Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) — 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. authorized official means (a) in respect of an operator who is an individual, that individual or another individual who is authorized to act on their behalf; (b) in respect of an operator that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf; and (c) in respect of an operator that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. ( agent autorisé ) combustion device means a device in which gaseous fuel is combusted to produce useful heat or energy. ( appareil à combustion ) completion means the process of making a well ready for production, including such a process that involves hydraulic fracturing. ( complétion ) deliver means to transport hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility for a purpose other than to dispose of the gas as waste. ( livrer ) design bleed rate means the rate, expressed in standard m 3 /h, at which gas is expected, according to the manufacturer of a pneumatic controller, to be continuously emitted from the pneumatic controller while it operates at a given operational setting specified by the manufacturer. ( taux de purge nominal ) destroy means to convert hydrocarbons contained in hydrocarbon gas to carbon dioxide and other molecules for a purpose other than to produce useful heat or energy, and includes the flaring of hydrocarbon gas. ( détruire ) Dominion Lands Survey system means the system for the survey of public lands referred to in sections 54 to 70 of the Dominion Lands Act , chapter 55 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906 that is used in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta under the name the Dominion Lands Survey system. ( système d’arpentage des terres fédérales ) EPA Method 21 means the method of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States entitled Method 21 — Determination of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks , set out in Appendix A-7 to Part 60 of Title 40, chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. ( méthode 21 de l’EPA ) equipment component means a component of equipment at an upstream oil and gas facility that comes into contact with hydrocarbons and that has the potential to emit fugitive emissions of hydrocarbon gas. ( composant d’équipement ) flowback means the process of recovering fluids, or fluids mixed with solids, that were injected into a well during hydraulic fracturing in order (a) to prepare for further hydraulic fracturing; (b) to prepare for cleanup of the well; or (c) to initiate or resume production from the well. ( reflux ) fugitive , in relation to emissions of hydrocarbon gas, means the emission of hydrocarbon gas from an upstream oil and gas facility in an unintentional manner. ( fugitive ) gas-to-oil ratio means the ratio of the volume of hydrocarbon gas produced, expressed in standard m 3 , to the volume of hydrocarbon liquid produced, expressed in standard m 3 . ( rapport gaz-pétrole ) hydraulic fracturing means the process of injecting fluids, or fluids mixed with solids, under pressure into a well in order to create fractures in an underground geological reservoir through which hydrocarbons and other fluids can migrate toward the well and includes hydraulic refracturing, namely, hydraulic fracturing at a well that has previously undergone hydraulic fracturing. ( fracturation hydraulique ) hydrocarbon means methane, which has the molecular formula CH 4 , or a volatile organic compound referred to in item 60 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 . ( hydrocarbure ) hydrocarbon gas conservation equipment means equipment used to recover hydrocarbon gas for use as fuel, for delivery or for injection for a purpose other than to dispose of the gas as waste into 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 app