Production Control System

Production Control System

Definition(s)

Production Control System

“Production control system” means the system provided to control the operation of, and monitor the status of, equipment for the production of oil and gas, and includes the installation and workover control system (système de contrôle de la production). 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
Hydrologically Sensitive Area

Hydrologically Sensitive Area

Definition(s)

Hydrologically Sensitive Area

"Hydrologically sensitive area" means a principal bedrock aquifer, the recharge or potential recharge area of a principal bedrock aquifer, or an unconsolidated alluvium or terrace deposit, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey "Maps Showing Principal Groundwater Resources and Recharge Areas in Oklahoma" or other maps approved by the Commission. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (H2S)

Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (H2S)

Definition(s)

Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (H2S)

"Hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S)" means a toxic poisonous gas with a chemical composition of H2S which is sometimes found mixed with and produced with fluids from oil and gas wells. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Hydraulic Fracturing Operations

Hydraulic Fracturing Operations

Definition(s)

Hydraulic Fracturing Operations

"Hydraulic fracturing operations" means operations on a well wherein fluid is applied for the express purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Hardship Well

Hardship Well

Definition(s)

Hardship Well

"Hardship well" means a well authorized by Commission order to produce at a specified rate because reasonable cause exists to expect that production below said rate would damage the well and cause waste. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
GOR (Gas/Oil Ratio)

GOR (Gas/Oil Ratio)

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GOR (Gas/Oil Ratio)

"GOR (Gas/Oil Ratio)" means the ratio of the gas produced in standard cubic feet to one barrel of oil produced during any stated period. Condensate and load oil excepted under 165:10-13-6 shall not be considered as oil for purposes of determining GOR. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Gas Repressuring

Gas Repressuring

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Gas Repressuring

"Gas repressuring" means the injection of gas into a common source of supply to restore or increase the gas energy of a reservoir. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Gas Allowable Or Allowable Gas

Gas Allowable Or Allowable Gas

Definition(s)

Gas Allowable Or Allowable Gas

"Gas allowable" or "allowable gas" means the amount of natural gas authorized to be produced from any well by order of the Commission or as provided by statute. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Permafrost

Permafrost

Definition(s)

Permafrost

“Permafrost” means the thermal condition of the ground when its temperature remains at or below 0oC for more than one year (pergélisol). Source: Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations, SOR/2009-315, February 2013. Regulations
Flowing Well

Flowing Well

Definition(s)

Flowing Well

"Flowing well" means any well from which oil or gas is produced naturally and without artificial lifting equipment. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Flare Pit

Flare Pit

Definition(s)

Flare Pit

"Flare pit" means a pit which contains flare equipment and which is used for temporary storage of liquid hydrocarbons which are sent to the flare but are not burned due to equipment malfunction. Flare pits may be used in conjunction with tank batteries or wells. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations  

Flare Pit

Pit which contains a flare and which is used for temporary storage of liquid hydrocarbons which are sent to the flare during equipment malfunction but which are not burned. A flare pit is used in conjunction with a gasoline plant, natural gas processing plant, pressure maintenance or repressurizing plant, tank battery, or a well. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  
Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP)

Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP)

Definition(s)

Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP)

"Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP)" is the relative amount of the sodium ion present on the soil surface, expressed as a percentage of the total Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC). Since the determination of CEC is time consuming and expensive, a practical and satisfactory correlation between the Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR) and ESP was established. The SAR is defined elsewhere in this Section. ESP can be estimated by the following empirical formula: ESP =[100 (-0.0126 + 0.01475 x SAR) ] / [1 + (-0.0126 + 0.01475 x SAR)]. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Enhanced Recovery Well

Enhanced Recovery Well

Definition(s)

Enhanced Recovery Well

"Enhanced recovery well" means a well producing in an enhanced recovery operation in accordance with Commission order. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Enhanced Recovery Operation

Enhanced Recovery Operation

Definition(s)

Enhanced Recovery Operation

"Enhanced recovery operation" means the introduction of fluid or energy into a common source of supply for the purpose of increasing the recovery of oil therefrom according to a plan which has been approved by the Commission after notice and hearing. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Duly Authorized Representative

Duly Authorized Representative

Definition(s)

Duly Authorized Representative

"Duly authorized representative" means, for the purpose of underground injection well applications, that person or position having a responsibility for the underground injection well. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Distressed Well

Distressed Well

Definition(s)

Distressed Well

"Distressed well" means a well authorized by Commission order to produce at an unrestricted rate in the interest of public safety due to technical difficulties which temporarily cannot be controlled. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Discharge

Discharge

Definition(s)

Discharge

“Discharge” means a notice of the discharge of a security notice or postponement and includes a partial discharge; mainlevée. Source:  Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation

Discharge

"Discharge" means the release or setting free by any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping of substances. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations    
Director Of Conservation

Director Of Conservation

Definition(s)

Director Of Conservation

"Director of Conservation" means the person in official charge of the Conservation Division. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Directional Drilling

Directional Drilling

Definition(s)

Directional Drilling

"Directional drilling" means intentional changing of the direction of the well from the vertical. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Design Wellhead Pressure

Design Wellhead Pressure

Definition(s)

Design Mud Weight

"Design wellhead pressure" means the maximum anticipated wellhead pressure which is expected to be experienced on the inside of the casing string and on wellhead equipment. This pressure is used to design the casing string and to select wellhead equipment with sufficient working pressure rating. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Design Mud Weight

Design Mud Weight

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Design Mud Weight

"Design mud weight" means the planned drilling mud weight to be used. This mud weight is used in the design of the casing strings. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Deleterious Substances

Deleterious Substances

Definition(s)

Deleterious Substances

"Deleterious substances" means any chemical, salt water, oil field brine, waste oil, waste emulsified oil, basic sediment, mud, or injurious substance produced or used in the drilling, development, production, transportation, refining, and processing of oil, gas and/or brine mining. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Conservation Drilling

Conservation Drilling

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Conservation Drilling

"Conservation Division" means the Division of the Commission charged with the administration and enforcement of the rules of this Chapter. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Completion/Fracture/Workover Pit

Completion/Fracture/Workover Pit

Definition(s)

Completion/Fracture/Workover Pit

"Completion/fracture/workover pit" means a pit used for temporary storage of spent completion fluids, frac fluids, workover fluids, drilling fluids, silt, debris, water, brine, oil scum, paraffin, or other deleterious substances which have been cleaned out of the wellbore of a well being completed, fractured, recompleted, or worked over. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Commercial Soil Farming

Commercial Soil Farming

Definition(s)

Commercial Soil Farming

"Commercial soil farming" means the practice of soil farming or land applying drilling fluids and/or other deleterious substances produced, obtained, or used in connection with the drilling of a well or wells at an off-site location. Multiple applications to the same land are likely. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Commercial Recycling Facility

Commercial Recycling Facility

Definition(s)

Commercial Recycling Facility

"Commercial recycling facility" means a facility that is authorized by Commission order to recycle materials defined as deleterious substances in OAC 165:10-1-2. Such substances must undergo at least one treatment process and must be recycled into a marketable product for resale and/or have some beneficial use. This definition does not include the reuse of drilling mud that was previously utilized in drilling or plugging operations. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Commercial Pit

Commercial Pit

Definition(s)

Commercial Pit

"Commercial pit" is a disposal facility which is authorized by Commission order and used for the disposal, storage, and handling substances or soils contaminated by deleterious substances produced, obtained, or used in connection with drilling and/or production operations. This does not include a disposal well pit. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Commercial Disposal Well

Commercial Disposal Well

Definition(s)

Commercial Disposal Well

"Commercial disposal well" means a well where the owner receives and disposes of produced water or any deleterious substance from multiple well owners/operators and receives compensation for these services and where the owner's primary business objective is to provide these services. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Closure

Closure

Definition(s)

Closure

"Closure" means the practice of dewatering, trenching, filling, leveling, terracing, and/or vegetating a pit site after its useful life is reached in order to restore or reclaim the site to near its original condition. Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. 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