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Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 40
40 Onshore installations shall be designed in accordance with the National Building Code of Canada and the National Fire Code , issued by the National Research Council of Canada.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 41
41 (1) Analyses undertaken in respect of an offshore installation for the purposes of subsection 37(2) shall cover all relevant structural elements of the offshore installation, shall be based on good engineering practice and shall include a (a) structural analysis; (b) fatigue analysis; (c) structural element stability analysis; (d) overall installation stability analysis; (e) for a mobile offshore platform, intact and damage stability analysis; and (f) hydrodynamic analysis. (2) Analyses undertaken in respect of an offshore platform for the purposes of subsection 37(2) shall be carried out in accordance with (a) section 4.6.7 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S471-92, General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment, and Loads ; (b) for a steel platform, section 8 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S473-92, Steel Structures, Offshore Structures ; and (c) for a concrete platform, sections 8 and 9 of Canadian Standards Association Preliminary Standard S474-M1989, Concrete Structures . (3) A fatigue analysis undertaken in respect of an offshore platform for the purpose of subsection 37(2) shall be carried out in accordance with (a) for a steel platform, section 14 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S473-92, Steel Structures, Offshore Structures ; and (b) for a concrete platform, section 8.5 of Canadian Standards Association Preliminary Standard S474-M1989, Concrete Structures . (4) The foundation of major machinery and equipment on an offshore installation shall be analysed to determine if the resulting deflection, stresses and vibration are within the limits of the structural design criteria for the equipment.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 42
42 The design of an offshore installation shall not involve the use of any design method, material, joining technique, or construction technique that has not previously been used in comparable situations, unless (a) there have been engineering studies or prototype or model tests that demonstrate the adequacy of the method, material or technique; and (b) the operator implements a performance monitoring and inspection program that is designed to permit the determination of the correctness of the method, material or technique.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 43
43 Where the removal of a fixed offshore production installation is a condition of a development plan approval, the operator shall incorporate in the design of the installation such measures as are necessary to facilitate its removal from the site without causing a significant effect on navigation or the marine environment.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 45
45 (1) For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, the determination of environmental criteria and loads on an offshore installation shall be made in accordance with sections 5 and 6.5 to 6.13 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S471-92, General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment, and Loads . (2) For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, permanent loads, operational loads and accidental loads shall be determined in accordance with sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4, respectively, of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S471-92, General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment, and Loads . (3) For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, for offshore installations, load combinations shall be determined in accordance with section 6.14 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S471-92, General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment, and Loads .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 46
46 (1) Offshore site investigations shall be carried out, for the purpose of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, in accordance with section 4 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures . (2) Where permafrost is present at a production site, the geotechnical investigation for the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41 shall include sampling of the permafrost. (3) The analysis of all fill sources for an offshore installation shall meet the requirements of section 7.3.2 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures , and shall include sampled boreholes and laboratory testing of the recovered samples.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 47
47 For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, the geotechnical parameters used for stability, deformational and thermal analyses shall be selected in accordance with section 5.2.5 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 48
48 For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, the analysis for determining the deformation of foundations offshore shall be made in accordance with sections 5.2.4, 6.1.3, 7.1.3, 8.1.3 and 9.2.4 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 49
49 (1) For the purposes of undertaking the analyses referred to in section 41, the analysis of the erosion offshore shall be made in accordance with sections 6.2.3, 7.2.2 and 9.3.5 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures . (2) Where there is a potential for erosion around an offshore platform to a degree that would affect the stability of the platform, the platform shall be (a) provided with means of erosion protection that eliminate or prevent that degree of erosion; or (b) designed assuming all materials that are not resistant to erosion, determined from physical or numerical modelling, are removed. (3) The operator of an offshore platform or drilling unit that is placed so close to an existing offshore platform as to cause erosion that affects the stability of the existing platform shall take measures to prevent that erosion.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 50
50 (1) Notwithstanding compliance with the standards referred to in this Part, all materials used in an offshore installation shall be suitable for the service in which, and for the conditions under which, they are used. (2) No materials other than non-combustible materials shall be used in an offshore installation except where a special property is required that cannot be obtained by using a non-combustible material. (3) Subject to subsection (4), materials, such as organic foam insulation, that may give off toxic fumes or smoke when ignited shall not be used in an offshore installation. (4) Combustible foam insulation may be used for cold storage or refrigerated spaces on an offshore installation if (a) the foam is of a fire retardant type; (b) the foam is totally enclosed in stainless steel or another corrosion-resistant material that has all joints sealed; and (c) the insulation and its casing does not form any part of the accommodation deck or bulkhead. (5) All structural concrete used in an offshore installation shall be in accordance with sections 4, 5 and 6 of Canadian Standards Association Preliminary Standard S474-M1989, Concrete Structures . (6) All structural steel used in an offshore installation shall be in accordance with sections 5, 6 and 17 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S473-92, Steel Structures, Offshore Structures .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 51
51 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the air gap for an offshore installation, except for a surface platform, shall be determined in accordance with section 4.8 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S471-92, General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment, and Loads . (2) The air gap for a column-stabilized mobile offshore platform may be calculated assuming the platform is at survival draft and at its lowest position relative to sea level, as determined from its motion characteristics. (3) Every surface mobile offshore platform shall have sufficient freeboard, taking into consideration the environmental criteria and loads at the drill or production site determined under section 45. (4) Every fixed offshore production platform shall have sufficient freeboard to prevent ice rubble or waves from flowing over the side of the platform unless it is designed to withstand the loads due to water and ice without major damage, under the most severe conditions as determined pursuant to section 45.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 52
52 Each leg on every self-elevating mobile offshore platform shall have a load measuring system that will permit (a) registration of the load on the leg at any time during jacking operations; and (b) measurement of the load on the leg periodically.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 53
53 Every gravity-base, fill, fill-retention and self-elevating platform shall be designed in accordance with sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectively, of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures , and section 5.2.2 of Canadian Standards Association Special Publication S472.1-1992, Commentary to CSA Standard CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 54
54 Pile foundations of every fixed offshore platform and, where applicable, subsea production system shall be designed in accordance with section 9 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures , and section 5.2.2 of Canadian Standards Association Special Publication S472.1-1992, Commentary to CSA Standard CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 55
 there is (a) loss of foundation support for one leg for a distance of at least 4 m; and (b) offset support of 1.5 m from the centre of the spudcan tip. (10) The legs, spudcans and mats of every self-elevating mobile offshore platform shall be designed for any impact load that might occur on setdown, in accordance with Part 3, Chapter 2, Section 3 E-400 of Det norske Veritas Rules for Classification of Mobile Offshore Units , using the maximum environmental and functional loading conditions for setdown operations, as specified in the operations manual. (11) The legs of every self-elevating mobile offshore platform shall be preloaded to at least l.l times the reaction expected at the footing or mat at the extreme loading condition.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 56
56 The motion response characteristics of every floating platform shall be determined by analytical methods or by model tests for the six degrees of freedom for all relevant operational, transit and survival drafts.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 57
 and self-elevating mobile offshore platform shall be designed so that, in the intact condition, it has a metacentric height of at least 0.5 m. (13) Every mobile offshore platform shall be designed so that, in the damaged condition or where any compartment is flooded, the final angle of heel does not exceed 15 degrees in any direction and the area under the righting moment curve is at least equal to the area under the heeling moment curve.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 58
artment except for those spaces permanently designated for the storage of fresh water, water ballast, fuel oil or liquid cargo and for which other effective means of pumping are provided. (13) No floating platform shall be considered to comply with this section until the ballast and bilge system has been assessed through a failure modes and effects analysis.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 59
d, (ii) be readily and quickly closable at any time, or (iii) be assumed to be open in the damage stability calculations made pursuant to section 57; (c) in the case of an external opening that cannot be quickly closed, (i) be assumed to be open in damage stability calculations made pursuant to section 57, or (ii) be permanently closed when the platform is afloat; (d) in the case of a door or hatch that may be used during operation of the platform, be equipped with closing appliances that are operable locally from both sides of the bulkhead or deck; (e) in the case of a door or hatch that may become intermittently submerged when the platform is in a damaged condition, (i) be equipped with an indication system to show in the ballast control station the status of the closing appliances, (ii) be self-closing on being submerged, or readily and quickly closable, and (iii) bear a notice to the effect that the door or hatch is not to be left open during operation of the platform; (f) in the case of a ventilator or ventilation intake or outlet that may be used during operation of the platform, (i) be equipped with a self-activating anti-flooding device, or (ii) if it is an intake or outlet not subject to intermittent submergence when the platform is in a damaged condition, be fitted with a manually operated means of closure that is readily accessible; (g) in the case of a closing appliance that is not to be opened during operation of the platform, bear a notice to that effect; (h) in the case of air pipes to a ballast tank, be equipped with an anti-flooding device; and (i) in the case of a chain locker opening on a column-stabilized platform, except where the chain locker is kept full of water or is designed to be free-flooding, be fitted with a device that will prevent significant ingress of water in the event of submergence and with a suitable means for pumping out, both of which are remotely operable from a ballast control station. (13) All of the closing appliances required by subsection (12) shall be able to withstand without failure any wave impact load to which they may be subjected. (14) Every compartment on a floating platform required to remain watertight to comply with the intact and damage stability criteria described in section 57 shall incorporate a device suitably positioned to detect flooding and, where flooding occurs, trigger an alarm in a ballast control station.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 60
 be able to withstand, without significant damage, the abrasion forces imposed by such loads. (10) The load factors between the estimated anchor holding power in the mooring system of a floating platform and maximum mooring line tension at the anchor shall be at least (a) in the operating condition with all lines intact, 2.1; (b) in the operating condition with one line failed, 1.4; (c) in the survival condition with all lines intact, 1.4; (d) in the survival condition with one line failed, if the platform will not threaten another platform used for the exploration or exploitation of subsea resources, 1.0; and (e) in the survival condition with one line failed, if the platform may threaten another platform used for the exploration or exploitation of subsea resources, 1.4. (11) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(d) and (e), subsection (7) and paragraphs (10)(d) and (e), one platform shall be considered to threaten another platform if the platform may drift or be pushed, by environmental conditions, into the other platform when all lines fail, taking into account any action likely to be taken to bring the platform under control. (12) All anchor winches and their stoppers, brakes, fairleads and sheaves, their attachments to the hull, and associated load- bearing structural elements for a floating platform shall be designed to withstand, without risk of permanent deformation or failure or of loss of ability to operate, the application of the breaking load of the associated anchor line with the anchor line in the most unfavourable direction. (13) The catenary mooring system on every floating platform shall be inspected in accordance with the requirements of American Petroleum Institute RP 21, Recommended Practice for In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Drilling Units .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 61
61 (1) The dynamic positioning system used to hold a floating platform in position at the production site or drill site shall be designed, constructed and operated so that the failure of any main component with an annual failure rate of greater than 0.1, as determined from a detailed reliability analysis, cannot result in major damage to the platform, as determined from a failure modes and effects analysis of the main components, unless (a) operational procedures for the dynamic positioning system avoid or take into account the effect of the failure of the single component; or (b) every such component is routinely replaced so that the failure rate, as determined from the detailed reliability analysis, is no greater than 0.1 for the period between replacements. (2) Every floating platform with a dynamic positioning system shall be equipped with an alert and response display system that demonstrates (a) the position of the platform relative to the production site or drill site; and (b) the percentage of the available power that is necessary to maintain the platform in a position relative to the site and that will permit the installation to continue to operate.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 62
r excursion limits specified in the operations manual are exceeded; or (b) when ice conditions pose a threat of major damage to the production platform. (15) Every riser on a subsea production system shall be equipped so that after it has been disconnected and reconnected it can be pressure tested in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the operations manual. (16) Every component of the riser in a subsea production system that is used to convey the pool fluids to the surface, inject fluids or chemicals into the pool, or transport processed or treated fluids to or from the production installation shall be designed and equipped so that when the fluids pose a threat to the environment, the component can be displaced with water or securely isolated before the riser is disconnected. (17) The templates and manifolds in a subsea production system shall be designed and operated in accordance with section 5 of American Petroleum Institute RP 17A, Recommended Practice for Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems . (18) The control systems, including control lines and pressurized control fluids, of every subsea production system shall be designed and operated in accordance with section 4 of American Petroleum Institute RP 17A, Recommended Practice for Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems . (19) Every subsea production system intended for manned intervention in an atmospheric chamber shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of Part B, Section 11, of Det norske Veritas Guideline No. 1-85, Safety and Reliability of Subsea Production Systems .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 63
63 (1) Every offshore platform shall be fabricated and constructed in accordance with (a) for a steel platform, sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S473-92, Steel Structures, Offshore Structures ; (b) for a concrete platform, section 11 of Canadian Standards Association Preliminary Standard S474-M1989, Concrete Structures ; (c) for a gravity-base, fill, fill-retention or piled platform, sections 6.3, 7.3, 8.3 or 9.4, respectively, of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures ; and (d) in respect of the foundation, section 5.4 of Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-S472-92, Foundations, Offshore Structures . (2) Every vessel or barge used for the construction, transportation, up-ending or positioning of an offshore installation or a component of an offshore installation shall (a) be classified by a classification society or have documentation to prove that a similar verification process has taken place; (b) if manned, be equipped with lifesaving appliances in accordance with the Life Saving Equipment Regulations , as if it were in waters to which those Regulations apply; and (c) be certified by the owner as being capable of performing the assigned task or tasks safely and as being otherwise fit for the services it is expected to provide. (3) All slings, wire cables, shackles and any other component used for lifting and for securing loads during the construction, transportation, up-ending or positioning of an offshore installation or a component of an offshore installation shall have a minimum load factor of 3. (4) Where loads developed during movement of an offshore platform from the construction site to the production site or drill site or during installation operations are in excess of those that will be encountered after installation, the platform shall be provided with load- and strain-measuring devices during the movement or installation of the platform.
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 64
ements for all the life-saving appliances on the installation; (l) the maximum helicopter weight and wheel centres, and maximum size of the helicopter for which the helicopter deck on the installation has been designed, including the extent of the obstacle-free approach zone for the helicopter; (m) special arrangements or facilities for the inspection and maintenance of the installation, any equipment or plant, and any crude oil storage facilities on or in the installation; (n) special precautions or instructions to be followed when repairs or alterations to the installation are to be carried out; (o) any special operational or emergency requirements covering essential features of the installation, including the shutdown systems; (p) a description of any equipment for elevating and lowering the installation and of any special types of joints, including details of their purpose, proper operation and maintenance; (q) for a fixed offshore platform, details of the air gap or freeboard; (r) for a mobile offshore platform, the means of ensuring that the air gap requirements determined in accordance with subsection 51(1) are met; (s) the environmental loads the anchors can sustain to keep the installation moored in place, including the estimated holding power of the anchors in relation to the soil at the drill site or production site; (t) for a floating platform, (i) procedures for dealing with the excursion of the platform because of the failure of any anchor line, as determined by analysis, (ii) where there is a thruster-assisted mooring system, procedures to control operations when thruster power is lost, and (iii) where there is a dynamic positioning system, a description of the capability of that system in all operational and survival conditions within stated tolerances, when any single source of thrust has failed and full power is being supplied for all foreseeable operations and emergency services; (u) details of the number of persons to be accommodated during normal operations; (v) brief particulars of all the equipment on the installation, including flow sheets and instructions for the installation, operation and maintenance of the equipment; (w) the procedure for preparing, and the description and format for, periodic reports concerning the integrity of the installation; and (x) a procedure for notifying the Chief of any situation or event described in section 68. (2) The part of the operations manual relating to the subsea production system shall comply with the requirements of sections 7.4 and 7.5 of American Petroleum Institute RP 17A, Recommended Practice for Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems . SOR/2009-315, s. 100
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 65
65 Every mobile offshore platform shall be certified in accordance with the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 .
Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations — 66
66 Every operator of an offshore installation shall at all times operate the installation in accordance with limitations imposed by the certificate of fitness and by these Regulations and in accordance with the operations manual.