Glossary
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Terrestrial Heat
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Terrestrial Heat
Terrestrial heat: heat present in the subsoil, which has originated there by natural causes. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationStorage Reservoir
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Storage Reservoir
Storage reservoir: a reservoir used for storage. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationStorage Licence
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Storage Licence
Storage licence: a licence for the storage of substances. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationStorage Of Substances
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Storage Of Substances
Storage of substances: conveying into or keeping substances at a depth of more than 100 metres below the earth's surface, or the recovering of these substances, other than the conveyance into or keeping therein or retrieval therefrom of substances aimed at the extraction of terrestrial heat from the subsurface. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationReconnaissance Survey
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Reconnaissance Survey
Reconnaissance survey: a survey that does not make use of a drill hole, for the presence of minerals or the presence of terrestrial heat, or for discovering additional information about minerals or terrestrial heat. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationProduction Licence
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Production Licence
Production licence: a licence for the production of minerals, as well as for exploration for minerals. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationProduction Of Terrestrial Heat
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Production Of Terrestrial Heat
Production of terrestrial heat: the extraction of terrestrial heat from the subsoil other than extraction thereof in conjunction with the production of minerals or the storage of substances. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationProduction Of Minerals
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Production Of Minerals
Production of minerals: using a drill hole, tunnel, shaft or other subsurface work to extract minerals from the subsoil other than in the form of samples or formation tests. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationPermanent CO2 Storage
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Permanent CO2 Storage
Permanent CO2 storage: permanent storage of CO2 and substances that are stored in direct relation therewith, with the exception of storage of CO2 for research- or development purposes or for the testing of new products or procedures if the planned storage capacity is less than 100 kiloton. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationOur Minister
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Our Minister
Our Minister: Our Minister of Economic Affairs. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Work
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Mining Work
Mining work: a work that according to an order in council forms part of a designated category of works: 1° for the purpose of the exploration for or the production of minerals or terrestrial heat; 2° for the purpose of the storage of substances; 3° that relate to the works mentioned in 1°. and 2°. here above. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Installation
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Mining Installation
Mining installation: a mining work anchored in or present above the soil of surface water. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Company
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Mining Company
Mining company: natural person or legal person that carries out mining activities. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Agreement
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Mining Agreement
Mining agreement: an agreement of cooperation between the holder of a production licence and the company for the carrying out of mining activities. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Activities
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Mining Activities
Mining activities: production and exploration activities that are or can be carried out on the basis of a production licence or activities that emanate from reconnaissance surveys for the presence of hydrocarbons within the licence area, or for further data about those hydrocarbons. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Activities
Mining activities: activities as meant in Articles1.d up to and including Article 1.d.i and 51. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationMining Activities
Mining activities: activities to which Articles 49.1 and 49.5 of the Mijnbouwwet apply. Source: Mining Decree of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended in 2007). LegislationInvestment
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Investment
Investment is deemed to mean the commitment of obligations with respect to the purchase of capital equipment, and the making of production costs with respect to a capital equipment, to the extent those obligations and costs are for the account of the holder or the co-holder. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploring For CO2 Storage Complexes
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Exploring For CO2 Storage Complexes
Exploring for CO2 storage complexes: search for storage complexes by using a borehole or by the conducting of tests using injection of CO2 to characterise the storage reservoir. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration Licence For CO2 Storage Complexes
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Exploration Licence For CO2 Storage Complexes
Exploration licence for CO2 storage complexes : a licence for the exploration for CO2 storage complexes. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration Licence
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Exploration Licence
Exploration licence: a licence for the exploration of minerals. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration For Terrestrial Heat
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Exploration For Terrestrial Heat
Exploration for terrestrial heat: a search for the presence of terrestrial heat, or for additional information about this, making use of a drill hole. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration For Minerals
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Exploration For Minerals
Exploration for minerals: a search for the presence of minerals or for additional information about these, by making use of a drill hole Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration Agreement
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Exploration Agreement
Exploration agreement: an agreement of cooperation between the holder of an exploration licence and the company for the carrying out of exploration activities. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationExploration Activities
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Exploration Activities
Exploration activities: activities that on the basis of an exploration licence are or can be carried out or activities that emanate from reconnaissance surveys for the presence of hydrocarbons within the licence area, or for further data on those hydrocarbons. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationEnvironmental Mining Licence
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Environmental Mining Licence
Environmental mining licence: a licence as meant in Article 40.2. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationThe Company
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The Company
The company: the company as referred to in Article 82.1. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationCO2 Storage Complex
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CO2 Storage Complex
CO2 storage complex: storage reservoir for CO2 and the surrounding geological areas that may have an impact on the general integrity of the storage and the safety thereof.
Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationWell Site Seabed Survey
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Well Site Seabed Survey
“Well site seabed survey” means a survey pertaining to the nature of the surface or subsurface or the seabed or its subsoil of any portion of the offshore area in the area of the proposed drilling site in respect of a well and to the conditions of those portions of the offshore area that may affect the safety or efficiency of drilling operations; levé marin. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationCapital Equipment
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Capital Equipment
For the purpose of this Article capital equipment shall also be understood to mean exploration or evaluation drilling. Source: Mining Act of the Netherlands, Netherlands, 2003 (as amended up to 2012). LegislationShortfall of Petroleum Deliveries in the Province
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Shortfall of Petroleum Deliveries in the Province
In this section, “shortfall of petroleum deliveries in the Province” means deliveries of petroleum that are inadequate to supply, on commercial terms,- the end use consumption demands of all consumers in the Province;
- feedstock requirements of industrial facilities that are in place in the Province on January 31, 1986; and
- the feedstock requirements of any refining facility located in the Province that was not in place on January 31, 1986 where the feedstock requirements required to satisfy the demand of industrial capacity, as of January 31, 1986, in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland have been met.