Tail Cement

Tail Cement

Definition(s)

Tail Cement

“Tail cement” means the last, typically higher density slurry pumped during primary cementing operations to seal the casing seat and isolate specific intervals providing faster thickening times and higher early compressive strength. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Taker

Taker

Definition(s)

Taker

"Carrier", or "transporter", or "taker" means any person moving or transporting oil or gas away from a lease or from any common source of supply. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Tank

Tank

Definition(s)

Tank

A receptacle (covered or uncovered) of 60 gallons (227.1 liters) or greater capacity. Unless referred to in these Orders as “stationary,” the above definition shall include such receptacle when used on tank cars, tank vehicles or skids. Source: Petroleum Safety Orders--Drilling and Production, Definitions, California Code of Regulations, 8 CCR § 6505, December 2012. Regulations  

Tank

TANK shall mean a stationary vessel that is used to contain fluids, constructed of non-earthen materials (e.g. concrete, steel, plastic) that provide structural support. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  

Tank

A stationary device designed to contain an accumulation of hazardous waste that is constructed primarily of non-earthen materials (e. g., wood, concrete, steel, plastic) that provide structural support. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Tank

“Tank” means a receptacle for petroleum exceeding 1000 litres in capacity. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank Battery

Tank Battery

Definition(s)

Tank Battery

“Tank battery” means any combination of oil collection tanks, brine collection tanks, and associated equipment within a containment dike. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Tank Bottoms

Tank Bottoms

Definition(s)

Tank Bottoms

"Tank bottoms" means that accumulation of hydrocarbon material and other substances which settle naturally below crude oil in tanks and receptacles that are used in handling and storing of crude oil, and which accumulation contains basic sediment and water in an amount rendering it unsaleable to an ordinary crude oil purchaser; provided, that with respect to lease production and for lease storage tanks, a tank bottom shall be limited to that volume of the tank in which it is contained that lies below the bottom of the pipeline outlet thereto.  Source: Oil and gas Conservation, North Dakota Administrative Code, Chapter 43-02-03, April 2012. Regulations  

Tank Bottoms

“Tank bottoms” means that accumulation of hydrocarbon material and other substances that settles naturally below oil in tanks and receptacles that are used in oil’s handling and storing, and which accumulation contains in excess of two percent of BS&W; provided, however, that with respect to lease production and for lease storage tanks, a tank bottom shall be limited to that volume of the tank in which it is contained that lies below the bottom of the pipeline outlet to the tank. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  

Tank Bottoms

"Tank bottoms" means the liquids and/or solids in that portion of a storage facility below the sales line or connection that are unsaleable to the crude oil first purchaser in its present form. Tank bottoms may consist of a combination of several elements including, but not limited to, oil, BS&W, and treating fluids. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations  

Tank Bottoms

A mixture of crude oil or lease condensate, water, and other substances that is concentrated at the bottom of producing lease tanks and pipeline storage tanks (commonly referred to as basic sediment and water or BS&W). Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations      
Tank Cart

Tank Cart

Definition(s)

Tank Cart

“Tank cart” means a hand-drawn or animal-drawn vehicle equipped with a tank. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank Forming Part of a Tank Vehicle

Tank Forming Part of a Tank Vehicle

Definition(s)

Tank Forming Part of a Tank Vehicle

In this part, “the tank forming part of a tank vehicle” shall be deemed to include any number of tanks on the same chassis and any limitation herein specified the capacity of a tank shall be construed so as to permit of the tank containing the quantity specified under varying degrees of temperature. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank Semi-trailer

Tank Semi-trailer

Definition(s)

Tank Semi-trailer

“Tank semi-trailer” means a tank trailer constructed in such a manner that when it is drawn by a tractor by means of fifth wheel connection, some part of the load rests on the towing vehicle. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank System

Tank System

Definition(s)

Tank System

A tank and its associated ancillary equipment and containment system. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Tank Trailer

Tank Trailer

Definition(s)

Tank Trailer

“Tank trailer” means vehicle with a tank mounted thereon or built as integral part thereof and constructed in such a manner that it has at least two axles and all its load rests on its own wheels. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank truck

Tank truck

Definition(s)

Tank truck

“Tank truck” means a single self-propelled vehicle with a tank mounted thereon. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank Vapors

Tank Vapors

Definition(s)

Tank Vapors

Gas which evolves from oil, condensate, or water when placed in a gunbarrel or storage tank. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Tank Vehicle

Tank Vehicle

Definition(s)

Tank Vehicle

“Tank vehicle” means any vehicle, including a tank wagon with a tank of a capacity exceeding 1,000 litres mounted thereon. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations  

Tank Vehicle

“Tank vehicle” means any vehicle, including a tank wagon with a tank of a capacity exceeding 1,000 litres mounted thereon and also includes refueller used for refuelling of air crafts or onsite fueling of heavy vehicles/machineries/stationery equipments. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
Tank Wagon

Tank Wagon

Definition(s)

Tank Wagon

“Tank wagon” means a railway carriage with a tank mounted thereon. Source: The Petroleum Rules, 1976, India, 1976. Regulations Source: The Petroleum Rules, 2002, India, 13th March 2002. Regulations
TCEQ

TCEQ

Definition(s)

TCEQ

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its successor agencies. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
TCEQ-Form 0311

TCEQ-Form 0311

Definition(s)

TCEQ-Form 0311

The TCEQ Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form. This form can be obtained from the commission. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
TCLP

TCLP

Definition(s)

TCLP

“TCLP” means the testing protocol established by the EPA in 40 C.F.R. Part 261, entitled "Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure" or an alternative hazardous constituent analysis the division has approved. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
TDS

TDS

Definition(s)

TDS

“TDS” means total dissolved solids. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Technical Data

Technical Data

Definition(s)

Technical Data

Technical Data―all basic factual information available that may be used to determine the levels of contamination and the vertical and horizontal extent of the contamination. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Technical Regulation

Technical Regulation

Definition(s)

Technical regulation

Legal regulation of relations in the sphere of establishment, application and meeting of the mandatory requirements to products or for processes of design (including survey works), production, construction, installation, adjustment, operation, storage, transportation, sale and reclamation, and also in the sphere of establishment and application on a voluntary basis of the requirements to products, processes of design (including survey works), production, construction, installation, adjustment, operation, storage, transportation, sale and reclamation, performance of works or rendering of services, and legal regulation of relations in the sphere of compliance evaluation. (as amended by the Federal Law dated 01.05.2007 No. 65-FZ) Source: Federal Law on Technical Regulation, No. 184-FZ, Russian Federation, December 2002 (amended September 2010). Regulations  
Technical Regulations

Technical Regulations

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Technical regulations

A document adopted by an international treaty of the Russian Federation ratified in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, or an intergovernmental agreement made in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, or a federal law, or a decree of the President of the Russian Federation, or by a decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, or by a normative legal act of the federal executive body for technical regulation, and which establishes requirements to be necessarily applied to and met by the objects of technical regulation (products, including buildings, structures and constructions, or processes of design (including survey works), production, construction, installation, adjustment, operation, storage, transportation, sale and reclamation) related to the requirements to products. (As amended by the Federal Laws dated 01.05.2007 No. 65-FZ, dated 30.12.2009 No. 385-FZ) Source: Federal Law on Technical Regulation, No. 184-FZ, Russian Federation, December 2002 (amended September 2010). Regulations  
Telecommunications Device

Telecommunications Device

Definition(s)

Telecommunications Device

Telecommunications device: a device or set of devices intended for the transfer, transmission or receipt of data of any kind whatsoever by means of cables, via a radio-electric pathway or by means of optical or other electromagnetic systems. Source: Mining Regulation of the Netherlands, WJZ 02063603, Netherlands,16 December 2002. Regulations
Temperature Base

Temperature Base

Definition(s)

Temperature base:

The temperature at which gas and liquid hydrocarbon volumes and quality are reported. The standard temperature base is 60 °F. Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations  
Temporarily Abandoned Well

Temporarily Abandoned Well

Definition(s)

Temporarily Abandoned Well

An inactive well should be classified as TA when the completion interval is isolated. The completion interval may be isolated using the bridge plug method, the cement squeeze method, or the balanced cement plug method. As an alternative to the bridge plug method, isolation of the completion interval may also be achieved by installing a plug in an existing packer which does not have tubing. Temporary abandonment should be used when an operator is holding a wellbore in anticipation of future utilization, such as in an enhanced oil recovery project. TA status should begin the day afìer the completion interval has been isolated from the wellbore. 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  

Temporarily Abandoned (TA)

Inactive wells in which the completion interval has been isolated from the interior of the casing. The completion interval may be isolated using the bridge plug method, the cement squeeze method or the balanced cernent plug method. If a packer is installed in the well, isolation of the completion interval may also be achieved by installing a plug in the packer which has no tubing. Temporary abandonment is generally used when a well is a candidate for future utilization, such as in a possible enhanced oil recovery project. TA status should begin the day after the completion interval has been isolated from the wellbore. 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  

Temporarily Abandoned Well

TEMPORARILY ABANDONED WELL shall mean a well which is incapable of production or injection without the addition of one or more pieces of wellhead or other equipment, including valves, tubing, rods, pumps, heater-treaters, separators, dehydrators, compressors, piping or tanks. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations
Temporary Abandonment

Temporary Abandonment

Definition(s)

Temporary Abandonment

“Temporary abandonment” means the status of a well that is inactive. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  
Temporary Pit

Temporary Pit

Definition(s)

Temporary Pit

“Temporary pit” means a pit, including a drilling or workover pit, which is constructed with the intent that the pit will hold liquids for less than six months and will be closed in less than one year. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Termination

Termination

Definition(s)

Termination

“Termination” means the abandonment, completion or suspension of a well’s operations (cessation). 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

Termination

“Termination” means the operator’s discontinuance of an EOR project. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  

Termination

Occurs when the approved fluid injection program associated with an EOR project stops or is discontinued. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Terminus

Terminus

Definition(s)

Terminus

“Terminus” means the farthest point attained along the well bore or lateral. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  

Terminus

The farthest point required to be surveyed along the horizontal drainhole from the penetration point and within the correlative interval. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Territorial Sea

Territorial Sea

Definition(s)

Territorial Sea

“Territorial sea” means the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain and “within the territorial sea” includes on, over and under it. Source: The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2001, UK S.I. 2013/214, 2013. Regulations  

Territorial Sea

Territorial sea means territorial sea as defined by Section 2 of Part II of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 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
Territorial Waters

Territorial Waters

Definition(s)

Territorial Waters

“Territorial waters” means the belt of sea adjacent to the coast of India including its islands or extending into the sea to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line. Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 (As amended from time to time), India, as amended as of May 2013. Regulations