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Commencement of Commercial Production of Petroleum
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Commencement of Commercial Production of Petroleum
“Commencement of commercial production of petroleum” means the earlier of- the date designated by the Federal Minister as the first day on which a volume of gas equal to four million cubic metres or a volume equivalent thereto of natural gas liquids or oil, as determined by the Minister of Finance in accordance with the regulations, has, during that day, flowed through the first sales meter for sale and delivery, and
- the date designated by the Provincial Minister; début de la production commercial d’hydrocarbures.
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed pursuant to section 25; premier dirigeant. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationCanadian Exploration Expense
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Canadian Exploration Expense
“Canadian exploration expense” has the meaning assigned by paragraph 66.1(6)(a) of the Income Tax Act, except that- there shall be excluded from that meaning any Canadian exploration and development overhead expense and any expense referred to in subparagraph (i) thereof,
- any reference in that paragraph to any expense incurred in drilling or completing an oil or gas well in Canada shall be read as including, with such modifications as the circumstances require, a reference to
1. any expense incurred in respect of an exploratory probe in the offshore area, and
2. any expense incurred in respect of a well in relation to a three dimensional seismic survey, an engineering study or an analytical study for the purpose of determining the location or extent of an accumulation of petroleum in the offshore area, and
3. all that portion of that paragraph following clause (vii)(C) thereof shall be read as follows: “but any amount of assistance or benefit that a taxpayer has received, is entitled to receive or can reasonably be expected to receive after May 25, 1976 from a government, municipality or other public authority in respect of or related to a Canadian exploration expense, whether as a grant, subsidy, forgivable loan, deduction from royalty or tax, investment allowance or any other form of assistance or benefit, other than an investment tax credit in respect of a qualified Canadian exploration expenditure, shall reduce the amount of any of the expenses described in any of subparagraphs (i) to (v); and”; frais d’exploration au Canada. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationCanadian Exploration and Development Overhead Expense
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Canadian Exploration and Development Overhead Expense
“Canadian exploration and development overhead expense” has the meaning assigned by subsection 1206(1) of the Income Tax Regulations; frais généraux d’exploration et d’aménagement au Canada. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationCanadian Development Expense
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Canadian Development Expense
“Canadian development expense” has the meaning assigned by paragraph 66.2(5)(a) of the Income Tax Act, except that- there shall be excluded from that meaning any Canadian exploration and development overhead expense, and
- all that portion of that paragraph following clause (vii)(C) thereof shall be read as follows: “but any amount of assistance or benefit that a taxpayer has received, is entitled to receive or can reasonably be expected to receive after May 25, 1976 from a government, municipality or other public authority in respect of or related to his Canadian development expense, whether as a grant, subsidy, forgivable loan, deduction from royalty or tax, investment allowance or any other form of assistance or benefit, other than an investment tax credit in respect of a qualified Canadian exploration expenditure, shall reduce the amount of any of the expenses described in any of subparagraphs (i) to (v); and”; frais d’aménagement au Canada.
Canada-Nova Scotia Benefits Plan
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Canada-Nova Scotia Benefits Plan
“Canada-Nova Scotia benefits plan” means a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 45(2); plan de retombées économiques. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationCanada-Nova Scotia Benefits Plan
In this section, “Canada-Nova Scotia benefits plan” means a plan for the employment of Canadians and, in particular, members of the labour force of the Province and, subject to paragraph (3)(d), for providing manufacturers, consultants, contractors and service companies in the Province and other parts of Canada with a full and fair opportunity to participate on a competitive basis in the supply of goods and services used in any proposed work or activity referred to in the benefits plan. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationBay of Fundy
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Bay of Fundy
“Bay of Fundy” means the submarine areas within the limits described in Schedule II; Baie de Fundy. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationAverage Annual Cost to the Province of Borrowing Money
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Average Annual Cost to the Province of Borrowing Money
“Average annual cost to the Province of borrowing money” means the average annual rate of interest, determined in the manner prescribed, that would be incurred by the Province on borrowed money if the money were borrowed during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the determination of the threshold rate of return; coût d’emprunt annuel moyen. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationAmount
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Amount
“Amount” means, except in section 237, an amount of money for infrastructural costs directly or indirectly relating to the exploration for or development, production or transportation of petroleum in the offshore area; montant. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationAccord
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Accord
“Accord” means the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord dated August 26, 1986 and entered into by the Government of Canada, as represented by the Prime Minister of Canada and the Federal Minister, and by the Government of Nova Scotia, as represented by the Premier of Nova Scotia and the Provincial Minister, and includes any amendments thereto; Accord. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationIsolated Work Place
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Isolated Work Place
“Isolated work place” means a work place that is more than two hours’ travel time from a hospital or a medical clinic under normal travel conditions using the fastest available means of transportation; lieu de travail isolé. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsRPC
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RPC
Remotely operated vehicle. Source: API RP 17A, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—General Requirements and Recommendations, Fourth Edition, Reaffirmed 2011. Global Standards Source: API RP 17B, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe, Fourth Edition, July 2008. Global Standards Source: API RP 17H, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Interfaces on Subsea Production Systems, First Edition, July 2004 (Reaffirmed January 2009). Global Standards Source: API RP 65, Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deepwater Wells, First Edition, September 2002 (August 2003). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 17E, Specification for Subsea Umbilicals, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, October 2010. Global Standards Source: Commercial Diving Projects Offshore, Diving at Work Regulations 1997, Approved Code of Practice (UK HSE L103), First Edition, 1998. Regulatory Guidance Source: ISO 19901-7:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units. Global Standards Source: ISO 13624-1:2009, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Part 1:Design and operation of marine drilling riser equipment. Global Standards Source: ISO 19905-1:202, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units – Part 1: Jack-ups. Global Standards Source: OGP Report No. 476, Recommendations for enhancements to well control training, examination and certification, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, October 2012. Global StandardsROV
ROVs are defined as near-neutrally buoyant free-swimming submersible craft that are remotely controlled from the surface via an umbilical. Source: API RP 17A, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—General Requirements and Recommendations, Fourth Edition, Reaffirmed 2011. Global StandardsROV
Remotely operated vehicle (see ISO 13628-8). Source: API SPEC 17D, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment, Upstream Segment, Second Edition May 2011 (Errata September 2011). Global StandardsROV
Remote operated vehicle. 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 Source: ISO 20815:2008, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Production assurance and reliability management. Global StandardsSignaller
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Signaller
“Signaller” means a person instructed by an employer to direct, by means of visual or auditory signals, the safe movement and operation of materials handling equipment; signaleur. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsStandard First Aid Certificate
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Standard First Aid Certificate
“Standard first aid certificate” means the certificate issued by an approved organization for successful completion of a first aid course of at least two days’ duration; certificat de secourisme général. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsToilet Room
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Toilet Room
“Toilet room” means a room that contains a water closet or a urinal, but does not include an outdoor privy; cabinet de toilette. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsWater Monitor System
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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. RegulationsWater Deluge System
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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. RegulationsUnmanned Installation
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Unmanned Installation
“Unmanned installation” means an installation on which persons are not normally present and in those instances when persons are present on the installation, their presence is for the purpose of performing operational duties, maintenance or inspections that will not necessitate an overnight stay; installation inhabitée. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. RegulationsMobile Platform
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Mobile Platform
“Mobile platform” means a platform that is designed to operate in a floating or buoyant mode or that can be moved from place to place without major dismantling or modification, whether or not it has its own motive power; plate-forme mobile. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations, SOR/95-191, Canada, current to May 31, 2012. RegulationsLightship
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Lightship
For the purpose of this section, “lightship”, in relation to a mobile platform, means a platform with all its permanently installed machinery, equipment and outfit, including permanent ballast, spare parts normally retained on board and liquids in machinery and piping at their normal working levels, but not including liquids in storage or in reserve supply tanks, items of consumable or variable loads, stores and crew and their effects. 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. RegulationsHydrocarbon Fire Test
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Hydrocarbon Fire Test
“Hydrocarbon fire test” means a test in which a specimen division, which division resembles as closely as possible the intended construction of the division, includes, where appropriate, at least one joint and has an exposed surface of not less than 4.65 m2 and a height or a length of not less than 2.44 m, and is exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding approximately to a time-temperature relationship defined by a smooth curve drawn through the following temperature points measured above the initial furnace temperature, namely,- at the end of the first 3 minutes, 880°C,
- at the end of the first 5 minutes, 945°C,
- at the end of the first 10 minutes, 1032°C,
- at the end of the first 15 minutes, 1071°C,
- at the end of the first 30 minutes, 1098°C,
- at the end of the first 60 minutes, 1100°C, and
- at the end of the first 120 minutes, 1100°C; essai de résistance au feu d’hydrocarbures.
Hydrocarbon Fire Test
A hydrocarbon fire test is one in which the specimens defined for a standard fire test are exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding approximately to a time-temperature curve relating to, and defined by, a smooth curve drawn through the following temperature points measured above the initial furnace temperature:- at the end of the first 3 minutes - 880°C
- at the end of the first 5 minutes - 945°C
- at the end of the first 10 minutes - 1032°C
- at the end of the first 15 minutes - 1071°C
- at the end of the first 30 minutes - 1098°C
- at the end of the first 60 minutes - 1100°C.
Gas Release System
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Gas Release System
In this section, “gas release system” means a system for releasing gas and combustible liquid from an installation, and includes a flare system, a pressure relief system, a depressurizing system and a cold vent system. 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. RegulationsFlame-type Equipment
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Flame-type Equipment
“Flame-type equipment” means any electric or fired heating equipment that uses an open flame, electric arc or element, and includes a space heater, a torch, a heated process vessel, a boiler, an electric arc or an open flame welder, or an open element electric heater or appliance; équipement de type à flamme. 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. RegulationsDependent Diving System
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Dependent Diving System
“Dependent diving system” means a diving system that is associated with an installation other than a diving installation and that does not function independently of the installation; système de plongée non autonome. 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. RegulationsClass H-120 Division
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Class H-120 Division
“Class H-120 division” means a division formed by a bulkhead or deck that is- constructed of steel or an equivalent material and suitably stiffened,
- constructed to prevent the passage of smoke and flame after exposure to a hydrocarbon fire test for 120 minutes, and
- insulated with non-combustible material so that, if either face is exposed to a hydrocarbon fire test, after 120 minutes the average temperature on the unexposed face will not increase by more than 139°C above the initial temperature, and the temperature at any point on the unexposed face, including any joint, will not increase by more than 180°C above the initial temperature; cloisonnement de classe H-120.
Class B-15 Division
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Class B-15 Division
“Class B-15 division” means a division formed by a bulkhead, ceiling or lining that is- constructed and erected entirely from non-combustible materials,
- constructed to prevent the passage of flame after exposure to a standard fire test for 30 minutes, and
- insulated so that if either face is exposed to the first 30 minute period of a standard fire test, the average temperature on the unexposed face will not increase at any time during the first 15 minutes of the test by more than 139°C above that initial temperature, and the temperature at any point on the unexposed face, including any joint, will not increase by more than 225°C above the initial temperature after exposure for 15 minutes; cloisonnement de classe B-15.
Class A-60 Division
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Class A-60 Division
“Class A-60 division” means a division formed by a bulkhead or deck that is- constructed of steel or an equivalent material and suitably stiffened,
- constructed to prevent the passage of smoke and flame after 60 minutes of exposure to a standard fire test, and
- insulated with non-combustible materials so that, if either side is exposed to a standard fire test, after 60 minutes the average temperature on the unexposed face will not increase by more than 139°C above the initial temperature and the temperature at any point on the unexposed face, including any joint, will not increase by more than 180°C above the initial temperature; cloisonnement de classe A-60.
- Source: Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations, SOR/96-111, Canada, current to May 1, 2014. Regulations
Class A-0 Division
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Class A-0 Division
Class A-0 division “Class A-0 division” means a division formed by a bulkhead or deck that is constructed- of steel or an equivalent material and suitably stiffened, and
- to prevent the passage of smoke and flame after 60 minutes of exposure to a standard fire test; cloisonnement de classe A-0.