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Stand-By Vessel
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Stand-By 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 GuidanceStand-By Vessel
“Standby vessel” means any vessel that is so designated and meets the requirements of section 17.15. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsRegistry
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Registry
“Registry” means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry established under section 55; registre. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationSee To It
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See To It
The term see to it has been used as it is used in Section 10-6 of the Petroleum Act to describe the licensee's and the operator's special duty to follow up. The term see to it is used to clarify that it is primarily the individual player's duty to comply with the regulations. To see to it entails a duty, through establishment of management systems and through audits, to follow up that the participants in the activities comply with requirements stipulated in and in pursuance of the Act. The responsibility to see to it that the regulations are complied with, will thus be a general and overall duty to follow up while carrying out the activities. In particular regarding the operator's see-to-it duty, the comment regarding Section 10-6 of the Petroleum Act in Odelsting Proposition No. 43 (1995-1996), page 62, says that “The see-to-it responsibility also entails that the operator, before and during entering a contract and during execution of the activities, shall supervise that the contract parties are competent and qualified. Furthermore, the operator shall follow up during execution of the petroleum activities, as well as check that facilities and equipment put into service and work that is carried out, maintain a prudent standard. In cases where there are different operators during the different phases, e.g. during the development phase and the operations phase, it is important that the operators carry out a necessary coordination between themselves.” As regards the operator's see-to-it responsibility towards the contractor in the event of hiring a facility with AoC, this is described in detail in the Norwegian Oil Industry Association and Norwegian Association of Shipowners’ “Recommended guidelines for acceptance and operation of mobile facilities with Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC), or which have started the application process for AoC” Revision 02, dated 1 July 2006. See also Section 25 of these regulations with Guidelines. Elements in the operator's see-to-it duty are also clarified in Section 18. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceProponent
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Proponent
“Proponent”, in respect of a project, means the person, body, federal authority or government that proposes the project; promoteur. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationRisk of Pollution
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Risk of Pollution
Risk of pollution means a combination of probability and consequence for the supply of solids, fluid or gas to air, water or the ground, as well as impact on the temperature, which is or can be harmful or disadvantageous for the environment. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceProject
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Project
“Project” means 1. in relation to a physical work, any proposed construction, operation, modification, decommissioning, abandonment or other undertaking in relation to that physical work, or 2. any proposed physical activity not relating to a physical work that is prescribed or is within a class of physical activities that is prescribed pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 59(b); projet. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationProject
“Project” means a work or activity resulting in the production of petroleum in the offshore area that is required to be authorized pursuant to paragraph 142(1)(b); projet. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationProject
“Project” means For greater certainty, any construction, operation, modification, decommissioning, abandonment or other undertaking in relation to a physical work and any activity that is prescribed or is within a class of activities that is prescribed for the purposes of the definition “project” in subsection (1) is a project for at least so long as, in relation to it, a person or body referred to in subsection 5(1) or (2), 8(1), 9(2), 9.1(2), 10(1) or 10.1(2) is considering, but has not yet taken, an action referred to in those subsections. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationProject
A planned activity undertaken within a limited or fixed duration to achieve a specific objective, often involving design and construction to create or develop an asset. 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 StandardsPrescribed
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Prescribed
“Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. LegislationPrescribed
“Prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationPrescribed
“Prescribed” means- in the case of a form or the information to be given on a form, prescribed by the Minister, and
- in any other case, prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council.
Prescribed
"Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation Source: The Petroleum Mineral Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962, Act No. 50 of 1962, India, as amended as of May 2013. LegislationPrescribed
“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under this Act. Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, No. 19 of 2006, India, amended as of May 2013. LegislationPrudent
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Prudent
When the term "prudent" is used here, this does not entail a substantive change in relation to the Working Environment Act's prudence concept, which is ”fully satisfactory”. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceParticularly Independent Position
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Particularly Independent Position
To fall under the term particularly independent position, it is not enough to be able to control your own working hours and/or have flexible working hours. A particularly independent position shall also entail a clear and obvious independence or independence as regards how and when work tasks are organised and executed. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceOther Participants
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Other Participants
Other participants as mentioned in Section 7, first subsection, means everyone participating in the activities without being licensees, owners of onshore facilities or operators. This can be other owners and users of facilities, or of property, buildings or structures, which are not onshore facilities, or those that provide services in connection with the activities, cf. also the comment regarding Section 10-6 of the Petroleum Act in Odelsting Proposition No. 43 (1995-1996), pages 61 and 62. The first subsection thus includes operators, the party responsible for operation, contractors, other owners, lessors, or users of offshore and onshore facilities, etc., and other employers. The employees are, in principle, also among the other participants. Since the Working Environment Act limits the employees' responsibility to a contributory responsibility, it has been appropriate to separate and clarify this responsibility in the fourth subsection. The content of the responsibility of employers and employees mainly follows from Sections 2-1 and 2-3 of the Working Environment Act, respectively. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceOther Participants
“Other participants” means all others who participate in the petroleum activities without being the licensee, the lessee, or as the case may be, the operator like contractors, service providers. Source: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008, India, 18th June 2008. RegulationsMediation
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Mediation
“Mediation” means an environmental assessment that is conducted with the assistance of a mediator appointed pursuant to section 30 and that includes a consideration of the factors required to be considered under subsections 16(1) and (2); médiation. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationOnshore Facility
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Onshore Facility
The term ”onshore facility” is used as a collective term for onshore petroleum facilities covered by these regulations and supplementary regulations. The term includes both onshore facilities covered by the Petroleum Act and onshore facilities that fall outside the scope of the Petroleum Act. The regulations also cover the actual facility for production and/or utilisation of petroleum and systems, installations and activities integrated with the onshore facility or that have a natural connection to it. The regulations also cover other systems, facilities and activities used for industrial purposes inside the ”fence” of the relevant onshore facilities. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceOnshore Facility
The petroleum facilities at Kårstø, Sture, Kollsnes, Mongstad, Tjeldbergodden, Melkøya, Nyhamna, Slagentangen and their associated pipeline systems, as well as the gas power plants at Hammerfest, Skogn and Grenland and their associated pipeline systems, including those parts of the onshore facilities that are also covered by the Petroleum Act's definition of a facility, cf. Section 1-6 of the Petroleum Act. Source: Regulations relating to health, safety and the environment in the petroleum activities and at certain onshore facilities (the Framework Regulations), Norway, February 2010 (amended December 2011). RegulationsOnshore Facilities
Onshore facilities or parts thereof also mean temporary equipment. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Technical and Operational Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceLands, Land Areas or Reserves
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Lands, Land Areas or Reserves
For the purposes of this section, a reference to any lands, land areas or reserves includes a reference to all waters on and air above those lands, areas or reserves. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationObligated Party
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Obligated Party, or Responsible Party
In these regulations and in regulations laid down in pursuance thereof, the obligated party is typically worded neutrally. This is done because several parties can be responsible according to the same provision. Examples of neutral wording include ”Requirements shall be stipulated for the performance of safety functions.” and ”The facility shall be designed such that…”. Another neutral form used is "The responsible party shall…”. Who the responsible party is, follows from this section's first subsection. The responsible party can thus be the operator, or others participating in the activities without being licensees or owners of onshore facilities. Licensees that are not operators, are thus not included in the term responsible party in these regulations with supplementary regulations. When the responsibility is assigned to one or more defined participants, this is clearly evident from the relevant provision. For example, the operator is the party responsible for the operation, or the employer specifically designated as the obligated party in certain provisions. The see-to-it duty assigned to the operator, licensee and owner of the onshore facility, cf. the second and third subsections, applies throughout and is thus not mentioned in the other provisions in these regulations, nor in the supplementary regulations. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceNew Facilities
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New Facilities
Existing facilities are facilities for which the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO) is approved, or a special permission has been granted under a PIO, cf. Sections 4-2 and 4-3 of the Petroleum Act, respectively, or facilities that have been granted consent to carry out petroleum activities. For mobile facilities, it is presumed that a facility is new when a new consent is applied for, in the same manner as according to the safety regulations that were in force until these regulations entered into force. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceNecessary to Maintain Production
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Necessary to Maintain Production
Work that is “necessary to maintain the production” according to the third subsection litera a, also includes the operation of transport systems in connection with the production. Support functions can be maritime operations that are necessary to secure the facility, necessary lifting operations and catering services and repair of equipment necessary to restore the operation, and which can be carried out immediately with available equipment and personnel. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceLands in Respect of Which Indians have Interests
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Lands in Respect of Which Indians have Interests
For the purposes of this section, "lands in respect of which Indians have interests" means (a) land areas that are subject to a land claim accepted by the Government of Canada for negotiation under its comprehensiveland claims policy and that- for the purposes of land claim settlement have been withdrawn from disposal, under the Territorial Lands Act in the case of land areas situated in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or under a law of the Legislature of Yukon in the case of land areas situated in Yukon, or
- in the case of land areas situated in a province, have been agreed on for selection by the Government of Canada and the government of the province; and
- land areas that belong to Her Majesty or in respect of which Her Majesty has the right to dispose and that have been identified and agreed on by Her Majesty and an Indian band for transfer to settle claims based on
- an outstanding lawful obligation of Her Majesty towards an Indian band pursuant to the specific claims policy of the Government of Canada, or
- treaty land entitlement.
Mobile Facilities
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Mobile Facilities
Existing facilities are facilities for which the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO) is approved, or a special permission has been granted under a PIO, cf. Sections 4-2 and 4-3 of the Petroleum Act, respectively, or facilities that have been granted consent to carry out petroleum activities. For mobile facilities, it is presumed that a facility is new when a new consent is applied for, in the same manner as according to the safety regulations that were in force until these regulations entered into force. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceHealth and Hygiene
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Health and Hygiene
The word health, according to the health legislation is meant to cover a more closely defined part of these regulations' factual scope, namely the health service, health-related emergency preparedness, transport of ill and injured persons, hygienic conditions, drinking water supply, production and presentation of food as well as other matters of significance for health and hygiene. Health service means both curative and preventive treatment. Hygiene includes job health and other measures carried out with a view towards preventing illness or promoting health, also beyond what is typically associated with the development of a prudent working environment. Thus, hygiene includes all matters covered by individual or environmental health care. As regards preventive health services and hygiene, the responsibility at the authority level will be divided between the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry of Labour, cf. the regulations regarding environmental health, including water supply, and working environment, respectively, cf. also the previous paragraph of these guidelines. The regulations also include qualification requirements for and training of personnel for handling the above-mentioned matters. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceFree Time or Work-Free Period
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Free Time or Work-Free Period
The term “free time” is replaced with “the work-free period”. Reference is made to the fact that the daily work-free period and free time are two different wordings of the same matter, namely the time when the employee is not at the disposal of the employer, cf. Section 10-1, second subsection of the Working Environment Act, which also uses the term ”work-free”. Shorter stays onshore in transit between facilities or vessels over the course of offshore periods are not considered free time. The same applies to shorter stays on land as a result of participation in meetings, etc. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceFacility Activities
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Facility Activities
Activity to be performed by a facility will be where the executing unit is connected to a subsea well with intervention equipment entering the well, and the unit has primary control of the wells' block valves. Primary control of the wellstream (christmas tree valves or well control equipment connected to the well) is handled by the executing unit (from control room and/or direct operation of check valves). Surveillance/monitoring of the subsea well's christmas tree can take place at the same time from another facility. Facility activities shall be carried out by a facility with AoC. Examples of such activities include wireline work and coiled tubing work in subsea wells where the equipment string/components are physically fed through the christmas tree and well control equipment in/out of the well. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceExisting Facilities and Onshore Facilities
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Existing Facilities and Onshore Facilities
Existing facilities and onshore facilities means facilities whose Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of petroleum deposits is approved in accordance with Section 4-2 of the Petroleum Act or special permission is granted based on the Plan for Installation and Operation (PIO) of facilities for transport and for utilisation of petroleum in accordance with Section 4-3 of the Petroleum Act, or facilities and onshore facilities that have been granted permission to operate before these regulations entered into force. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceExecuting Unit
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Executing Unit
Depending on the activities executed in the petroleum activities, an executing unit is defined as a vessel or facility. The following is a description of the content of the two terms. Vessel activities Activity that can be carried out by vessels will be where the executing unit is connected to a subsea well or a well on a fixed facility, but does not have primary control of the wells' block valves. The primary control of the wellstream (christmas tree or well control equipment connected to the well) is handled by a facility (from control room and/or direct operation of check valves) other than the executing unit. Vessel activity can be carried out by a facility with AoC or a vessel without AoC. Examples of such activities include pumping of various fluids (gas and liquid) into a well through a christmas tree or to a well valve, for fracking, stimulation, cleanup, etc., while well intervention is taking place (the well intervention personnel handle primary control of the wellstream). The same applies to activities involving maintenance of subsea wells (christmas tree or equipment on the subsea template) or replacement of equipment on subsea wells, where one is not connected to the well, and another facility handles primary control of the wellstream. Facility activities Activity to be performed by a facility will be where the executing unit is connected to a subsea well with intervention equipment entering the well, and the unit has primary control of the wells' block valves. Primary control of the wellstream (christmas tree valves or well control equipment connected to the well) is handled by the executing unit (from control room and/or direct operation of check valves). Surveillance/monitoring of the subsea well's christmas tree can take place at the same time from another facility. Facility activities shall be carried out by a facility with AoC. Examples of such activities include wireline work and coiled tubing work in subsea wells where the equipment string/components are physically fed through the christmas tree and well control equipment in/out of the well. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceEnterprise
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Enterprise
Enterprise as mentioned in this section, means the same as in the Working Environment Act, which means that the term is almost synonymous with company. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Framework Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory GuidanceEnterprise
Business entity that produces or transports products or operates and maintains infrastructure services.
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