Definition(s)
Petroleum
Crude oil.
Source: API STD 2000, Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks, Sixth Edition, November 2009. Global Standards
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means oil or gas; hydrocarbures.
Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation
Source: Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), current to April 29, 2013. Legislation
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means any liquid hydro-carbon or mixture of hydro- -carbons and any inflammable mixture (liquid, viscous or solid) containing any liquid hydro-carbon.
Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation
Petroleum
“Petroleum” has the same meaning as in the Petroleum Act, 1934 and includes natural gas and refinery gas.
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. Legislation
Petroleum
Petroleum means:
- any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or
- any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or
- any naturally occurring mixture of:
- one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; and
- one or more of the following, that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide; and:
- includes any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that has been returned to a natural reservoir; and
- for the purposes of the pipeline provisions, also includes any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), where:
- one or more things have been added; or
- one or more things have been wholly or partly removed; or both; and
- for the purposes of the pipeline provisions, also includes any mixture that:
- has been recovered from a well; and
- includes petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); whether or not:
- one or more things have been added; or
- one or more things have been wholly or partly removed; or both.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Petroleum
Disregard the definition of petroleum in section 7 of this Act in determining the meaning that the expression petroleum has or had in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means petroleum under the law on petroleum.
Source: Law of Information Energy, Act on Offences Relating to Offshore Petroleum Production Places B.E. 2530 (1987), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquid, by-products and other naturally occurring hydrocarbons in a free state, whether solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous, and it shall include all heavy hydrocarbons which can be recovered in situ by thermal or chemical processes, but shall not include coal, oil shale or other kinds of rocks from which oil can be extracted by application of heat or chemical process.
Source: Law of Information Energy, Petroleum Act B.E. 2514 (1971), Thailand, as of June 2013. Legislation
Petroleum
“Petroleum” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Petroleum Act 1998 (Note: 1998 c. 17).
Source: UK Offshore Safety Act 1992, 1992 c. 15 (February 2013). Legislation
Petroleum
In paragraph (1) “petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.
Source: The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995, UK S.I. 1995/2038, 1995. Regulations
Petroleum
“Petroleum”—
- includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and
- does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.
Source: The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, UK S.I. 2005/3117, 2005. Regulations
Petroleum
For S.I. 1995/738, in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) before the definition of “pipeline”, insert ““petroleum”—
- includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and
- does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.
Source: The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, UK S.I. 2005/3117, 2005. Regulations
Petroleum
For S.I. 1995/743, in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “personal protective equipment”, insert ““petroleum”—
- includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and
- does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation”.
Source: The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, UK S.I. 2005/3117, 2005. Regulations
Petroleum
Petroleum—
(a) means—(i) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon (other than coal), whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state; or
(ii) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons (other than coal), whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state; or
(iii) any naturally occurring mixture of 1 or more hydrocarbons (other than coal), whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state, and 1 or more of the following, namely, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen sulphide, or nitrogen; and
(b) includes—
(i) any petroleum that has been mined or otherwise recovered from its natural condition; and
(ii) any petroleum that has been mined or otherwise recovered but has been returned to a natural reservoir for storage purposes.
Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 2013, SR 2013/208, New Zealand, as of May 2013. Regulations
Petroleum
Petroleum means:
(a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon (other than coal) whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state; or
(b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons (other than coal) whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state; or
(c) any naturally occurring mixture of 1 or more hydrocarbons (other than coal) whether in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state, and 1 or more of the following, namely hydrogen sulphide, mercaptan, nitrogen, helium, or carbon dioxide—
and includes any petroleum as so defined that has been mined or otherwise recovered from its natural condition, or that has been so mined or otherwise recovered but that has been returned to a natural reservoir for storage purposes in the same or an adjacent area.
Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, SR 1996/220, New Zealand, as of January 2011. Regulations
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means naturally occurring hydrocarbons in a free state, whether in the form of natural gas or in a liquid, viscous or solid form, but does not include helium occurring in association with petroleum, or coal, or shale, or any substance which may be extracted from coal, shale or other rock by application of heat or by a chemical process.
Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 (As amended from time to time), India, as amended as of May 2013. Regulations
Petroleum
“Petroleum” means any liquid hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons, and any inflammable mixture (liquid, viscous or solid) containing any liquid hydrocarbon, including crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas, and the expression’ petroleum product’ shall mean any product manufactured from petroleum.
Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, No. 19 of 2006, India, amended as of May 2013. Legislation