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Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 2
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 treated to any other place, and includes all property of any kind used for the purpose of, or in connection with or incidental to, the operation of a pipeline in the gathering, transporting, handling and delivery of the oil, gas or substance and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes offshore installations or vessels, tanks, surface reservoirs, pumps, racks, storage and loading facilities, compressors, compressor stations, pressure measuring and controlling equipment and fixtures, flow controlling and measuring equipment and fixtures, metering equipment and fixtures, and heating, cooling and dehydrating equipment and fixtures, but does not include any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes that constitutes a distribution system for the distribution of gas to ultimate consumers; ( pipeline ) pool means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of oil or gas or both oil and gas and being separated or appearing to be separated from any other such accumulation; ( gisement ) prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council; ( Version anglaise seulement ) Provincial Minister means the Provincial Minister within the meaning of either of the Accord Acts; ( ministre provincial ) spill-treating agent , except in section 25.4, means a spill-treating agent that is on the list established under section 14.2; ( agent de traitement ) straddling resource means a pool or field that the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator determines under section 48.02 (a) is wholly or partly in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, other than in Inuvialuit lands as defined in Article 2.1 of the Agreement, and (b) straddles the offshore, as defined in section 48.01, and the onshore; ( ressource chevauchante ) well means any opening in the ground, not being a seismic shot hole, that is made, to be made or is in the process of being made, by drilling, boring or other method, (a) for the production of oil or gas, (b) for the purpose of searching for or obtaining oil or gas, (c) for the purpose of obtaining water to inject into an underground formation, (d) for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or other substance into an underground formation, or (e) for any purpose, if made through sedimentary rocks to a depth of at least one hundred and fifty metres. ( puits ) R.S., 1985, c. O-7, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 118; 1992, c. 35, s. 3; 1994, c. 41, s. 37; 2007, c. 35, s. 145; 2012, c. 19, s. 116, c. 31, s. 349; 2014, c. 2, s. 20, c. 13, s. 115; 2015, c. 4, s. 2, c. 21, s. 39 2019, c. 28, s. 142 2019, c. 28, s. 186 2019, c. 29, s. 374 2024, c. 20, s. 218
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
Chief Conservation Officer means the person designated as the Chief Conservation Officer under section 3.1; ( délégué à l’exploitation )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
Chief Safety Officer means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 3.1; ( délégué à la sécurité )
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Committee means the Oil and Gas Committee established by section 6; ( Comité )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
federal Ministers means the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Northern Affairs; ( ministres fédéraux )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas; ( gaz )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
navigable water has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act ; ( eaux navigables )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
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 )
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onshore has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Northwest Territories Act ; ( région intracôtière )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
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 treated to any other place, and includes all property of any kind used for the purpose of, or in connection with or incidental to, the operation of a pipeline in the gathering, transporting, handling and delivery of the oil, gas or substance and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes offshore installations or vessels, tanks, surface reservoirs, pumps, racks, storage and loading facilities, compressors, compressor stations, pressure measuring and controlling equipment and fixtures, flow controlling and measuring equipment and fixtures, metering equipment and fixtures, and heating, cooling and dehydrating equipment and fixtures, but does not include any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes that constitutes a distribution system for the distribution of gas to ultimate consumers; ( pipeline )
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pool means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of oil or gas or both oil and gas and being separated or appearing to be separated from any other such accumulation; ( gisement )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council; ( Version anglaise seulement )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
Provincial Minister means the Provincial Minister within the meaning of either of the Accord Acts; ( ministre provincial )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7
spill-treating agent , except in section 25.4, means a spill-treating agent that is on the list established under section 14.2; ( agent de traitement )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
straddling resource means a pool or field that the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator determines under section 48.02 (a) is wholly or partly in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, other than in Inuvialuit lands as defined in Article 2.1 of the Agreement, and (b) straddles the offshore, as defined in section 48.01, and the onshore; ( ressource chevauchante )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 (a)
well means any opening in the ground, not being a seismic shot hole, that is made, to be made or is in the process of being made, by drilling, boring or other method, (a) for the production of oil or gas, (b) for the purpose of searching for or obtaining oil or gas, (c) for the purpose of obtaining water to inject into an underground formation, (d) for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or other substance into an underground formation, or (e) for any purpose, if made through sedimentary rocks to a depth of at least one hundred and fifty metres. ( puits )
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 2.1
Purpose 2.1 The purpose of this Act is to promote, in respect of the exploration for and exploitation of oil and gas, (a) safety, particularly by encouraging persons exploring for and exploiting oil or gas to maintain a prudent regime for achieving safety; (b) the protection of the environment; (b.01) accountability in accordance with the “polluter pays” principle; (b.1) the safety of navigation in navigable waters; (c) the conservation of oil and gas resources; (d) joint production arrangements; and (e) economically efficient infrastructures. 1992, c. 35, s. 4; 2007, c. 35, s. 146; 2012, c. 19, s. 117; 2015, c. 4, s. 3
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 3
Application 3 This Act applies in respect of the exploration and drilling for and the production, conservation, processing and transportation of oil and gas in (a) that part of the onshore that is under the administration of a federal minister, (b) Nunavut, (c) Sable Island, (d) that part — of the internal waters of Canada or the territorial sea of Canada — that is not situated (i) in a province other than the Northwest Territories, or (ii) in that part of the onshore that is not under the administration of a federal minister, and (e) the continental shelf of Canada and the waters superjacent to the seabed of that continental shelf, other than of oil and gas in the adjoining area, as defined in section 2 of the Yukon Act . R.S., 1985, c. O-7, s. 3; 1993, c. 28, s. 78; 1996, c. 31, s. 93; 1998, c. 5, s. 11, c. 15, ss. 36(E), 49; 2014, c. 2, s. 21
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 3.1
Designation 3.1 The Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Energy Regulator may, for the purposes of this Act, designate an employee of the Canadian Energy Regulator to be the Chief Safety Officer and the same or another employee of that Regulator to be the Chief Conservation Officer. 1992, c. 35, s. 5; 1994, c. 10, s. 1 2019, c. 28, s. 125
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 3.2
Orders 3.2 For greater certainty, an order made by a safety officer, the Chief Safety Officer, a conservation officer, the Chief Conservation Officer, the Committee or the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator is not a statutory instrument as defined in the Statutory Instruments Act. 1992, c. 35, s. 5; 1994, c. 10, s. 1 2019, c. 28, s. 142
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 4
Prohibition 4 No person shall carry on any work or activity related to the exploration or drilling for or the production, conservation, processing or transportation of oil or gas in any area to which this Act applies unless (a) that person is the holder of an operating licence issued under paragraph 5(1)(a); (b) that person is the holder of an authorization issued, before the commencement of operations, under paragraph 5(1)(b) for each such work or activity; and (c) where it is required, that person is authorized or entitled to carry on business in the place where that person proposes to carry on the work or activity. R.S., 1985, c. O-7, s. 4; R.S., 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 119; 1992, c. 35, s. 6
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 4.01
Limitations on pipelines 4.01 (1) A holder of an authorization under paragraph 5(1)(b) to construct or operate a pipeline shall not, without the leave of the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator, (a) sell, transfer or lease to any person its pipeline, in whole or in part; (b) purchase or lease any pipeline from any person; (c) enter into an agreement for amalgamation with any person; or (d) abandon the operation of a pipeline. Definition of pipeline (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), pipeline includes a pipeline as defined in section 2 or any other pipeline. Terms and conditions — abandonment (2.1) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may, on granting leave to abandon the operation of a pipeline, impose any terms and conditions that it considers proper. Costs and expenses related to abandonment (2.2) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may order a holder of an authorization issued under paragraph 5(1)(b) or a holder of that authorization that has obtained the Commission’s leave to abandon the operation of its pipeline, or the holder’s successor or assign, to take any measure that the Commission considers necessary to ensure that the holder, or its successor or assign, has the ability to pay for the abandonment of its pipelines and any costs and expenses related to its abandoned pipelines. Exception (3) Despite paragraph (1)(a), leave shall only be required if the holder sells, transfers or leases any part of its pipeline that is capable of being operated for the transmission of oil, gas or any substance, including water, incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas. 2007, c. 35, s. 147; 2015, c. 21, s. 40 2019, c. 28, s. 142
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 4.1
Delegation 4.1 (1) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may delegate any of its powers under section 5, 5.02, 5.03, 5.11, 5.12, 26.1 or 27 to any person, and the person shall exercise those powers in accordance with the terms of the delegation. Navigable waters (2) The person to whom the power to issue an authorization under paragraph 5(1)(b) is delegated may exercise that power in relation to a section or part of a pipeline that passes in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water only after having consulted the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator. 1992, c. 35, s. 7; 1994, c. 10, s. 2; 2012, c. 19, s. 118; 2015, c. 4, s. 4 2019, c. 28, s. 142
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 4.2
Regulations respecting fees, etc. 4.2 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations (a) respecting the fees or charges, or the method of calculating the fees or charges, to be paid for the provision, by the Canadian Energy Regulator or the Minister, of a service or product under this Act; (b) respecting the fees or charges, or the method of calculating the fees or charges, in respect of any of the Canadian Energy Regulator’s or the Minister’s activities under or related to this Act or under any other Act of Parliament, that are to be paid by (i) a person who makes an application for an authorization under paragraph 5(1)(b) or an application under subsection 5.1(2), or (ii) the holder of an operating licence or authorization issued under section 5; and (c) respecting the refund of all or part of any fee or charge referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), or the method of calculating that refund. Amounts not to exceed cost (2) The amounts of the fees or charges referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall not exceed the cost of providing the services or products. Amounts not to exceed cost (3) The amounts of the fees or charges referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall not exceed the cost of performing the activities under or related to this Act or under any other Act of Parliament. 2015, c. 4, s. 5 2019, c. 28, s. 142
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 5
Licences and authorizations 5 (1) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may, on application made in the form and containing the information fixed by the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator, and made in the prescribed manner, issue (a) an operating licence; and (b) an authorization with respect to each work or activity proposed to be carried on. Term and renewals (2) An operating licence expires on the thirty-first day of March immediately after the day on which it is issued and may be renewed for successive periods not exceeding one year each. Requirements for operating licence (3) An operating licence is subject to any requirements that are determined by the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator or that are prescribed and to any deposits that are prescribed. Requirements for authorization (4) An authorization shall be subject to such approvals as the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator determines or as may be granted in accordance with the regulations and such requirements and deposits as the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator determines or as may be prescribed, including (a) requirements relating to liability for loss, damage, costs or expenses; (b) requirements for the carrying out of environmental programs or studies; and (c) requirements for the payment of expenses incurred by the Canadian Energy Regulator in approving the design, construction and operation of production facilities and production platforms as those terms are defined in the regulations. Suspension or revocation (5) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may suspend or revoke an operating licence or an authorization for failure to comply with, contravention of or default in respect of (a) a requirement, approval or deposit subject to which the licence or authorization was issued; (a.1) a fee or charge payable in accordance with regulations made under section 4.2; (b) a requirement undertaken in a declaration referred to in subsection 5.11(1) or (2); (c) subsection 5.11(3), 5.12(2), 26.1(4) or (5) or 27(1.1), (1.2) or (5); or (d) any applicable regulation. Variation (6) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator may vary the conditions of an operating licence or authorization under section 383 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act. R.S., 1985, c. O-7, s. 5; R.S., 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 120; 1992, c. 35, s. 8; 1994, c. 10, ss. 3, 15; 2015, c. 4, s. 6 2019, c. 28, s. 126 2019, c. 28, s. 142
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 5.001
Timing 5.001 (1) If an application for an authorization under subsection 5(1) is made with respect to a work or activity proposed to be carried on in whole or in part in any area in respect of which the Minister of Northern Affairs has administrative responsibility for natural resources, the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator shall, within 18 months after the day on which the applicant has, in the Commission’s opinion, provided a complete application, either issue the authorization to the applicant under that subsection or notify the applicant in writing of its decision not to issue the authorization. Extensions (2) The Minister may, by order, extend the period referred to in subsection (1) by a maximum of three months. The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order, further extend that period by any additional period or periods of time. Impact assessment (3) If the application for an authorization is in respect of a designated project , as defined in section 2 of the Impact Assessment Act , for which an impact assessment is required under that Act, the Minister of the Environment must issue the decision statement referred to in section 65 of that Act in respect of the designated project. Excluded period (4) If the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator requires the applicant to provide information or undertake a study with respect to the work or activity, the period that is taken by the applicant, in the Commission’s opinion, to comply with the requirement is not included in the calculation of the period referred to in subsection (1) or, if the period is extended under subsection (2), within that extended period. Public notice of excluded period (5) The Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator shall, without delay, make public the dates on which the period referred to in subsection (4) begins and ends. 2015, c. 4, s. 7 2019, c. 28, s. 127 2019, c. 28, s. 142 2019, c. 29, s. 374
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — O-7 5.002
Participant funding program 5.002 The Canadian Energy Regulator may establish a participant funding program to facilitate the participation of the public in the impact assessment , as defined in section 2 of the Impact Assessment Act , of any designated project , as defined in that section, if (a) the Canadian Energy Regulator has responsibilities for the project under that Act; (b) the project includes physical activities that are designated by regulations made under paragraph 112(1)(e) of that Act or that are part of a class of activities designated by those regulations; and (c) the project is the subject of an application for an authorization under subsection 5(1) of this Act. 2015, c. 4, s. 7 2019, c. 28, s. 128