Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) — 2
 an underground geological deposit. ( équipment de conservation de gaz d’hydrocarbures ) legal subdivision means a unit of land consisting of one quarter of a quarter-section and having an area of approximately 16 ha or 400 m by 400 m that is described in the Dominion Lands Survey system. ( subdivision officielle ) natural gas gathering and boosting station means equipment that is located within a facility and that is used for the transportation of natural gas to a processing plant or natural gas transmission pipeline. ( station de collecte et de surpression de gaz naturel ) natural gas processing plant means a plant used for the separation of (a) natural gas liquids (NGLs) or non-methane gases from produced natural gas; or (b) NGLs into two or more mixtures, each of which consists of only those NGLs. ( usine de traitement de gaz naturel ) natural gas transmission compressor station means equipment that is located within a facility and that is used for the transportation of natural gas through a natural gas transmission pipeline. ( station de compression de gaz naturel ) operator means a person who has the charge, management or control of an upstream oil and gas facility. ( exploitant ) pneumatic controller means a device that uses pressurized gas to generate mechanical energy for the purpose of controlling or maintaining the conditions under which a process is carried out. ( régulateur pneumatique ) pneumatic pump means a device that uses pressurized gas to generate mechanical energy for the purpose of pumping liquid. ( pompe pneumatique ) ppmv means parts per million by volume. ( ppmv ) primary processing means any processing of hydrocarbons that is for the principal purpose of removing any of, or any combination of, the following: (a) water; (b) hydrocarbon liquids; (c) sulphur compounds; and (d) contaminants. ( traitement primaire ) produce , in relation to hydrocarbon gas or liquid, means to extract hydrocarbon gas or liquid from an underground geological deposit or reservoir. ( produire ) receive , in relation to hydrocarbon gas, means to receive at an upstream oil and gas facility, other than from a natural source, hydrocarbon gas that is raw or has undergone primary processing without having been subject to additional processing. ( recevoir ) standard conditions means a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa. ( conditions normalisées ) standard m 3 means a cubic metre of fluid at standard conditions. ( m 3 normalisé ) upstream oil and gas facility means the buildings, other structures and stationary equipment — that are located on a single site, on contiguous or adjacent sites or on sites that form a network in which a central processing site is connected by gathering pipelines with one or more well sites — for the purpose of (a) the extraction of hydrocarbons from an underground geological deposit or reservoir; (b) the primary processing of those hydrocarbons; or (c) the transportation of hydrocarbons — including their storage for transportation purposes — other than for local distribution. It includes a gathering pipeline, transmission pipeline, natural gas gathering and boosting station, natural gas transmission compressor station and natural gas processing plant. ( installation de pétrole et de gaz en amont ) venting , in relation to emissions of hydrocarbon gas, means the emission of hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility in a controlled manner, other than the emission of gas arising from combustion, due to (a) the design of equipment or operational procedures at the facility; or (b) the occurrence of an event that pressurizes the gas beyond the capacity of the equipment at the facility to retain the gas. ( évacuation ) well includes a well drilled to allow for the injection of fluids or fluids mixed with solids. ( puits ) Interpretation of documents incorporated by reference (2) For the purpose of interpreting any document that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations, “should