Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations — 1
1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. abandoned , in relation to a well, means a well or part of a well that has been permanently plugged. ( abandonné ) Act means the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act . ( Loi ) artificial island means a humanly constructed island to provide a site for the exploration and drilling, or the production, storage, transportation, distribution, measurement, processing or handling, of oil or gas. ( île artificielle ) authorization means an authorization issued by the Board under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act. ( autorisation ) barrier means any fluid, plug or seal that prevents gas or oil or any other fluid from flowing unintentionally from a well or from a formation into another formation. ( barrière ) Board means the National Energy Board established by section 3 of the National Energy Board Act . ( Office ) casing liner means a casing that is suspended from a string of casing previously installed in a well and does not extend to the wellhead. ( tubage partiel ) commingled production means production of oil and gas from more than one pool or zone through a common well-bore or flow line without separate measurement of the production from each pool or zone. ( production mélangée ) completed , in relation to a well, means a well that is prepared for production or injection operations. ( complété ) completion interval means a section within a well that is prepared to permit the (a) production of fluids from the well; (b) observation of the performance of a reservoir; or (c) injection of fluids into the well. ( intervalle de complétion ) conductor casing means the casing that is installed in a well to facilitate drilling of the hole for the surface casing. ( tubage initial ) development plan means the development plan that is approved by the Board in accordance with section 5.1 of the Act. ( plan de mise en valeur ) drilling program means the program for the drilling of one or more wells within a specified area and time using one or more drilling installations and includes any work or activity related to the program. ( programme de forage ) environmental protection plan means the environmental protection plan submitted to the Board under section 6. ( plan de protection de l’environnement ) flow allocation procedure means the procedure to (a) allocate total measured quantities of oil, gas and water produced from or injected into a pool or zone back to individual wells in a pool or zone where individual well production or injection is not measured separately; and (b) allocate production to fields that are using a common storage or processing facility. ( méthode de répartition du débit ) flow calculation procedure means the procedure to be used to convert raw meter output to a measured quantity of oil, gas or water. ( méthode de calcul du débit ) flow system means the flow meters, auxiliary equipment attached to the flow meters, fluid sampling devices, production test equipment, the master meter and meter prover used to measure and record the rate and volumes at which fluids are (a) produced from or injected into a pool; (b) used as a fuel; (c) used for artificial lift; or (d) flared or transferred from a production installation. ( système d’écoulement ) fluid means gas, liquid or a combination of the two. ( fluide ) formation flow test means an operation (a) to induce the flow of formation fluids to the surface of a well to procure reservoir fluid samples and determine reservoir flow characteristics; or (b) to inject fluids into a formation to evaluate injectivity. ( essai d’écoulement de formation ) incident means (a) any event that causes (i) a lost or restricted workday injury, (ii) death, (iii) fire or explosion, (iv) a loss of containment of any fluid from a well, (v) an imminent threat to the safety of a person, installation or support craft, or (vi) pollution; (b) any event that results in a missing person; or (c) any event that causes (i) the impairment of any structure, facilit