Vertical Well

Vertical Well

Definition(s)


Vertical Well

“Vertical well” means a well that does not have an intentional departure or course deviation from the vertical. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations  

Vertical Well

Vertical well—A well with a single vertical well bore. Source: Oil and Gas Wells, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapter 78, December 2012. Regulations
Vessel

Vessel

Definition(s)


Vessel

A common term for ships, craft, offshore units and offshore installations. Source: Offshore Gangways, DNVGL-ST-0358, DNV GL, September 2017. Global Standards

Vessel

In the context of these rules mean a mobile offshore unit (MOU). Source: Rules for Classification – Offshore units, DNVGL-OU-0101, Offshore drilling and support units, DNV GL, July 2015. Global Standards

Vessel

Container or structural envelope in which materials are processed, treated, or stored [e.g. pressure vessels, reactor vessels, and storage vessels (tanks)]. Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standards  

Vessel

Every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water. The term does not include a structure that is or is designed to be, permanently affixed to one location, or a drilling or workover vessel that is stationary or fixed for the performance of its primary function. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Vessel

Vessel means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. Source: Outer Continental Shelf Activities, 33 CFR 140-147 (2013). Regulations  

Vessel

“Vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being navigated. Source: The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2001, UK S.I. 2013/214, 2013. Regulations

Vessel

Like the Petroleum Act, the Working Environment Act will apply to facilities in the petroleum activities. The term facility is the same as is used in the Petroleum Act, cf. the definition in Section 1-6, litera d of the Petroleum Act. The Working Environment Act has a different, narrower application for vessels than the Petroleum Act, but in the determination of what constitutes a facility and what constitutes a vessel, the same criteria as follow from the petroleum legislation form the basis. Reference is here made to the delimitation in the Petroleum Act in connection with Section 1-4 cf. Section 1-6 litera c, which further limits what vessels can be considered supply and standby vessels, cf. Odelsting Proposition No. 43 (1995-1996), pages 27 and 28. The term includes, in addition to vessels that transport personnel and equipment, crane barges and other service vessels, vessels used to carry out manned underwater operations, pipe-laying vessels, vessels that carry out seismic surveys, etc. On the other hand, e.g. mobile drilling facilities, drilling or production vessels, flotels, etc. will clearly be covered by the term facility. As follows from the second subsection, however, certain restrictions have been set in the actual scope in relation to the Petroleum Act, which entails that the Working Environment Act will have a somewhat more limited application as regards the vessel function. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory Guidance

Vessel

Vessel means a vessel used in navigation, other than air navigation, and includes a barge, lighter or other floating vessel. Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation  

Vessel

“Vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being staffed. Source: The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995, UK S.I. 1995/738, 1995. Regulations Source: The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, UK S.I. 2005/3117, 2005. Regulations  

Vessel

The word “vessel” includes every description of water craft, including non-displacement craft, WIG craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. Source: IMO Resolution A.910(22), Amendments to the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, 22 January 2002, International Maritime Organization. Legislation  

Vessel

“Vessel” includes an aircraft, a hovercraft and any floating structure other than an offshore installation. Source: The Offshore Installations (Inspectors and Casualties) Regulations 1973, UK S.I. 1973/1842, 1973. Regulations

Veterinarian-and-sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures

Veterinarian-and-sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures

Definition(s)


Veterinarian-and-sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures

Mandatory requirements and procedures that are established for the purposes of protection from risks arising in connection with penetration, consolidation or spread of harmful organisms, diseases, carriers of diseases or causative organisms, including that in case they are carried or spread by animals and (or) plants, with products, loads, materials, motor vehicles, with the presence of additives, pollutants, toxins, pests, weeds, causative organisms, including food products or feeds, and also mandatory requirements and procedures that are established for the purposes of prevention of other damage associated with the spread of harmful organisms. Source: Federal Law on Technical Regulation, No. 184-FZ, Russian Federation, December 2002 (amended September 2010). Regulations  
VHF Radiotelephony Device For The Aeronautical Service

VHF Radiotelephony Device For The Aeronautical Service

Definition(s)


VHF Radiotelephony Device For The Aeronautical Service

VHF radiotelephony device for the aeronautical service: a radiotelephony device for use on the channels intended for the aeronautical service in the frequency band between 118  and 137 MHz. Source: Mining Regulation of the Netherlands, WJZ 02063603, Netherlands,16 December 2002. Regulations
VHF-DSC Watch Receiver

VHF-DSC Watch Receiver

Definition(s)


VHF-DSC Watch Receiver

VHF-DSC watch receiver: a radio-electric receiver suitable for maintain a continuous DSC watch on channel 70. Source: Mining Regulation of the Netherlands, WJZ 02063603, Netherlands,16 December 2002. Regulations
Violation

Violation

Definition(s)


Violation:

Violation means failure to comply with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) or any other applicable laws, with any regulations issued under the OCSLA, or with the terms or provisions of leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or other approvals issued under the OCSLA. Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations  
Violator

Violator

Definition(s)


Violator:

Violator means a person responsible for a violation. Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations  
Visiting Force

Visiting Force

Definition(s)


Visiting Force

“visiting force” has the same meaning as it does for the purposes of any provision of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952. Note: 1952 c. 67. Source: The Diving at Work Regulations 1997, UK S.I. 1997/2776, 1997. Regulations
Voluntary Self-evaluation

Voluntary Self-evaluation

Definition(s)


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    
Voter

Voter

Definition(s)


Voter

Voter means a person who is eligible to vote in an election under the Act. 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  
Wall Opening

Wall Opening

Definition(s)


Wall Opening

“Wall opening” means an opening at least 750 mm high and 300 mm wide in a wall, partition, or bulkhead. 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
Wall, Diversion

Wall, Diversion

Definition(s)


Wall, Diversion

A wall made of concrete, earthwork or other noncombustible material, built for the purpose of protecting employees by diverting the flow of hazardous substances. Source: Petroleum Safety Orders--Drilling and Production, Definitions, California Code of Regulations, 8 CCR § 6505, December 2012. Regulations  
Wall, Retaining (Dike)

Wall, Retaining (Dike)

Definition(s)


Wall, Retaining (Dike)

A wall made of concrete, earthwork, or other noncombustible material, built for the purpose of protecting employees by confining hazardous substances. Source: Petroleum Safety Orders--Drilling and Production, Definitions, California Code of Regulations, 8 CCR § 6505, December 2012. Regulations  
Washout Pit

Washout Pit

Definition(s)


Washout Pit

Pit located at a truck yard, tank yard, or disposal facility for storage or disposal of oil and gas waste residue washed out of trucks, mobile tanks, or skid-mounted tanks. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Waste

Waste

Definition(s)


Waste of oil, gas, or sulphur

Waste of oil, gas, or sulphur means:
  1. The physical waste of oil, gas, or sulphur;
  2. The inefficient, excessive, or improper use, or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy;
  3. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil, gas, or sulphur well(s) in a manner that causes or tends to cause a reduction in the quantity of oil, gas, or sulphur ultimately recoverable under prudent and proper operations or that causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas; or
  4. The inefficient storage of oil.
Source: Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf, 30 CFR 250 (2013). Regulations  

Waste

"Waste" means and includes:
  1. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry.
  2. The inefficient, excessive, or improper use of, or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy.
  3. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which causes, or tends to cause, reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper operations, or which causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.
  4. The inefficient storing of oil.
  5. The production of oil or gas in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or in excess of reasonable market demand.
Source: Control of Oil and Gas Resources, North Dakota Century Code, Title 38, Chapter 8, February 2013. Legislation  

Waste

“Waste” includes:
  1. the inefficient, excessive or improper use or dissipation of reservoir energy,
  2. the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any well or wells in a manner that results or could result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from any pool,
  3. the inefficient storing of oil or gas, whether on the surface or underground,
  4. the producing of oil or gas in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or of reasonable market demand, and
  5. the locating, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of a well or wells in a manner that causes or could cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas (déperdition).
Source: Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations, C.R.C., c. 1517, February 2013. Regulations  

Waste

“Waste”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, means waste as understood in the petroleum industry and in particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes
  1. the inefficient or excessive use or dissipation of reservoir energy;
  2. the locating, spacing or drilling of a well within a field or pool or within part of a field or pool or the operating of any well that, having regard to sound engineering and economic principles, results or tends to result in a reduction in the quantity of petroleum ultimately recoverable from a pool;
  3. the drilling, equipping, completing, operating or producing of any well in a manner that causes or is likely to cause the unnecessary or excessive loss or destruction of petroleum after removal from the reservoir;
  4. the inefficient storage of petroleum above ground or underground;
  5. the production of petroleum in excess of available storage, transportation or marketing facilities;
  6. the escape or flaring of gas that could be economically recovered and processed or economically injected into an underground reservoir; or
  7. the failure to use suitable artificial, secondary or supplementary recovery methods in a pool when it appears that such methods would result in increasing the quantity of petroleum ultimately recoverable under sound engineering and economic principles.
Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation 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: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation  

Waste

Waste:
  1. Any substance which constitutes a scrap material or an effluent or any other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application of any process; and
  2. Any substance or article which requires to be disposed of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled.
Source: International Association of Drilling Contractors, Appendix 2 to Health, Safety and Environment Case Guidelines for Offshore Drilling Contractors, Issue 3.3.2, February 2010. IADC Guidelines  

Waste

The words POOL, PERSON, OWNER, PRODUCER, OIL, GAS, WASTE, CORRELATIVE RIGHTS and COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY are defined by the Act, and said definitions are hereby adopted in these Rules and Regulations. From C.R.S. 34-60-103 (2012): "Waste", as applied to gas, includes the escape, blowing, or releasing, directly or indirectly into the open air, of gas from wells productive of gas only, or gas in an excessive or unreasonable amount from wells producing oil, or both oil and gas; and the production of gas in quantities or in such manner as unreasonably reduces reservoir pressure or unreasonably diminishes the quantity of oil or gas that ultimately may be produced; excepting gas that is reasonably necessary in the drilling, completing, testing, and in furnishing power for the production of wells. "Waste", as applied to oil, includes underground waste; inefficient, excessive, or improper use or dissipation of reservoir energy, including gas energy and water drive; surface waste; open-pit storage; and waste incident to the production of oil in excess of the producer's aboveground storage facilities and lease and contractual requirements, but excluding storage, other than open-pit storage, reasonably necessary for building up or maintaining crude stocks and products thereof for consumption, use, and sale. "Waste", in addition to the meanings as set forth in subsections (11) and (12) of this section, means:
  1. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry;
  2. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which causes or tends to cause reduction in quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper operations or which causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas;
  3. 
Abuse of the correlative rights of any owner in a pool due to nonuniform, disproportionate, unratable, or excessive withdrawals of oil or gas therefrom, causing reasonably avoidable drainage between tracts of land or resulting in one or more producers or owners in such pool producing more than his equitable share of the oil or gas from such pool.
Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations    

Waste

“Waste” includes the following:
  1. The inefficient, excessive, or improper use or dissipation of reservoir energy, and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing or any oil or gas well in a manner which results or tends to result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas ultimately to be recovered from any pool;
  2. the inefficient storing of petroleum; and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner causing or tending to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of petroleum or natural gas;
  3. producing petroleum or natural gas in such a manner as to cause unnecessary channelling of water or gas or both, or coming of water;
  4. the submerging with water of any stratum or part thereof capable of producing petroleum or natural gas;
  5. the creation of unnecessary fire hazards;
  6. the escape into the open air, from a well producing both petroleum and natural gas, of gas in excess of the amount which is necessary for efficient production from the well; and
  7. permitting gas produced from a gas well to escape into open air.
Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 (As amended from time to time), India, as amended as of May 2013. Regulations
Waste Management and Operation Plan

Waste Management and Operation Plan

Definition(s)


Waste Management and Operation Plan

Waste Management and Operations Plan―a plan as identified and required in §515. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Waste Material

Waste Material

Definition(s)


Waste Material

“Waste material” means any garbage, refuse, sewage or waste well fluids or any other useless material that is generated during drilling, well or production operations, including used or surplus drilling fluid and drill cuttings and produced water (déchets). 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: Environmental Protection Plan Guidelines, The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and National Energy Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance 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 Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-317, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations  
Waste Oil

Waste Oil

Definition(s)


Waste Oil

"Waste oil" shall include, but not be limited to, crude oil or other hydrocarbons used or produced in the process of drilling for, developing, producing, or processing oil or gas from wells, oil retained on cuttings as a result of the use of oil-based drilling muds, or any residue from any oil storage facility on a producing lease or on a commercial disposal operation or pit. The term "waste oil" shall not include any refined hydrocarbons to which lead has been added. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations  

Waste Oil

Waste oil as mentioned in the third subsection, means used lubricants and similar oils (used in engines, gear boxes, hydraulic systems, transformers, switches etc.) that can no longer be used as originally intended. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Activities Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory Guidance
Waste Oil Residue

Waste Oil Residue

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Waste Oil Residue

"Waste oil residue" means that portion of waste oil remaining after treatment and after the saleable liquids and water have been extracted. Waste oil residue is a type of waste oil. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Waster

Waster

Definition(s)


Waster

"Waste" means:
  1. As applied to the production of oil, in addition to its ordinary meaning, "shall include economic waste, underground waste, including water encroachment in the oil or gas bearing strata; the use of reservoir energy for oil producing purposes by means or methods that unreasonably interfere with obtaining from the common source of supply the largest ultimate recovery of oil; surface waste and waste incident to the production of oil in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or reasonable market demands." [52 O.S.A., 86.2]
  2. As applied to gas, in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste; "the inefficient or wasteful utilization of gas in the operation of oil wells drilled to and producing from a common source of supply; the inefficient or wasteful utilization of gas in the operation of gas wells drilled to and producing from a common source of supply; the production of gas in such quantities or in such manner as unreasonably to reduce reservoir pressure or unreasonably to diminish the quantity of oil or gas that might be recovered from a common source of supply; the escape, directly or indirectly, of gas from oil wells producing from a common source of supply into the open air in excess of the amount necessary in the efficient drilling, completion or operation thereof; waste incident to the production of natural gas in excess of transportation and marketing facilities or reasonable market demand; the escape, blowing, or releasing, directly or indirectly, into the open air, of gas from well productive of gas only, drilled into any common source of supply, save only such as is necessary in the efficient drilling and completion thereof; and the unnecessary depletion or inefficient utilization of gas energy contained in a common source of supply." [52 O.S.A. §86.3]
  3. The use of gas for the manufacture of carbon black or similar products predominately carbon, except as specifically authorized by the Commission, shall constitute waste.
  4. The flaring of tail gas at gasoline, pressure maintenance, or recycling plants where a market is available.
Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Wastewater Treatment Unit

Wastewater Treatment Unit

Definition(s)


Wastewater Treatment Unit

A device (such as a hydrostatic test water treatment unit) that:
  1. is a tank or tank system comprising part of a wastewater treatment facility that is subject to regulation under either §§402 or 307(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC §§1342 or 1317(b); and
  2. receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste, that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste.
Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Water

Water

Definition(s)


Water

“Water” means all water including water situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the state, whether surface or subsurface, public or private, except private waters that do not combine with other surface or subsurface water. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Water (Bulk Shipment)

Water (Bulk Shipment)

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Water (Bulk Shipment)

A device (such as a hydrostatic test water treatment unit) that:
  1. is a tank or tank system comprising part of a wastewater treatment facility that is subject to regulation under either §§402 or 307(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC §§1342 or 1317(b); and
  2. receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste, that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste.
Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Water Condensate Pit

Water Condensate Pit

Definition(s)


Water Condensate Pit

Pit used in conjunction with a gas pipeline drip or gas compressor station for storage or disposal of fresh water condensed from natural gas. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Water Containment

Water Containment

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Water Containment

“Water contaminant” means a substance that could alter if released or spilled water’s physical, chemical, biological or radiological qualities.  Water contaminant does not mean source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Water Deluge System

Water Deluge System

Definition(s)


Water Deluge System

“Water deluge system” means a system capable of deluging a space with water from fixed heads; système déluge. Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-111, Canada, current to May 1, 2014. Regulations Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations
Water Disposal Project

Water Disposal Project

Definition(s)


Water Disposal Project

The injection of produced water into the reservoir for the purpose of disposing of the produced water wherein the water injection volumes are not sufficient to refill existing reservoir voidage in the approved project area and displace oil that would not be displaced by primary recovery operations. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Water Flood Project

Water Flood Project

Definition(s)


Water Flood Project

“Water flood project” means a project in which an operator injects water into a producing horizon in sufficient quantities and under sufficient pressure to stimulate oil production from other wells in the area, and is limited to those areas in which the wells have reached an advanced state of depletion and are regarded as what is commonly referred to as stripper wells. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations
Water Monitor System

Water Monitor System

Definition(s)


Water Monitor System

“Water monitor system” means a system capable of deluging a space with water from monitors; système de régulation d’eau. Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-111, Canada, current to May 1, 2014. Regulations Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. Regulations
Water Pollution

Water Pollution

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Water Pollution

“Water pollution” means introducing or permitting the introduction into water, either directly or indirectly, of one or more water contaminants in such quantity and of such duration as may with reasonable probability injure human health, animal or plant life or property, or to unreasonably interfere with the public welfare or property use. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. Regulations