Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 1
pression ) production installation means (a) the systems and equipment used for or in support of the production of petroleum, including those that are used for separation, treatment and processing; (b) the systems and equipment used to conduct well operations; (c) any systems and equipment related to marine activities; (d) any associated aircraft landing areas, storage areas or tanks and accommodations areas; and (e) any associated platforms, artificial islands, subsea production systems and offshore loading systems. ( ouvrage de production ) production project means a project for the purpose of developing a production site on, or producing petroleum from, a pool or field, including any work or activity related to the project. ( projet de production ) production riser means the connection between subsea production equipment and a production platform. ( tube prolongateur de production ) production site means a site where a production installation is or is proposed to be installed. ( emplacement de production ) recovery of petroleum means the recovery of petroleum under foreseeable economic and operational conditions. ( récupération des hydrocarbures ) relief well means a well that is drilled to assist in controlling a blowout in an existing well. ( puits de secours ) reportable incident means an event that resulted in any of the following occurrences or in which an occurrence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) was narrowly avoided: (a) loss of life; (b) fire or explosion; (c) collision; (d) pollution; (e) leak of a hazardous substance; (f) loss of well control; (g) impairment of a support craft or of any of the structural elements of an installation — or any system or equipment — that is critical to safety; (h) impairment of any of the structural elements of an installation — or any system or equipment — critical to environmental protection; (i) implementation of emergency response procedures. ( incident à signaler ) safety-critical element means any system or equipment, including software and temporary or portable equipment, that is critical to the safety or integrity of an installation or to preventing the installation from polluting, including (a) any system or equipment (i) that is intended to prevent or limit the effects of a hazard that could cause a major accidental event, or (ii) whose failure could (A) cause a hazard that could cause a major accidental event, or (B) worsen the effects on the installation of a major accidental event; and (b) any software or temporary or portable equipment that affects any system or equipment referred to in paragraph (a). ( élément essentiel à la sécurité ) subsea production system means equipment and structures that are located on or below the seabed for the production of petroleum from, or for the injection of fluids into, a field under a production site and includes production risers, flowlines and associated control systems that are located upstream of the isolation valve. ( système de production sous-marin ) support craft means a vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other craft used to provide transportation or assistance to persons at an operations site. ( véhicule de service ) waste material means any garbage, refuse, sewage or waste fluids or any other useless material that is generated during the carrying out of any work or activity, including used or surplus drill cuttings and drilling fluid as well as produced water. ( déchets ) watertight means designed and constructed to withstand a static head of water without any leakage. ( étanche ) well control means the control of the movement of fluids into or from a well. ( maîtrise du puits ) well operation means an operation related to the drilling, completion, recompletion, re-entry, intervention, workover, suspension or abandonment of a well. ( travaux relatifs au puits ) workover means an operation on a completed well that requires removal of the tree or the tubing. ( reconditionnement ) zone means any stratum or any sequence of