Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, abandoned pipeline means a pipeline the operation of which has been abandoned with the leave of the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator as required by paragraph 4.01(1)(d) and that remains in place; ( pipeline abandonné ) Accord Acts means (a) the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act , and (b) the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act ; ( lois de mise en oeuvre ) Agreement means the Agreement for Coordination and Cooperation in the Management and Administration of Petroleum Resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region that was made on June 25, 2013, as amended from time to time; ( accord ) Chief Conservation Officer means the person designated as the Chief Conservation Officer under section 3.1; ( délégué à l’exploitation ) Chief Safety Officer means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 3.1; ( délégué à la sécurité ) Committee means the Oil and Gas Committee established by section 6; ( Comité ) federal Ministers means the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Northern Affairs; ( ministres fédéraux ) field (a) means a general surface area underlain or appearing to be underlain by one or more pools, and (b) includes the subsurface regions vertically beneath the general surface area referred to in paragraph (a); ( champ ) former regulations means the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations made pursuant to the Public Lands Grants Act and the Territorial Lands Act and includes orders made pursuant to those Regulations; ( anciens règlements ) gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas; ( gaz ) Inuvialuit Settlement Region has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Agreement — as defined in section 2 of the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act — excluding any area in Yukon or in the adjoining area as defined in section 2 of the Yukon Act ; ( région désignée des Inuvialuits ) lease means an oil and gas lease issued pursuant to regulations made in accordance with the Territorial Lands Act and the Public Lands Grants Act and includes a production licence issued under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act ; ( concession ) Minister means (a) in relation to any area in respect of which the Minister of Northern Affairs has administrative responsibility for the natural resources therein, the Minister of Northern Affairs, and (b) in relation to any area in respect of which the Minister of Natural Resources has administrative responsibility for the natural resources therein, the Minister of Natural Resources; ( ministre ) navigable water has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act ; ( eaux navigables ) oil means (a) crude petroleum regardless of gravity produced at a well-head in liquid form, and (b) any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, including hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from surface or subsurface deposits, including deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale and other types of deposits; ( pétrole ) onshore has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Northwest Territories Act ; ( région intracôtière ) permit means an exploratory oil and gas permit issued pursuant to regulations made in accordance with the Territorial Lands Act and the Public Lands Grants Act and includes an exploration agreement entered into under the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations and any exploration agreement or licence that is subject to the Canada Petroleum Resources Act ; ( permis ) pipeline means any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes by which oil, gas or any substance, including water, incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas is conveyed from any well-head or other place at which it is produced to any other place, or from any place where it is stored, processed or