environmental conditions determined pursuant to section 45 (condition de survie). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-111, Canada, current to May 1, 2014. Regulations Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-118, February 2013. Regulations

Survival Condition

A condition during which a unit may be subjected to the most severe environmental loadings for which the unit is designed. Drilling or similar operations may have been discontinued due to the severity of the environmental loadings. The unit may be either afloat or supported on the sea bed, as applicable. Source: Offshore Standard DNV-OS-C101, Design of Offshore Steel Structures, General (LRFD Method, Det Norske Veritas, April 2011. Global Standards

Survival Condition

“Survival condition”, with respect to a mobile platform, means the condition of the platform when it is subjected to the most severe environmental conditions determined pursuant to section 44; condition de survie. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Survival Condition

A severe storm condition during which a unit may be subjected to the most severe environmental loadings for which the unit is designed. Drilling or similar operations may have been discontinued due to the severity of the environmental loadings. The unit may be either afloat or supported on the sea bed, as applicable. Source: Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Mobile Offshore Units, Part 1, Regulations, June 2013, Lloyd’s Register, Global Standards

Survival Craft

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Survival Craft

Survival craft means a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress after abandoning the unit on which they were carried. The term includes lifeboats and liferafts, but does not include rescue boats. Source: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 46 CFR 107-109 (2013). Regulations

Survival Craft

Survival craft has the same meaning as defined in SOLAS regulation III/3. Source: IMO Resolution A.1023(26), Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (2009 MODU Code), 2009. Global Standards

Survival Craft

Craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in it from the time of abandoning the installation. Source: ISO 15544:2000, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Requirements and guidelines for emergency. Global Standards

Survival Craft

Survival craft is a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship. <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

Survival Draft

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Survival Draft

“Survival draft”, with respect to a mobile offshore platform, means the vertical distance in metres from the moulded baseline to the assigned waterline, where the platform is subjected to the most severe environmental conditions determined pursuant to section 45 (tirant d’eau de survie). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-111, Canada, current to May 1, 2014. Regulations Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-118, February 2013. Regulations

Survival Draft

“Survival draft”, with respect to a mobile platform, means the vertical distance in metres from the moulded baseline to the assigned waterline, where the platform is subjected to the most severe environmental conditions determined pursuant to section 44; tirant d’eau de survie. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Suspend

Definition(s)

Suspend

"Suspend" means to plug a well in accordance with 20 AAC 25.110 and to reserve the option later to re-enter and

redrill the well; or
complete the well as an oil, gas, or service well.

Source: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Definitions, Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.990, December 7, 2012. Regulations

Suspend

Suspend, in relation to a well, means to render the well temporarily inoperative, and suspension has a corresponding meaning verification scheme has the meaning set out in regulation 54. Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 2013, SR 2013/208, New Zealand, as of May 2013. Regulations

Suspended

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Suspended

“Suspended”, in relation to a well or part of a well, means a well or part of a well in which drilling or production operations have temporarily ceased (suspension de l’exploitation). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-315, February 2013. Regulations Source: Drilling and Production Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-317, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations

Suspended Casing

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Suspended Casing

Suspended casing: casing that does not completely run to the surface of the earth. Source: Mining Regulation of the Netherlands, WJZ 02063603, Netherlands,16 December 2002. Regulations

Suspension

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Suspension:

temporary stop, delay, interruption or cessation of a person’s certification issued by the certification body [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 17000:2004, 6.2, modified] Source: ISO/IEC TS 17027:2014, Conformity assessment – Vocabulary related to competence of persons used for certification of persons, Global Standards

Suspension:

Suspension means a granted or directed deferral of the requirement to produce (Suspension of Production (SOP)) or to conduct leaseholding operations (Suspension of Operations (SOO)). Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations

Suspension:

Suspension notice means a notice under section 37(1). Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation

Sustained Annular Pressure

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Sustained Annular Pressure

“Sustained annular pressure” means pressure in an annulus between casing strings that is measurable at the wellhead and rebuilds to at least the same shut-in pressure after pressure has been released. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations

Swabbing

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Swabbing

Lifting of well fluids to the surface using a piston-like device installed on a wireline. Swabbing may inadvertently occur due to piston action as pipe or assemblies are pulled from the well. Source: API RP 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, Third Edition, August 1999 (2007). Global Standards

Swabbing

The lowering of the hydrostatic pressure in the well bore due to upward movement of tubulars and/or tools. Source: API RP 59, Recommended Practice for Well Control Operations, Second Edition, May 2006. Global Standards

Swabbing

“Swabbing” means the planned lifting of well fluids to the surface using a piston like-like device installed on a wire line. Swabbing may inadvertently occur due to piston action as pipe or assemblies are pulled from the well. [Mich. Admin. Code R 408 (2013)]. Source: Oil and Gas Drilling and Servicing Operations, Michigan Administrative Code R 408, February 8, 2013. Regulations

Sweet Gas

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Sweet Gas

Natural gas that does not contain hydrogen sulfide gas. Source: API RP 64, Recommended Practice for Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations, Second Edition, November 2001 (March 1, 2007). Global Standards

Sweet Gas

All natural gas except sour gas and casinghead gas. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations

SwitchDeadman

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SwitchDeadman

Control del sistema hombre muerto. Accionador del sistema de preventoras de reventones que permite la desconexión en caso de emergencia asociada a una pérdida de las señales de control (eléctrica y/o acústica).

Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, Regulations

Swivel

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Swivel

A load-carrying member with thrust bearings that permit rotation under load in a plane perpendicular to the direction of the load. Source: API RP 2D, Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes, Sixth Edition, May 2007. Global Standards

Swivel

Device at the top of the drill stem which permits simultaneous circulation and rotation. Source: API RP 7G, Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits, Upstream Segment, Sixteenth Edition, August 1998 (Addendum 2: September 2009). Global Standards

Swivel

Device at top of the drill stem that permits simultaneous circulation and rotation. Source: API RP 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, Third Edition, August 1999 (2007). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 7-1, Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements, First Edition, March 2006 (Addendum April 2011). Global Standards

Swivel

“Swivel” means a device at the top of the drill stem that permits the circulation of fluids and the rotation of the drill string. [Mich. Admin. Code R 408 (2013)]. Source: Oil and Gas Drilling and Servicing Operations, Michigan Administrative Code R 408, February 8, 2013. Regulations

Synthetic Fluid

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Synthetic Fluid

Synthetic fluid: an organic fluid originated at the synthesis of oils of animal, plant or mineral origin. Source: Mining Regulation of the Netherlands, WJZ 02063603, Netherlands,16 December 2002. Regulations

System

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System

Assembled section of piping consisting of a representative range of pipes, fittings, connections, attachments, supports, penetrations and associated coatings, e.g. for thermal insulation or fire protection, as can be found in service. Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards

System

Combination of interacting elements organized to achieve one or more stated purposes. A system can consist of products (tools used to achieve a specific task), equipment, services and/or people. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1512, Guideline on Software Quality Assurance and Human-Centred Design for e-navigation, 8 June 2015, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance

System

A set of interacting or interdependent elements forming an integrated process to manage an activity. The OMS is termed a "framework". It provides a structure to organize all a company's operating systems and other sub-systems, such as procedures. The OMS Framework applies to all levels of an organisation, but each level may add additional systems and sub-systems to manage risks specific to its activities, creating a "local" or "asset" OMS. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global Standards

System

Any combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications integrated for a specific purpose.

Source:API STANDARD 780, Security Risk Assessment Methodology for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, May 2013. Global Standards

System

Combination of interacting elements organized to achieve one or more stated purposes (ISO 15288).

EXAMPLE: Air transportation system.

Source: API TR 1PER15K-1, Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-pressure High-temperature Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards

System

Integrated composite of people, products, and processes that provide a capability to satisfy a stated need or objective. Source: API RP 98, Personal Protective Equipment Selection for Oil Spill Responders, First Edition, August 2013. Global Standards

System

Any combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications integrated for a specific purpose. Sample Usage: The collection of roads, tunnels, and bridges provided the country with the foundation for a useful transit system. Source: DHS Risk Lexicon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2010 Edition. September 2010 Regulatory Guidance

System

System refers to the fixed hydrocarbon gas detection system. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1370, Guidelines for the design, construction and testing of fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems, 22 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance

System

Interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.

Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National Standard

System

“System” means occupational health and safety management system required pursuant to these Requirements, unless the context otherwise requires. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations

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