Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 2
 or to a pilot of a manned submersible; ( système de plongée ) drilling base means the stable foundation on which a drilling rig is installed, and includes the ground surface, an artificial island, an ice platform, a platform fixed to the ground or seafloor and any other foundation specially constructed for drilling operations; ( base de forage ) drilling installation means a drilling unit or a drilling rig and its associated drilling base, and includes any associated dependent diving system; ( installation de forage ) Drilling Program Authorization means an authorization to conduct a drilling program that is issued to a person pursuant to paragraph 5(l)(b) of the Act; ( autorisation de programme de forage ) drilling rig means the plant used to make a well by boring or other means, and includes a derrick, draw-works, rotary table, mud pump, blowout preventer, accumulator, choke manifold, dependent personnel accommodation and other associated equipment, including power, control and monitoring systems; ( appareil de forage ) drilling unit means a drillship, submersible, semi-submersible, barge, jack-up or other vessel that is used in a drilling program and is fitted with a drilling rig, and includes other facilities related to drilling and marine activities that are installed on a vessel or platform; ( unité de forage ) drill site means a location where a drilling rig is or is proposed to be installed; ( emplacement de forage ) environmental load means a load imposed by waves, currents, tides, wind, ice, sea ice, snow, an earthquake or any other naturally occurring phenomenon, or by any combination of those phenomena; ( charge environnementale ) floating platform means a column-stabilized mobile offshore platform or a surface mobile offshore platform; ( plate-forme flottante ) flowline means a pipeline that is used to transport fluids from a well to a production facility or vice versa, and includes intrafield export and all gathering lines; ( conduite d’écoulement ) gastight door means a solid, close-fitting door designed to resist the passage of gas under normal operating conditions; ( porte étanche aux gaz ) hazardous area means an area classified as hazardous in the Recommended Practice referred to in subsection (2); ( zone dangereuse ) installation means a diving installation, a drilling installation, a production installation or an accommodation installation; ( installation ) intact condition means, with respect to a floating platform, that the platform is not in a damaged condition; ( condition intacte ) machinery space means a space on an installation where equipment incorporating rotating or reciprocating mechanical equipment in the form of an internal combustion engine, a gas turbine, an electric motor, a generator, a pump or a compressor is located; ( zone des machines ) major damage means damage that results in uncontrolled pollution or loss of or serious threat to life; ( dommage majeur ) manned offshore installation means an offshore installation on which persons are normally present; ( installation habitée au large des côtes ) marine activities means activities related to position keeping and collision avoidance of mobile offshore platforms including mooring, dynamic positioning and ballasting; ( activité maritime ) mobile offshore platform means an offshore platform that is designed to operate in a floating or buoyant mode or that can be moved from place to place without major dismantling or modification, whether or not it has its own motive power; ( plate-forme mobile au large des côtes ) new installation means an installation that is constructed after the coming into force of these Regulations; ( nouvelle installation ) non-combustible material means material that does not burn or give off flammable vapours in sufficient quantity for self- ignition when heated to 750°C; ( matériau incombustible ) offshore drill site means a drill site within a water-covered area that is not an island, an artificial island or an