Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 1
service and abandonment or removal of all installations, including their systems and equipment; and (d) the retirement from service and abandonment or removal of all pipelines and materials. ( désaffectation et abandon ) delineation well has the same meaning as in subsection 122(1) of the Act. ( puits de délimitation ) development well has the same meaning as in subsection 122(1) of the Act. ( puits d’exploitation ) diving installation means an installation or vessel on which a diving system is installed. ( installation de plongée ) diving project means any work or activity that is related to the exploration or drilling for, or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of, petroleum and that involves diving. ( projet de plongée ) diving system means the equipment that is required to execute a dive, including that required for compression, decompression, rescue and recovery. ( système de plongée ) drilling installation means a drilling unit or a drilling rig, and the stable foundation on which it is installed — including an artificial island, an ice platform, a floating platform, a platform fixed to the seabed and any other foundation specifically used for drilling — and any associated accommodations area. ( installation de forage ) drilling program means a program for the drilling of one or more wells within a specified time and within specified areas through the use of one or more drilling installations and includes any work or activity related to the program. ( programme de forage ) drilling rig means the equipment used to conduct well operations and associated systems, including power systems, control systems and monitoring systems. ( appareil de forage ) drilling riser means the connection between a subsea blowout preventer and a mobile offshore platform. ( tube prolongateur de forage ) drilling unit means a fixed or mobile offshore platform, or a vessel used in any well operation, that is fitted with a drilling rig, including all systems and equipment installed on the platform or vessel that are related to well operations and marine activities. ( 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 meteorological or oceanographic conditions, such as winds, waves, tides, currents or snow, ice conditions, regional ice features, such as sea ice or icebergs, a seismic event or any other naturally occurring phenomenon. ( charge environnementale ) environmental program means a program pertaining to an environmental study as defined in subsection 122(1) of the Act. ( programme environnemental ) exploratory well has the same meaning as in subsection 122(1) of the Act. ( puits d’exploration ) floating platform means a column-stabilized mobile offshore platform, a surface mobile offshore platform or a fixed floating offshore platform, including a tension leg platform or a spar platform. ( plate-forme flottante ) flow allocation procedure means the procedure (a) to allocate total measured quantities of petroleum 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) to allocate production among fields whose petroleum is combined for the purpose of storage or processing. ( méthode de répartition du débit ) flow calculation procedure means the procedure to convert raw meter output to a measured quantity of petroleum or water. ( méthode de calcul du débit ) flowline means any line, other than a pipeline, that is used to transport fluids between a well and equipment used for the production of petroleum that is located at a production site or to transport fluids between a well and any systems or equipment that are used in support of that production and between those systems or equipment and the production equipment. ( conduite d’écoulement ) flow system means the flow meters, auxil