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Consolidated Statutes and Regulations Enabling Statute: Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling Regulations (SOR/93-23) Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Full Document for Printing [289K] Regulation current to September 15, 2006 Search: Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling Regulations Go to Advanced Search Table of contents (Details)   NEWFOUNDLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM DRILLING REGULATIONS   SHORT TITLE   INTERPRETATION   APPLICATION   SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION   PART I: GENERAL   Application for Authorization   Conditions of Drilling Program Authorization   Defective or Experimental Equipment   Support Craft   Standby Vessel   Pressure Vessels   Hazards   Requirements for Drilling Installations   Standards For Drilling Equipment   Meteorological Forecasts   Safety and Escape Arrangements   Medical and Rescue Facilities   Electrical Equipment   Lighting   Cranes   Blowout Preventer System Requirements   Casing   Cementation of Casing   Marine Riser   Drilling Fluid System   Air, Gas and Foam Drilling   Testing Equipment   Operating Manuals   Contingency Plans   Misuse of Safety and Fire-fighting Equipment   PART II: APPROVAL TO DRILL OR APPROVAL TO RE-ENTER A WELL OR TO DRILL A TEST HOLE   Notification   Prohibition   Application   Approval Conditions   Suspension or Revocation of Approval   Location of Well   Evidence of Financial Responsibility   PART III: OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS   Drilling of a Well   Surveys   Safety Zone   Availability of Regulations   Display of Authorizations, Approvals and Critical Procedures   Drilling Equipment Tests   Well Control Equipment   Safety Valves   Choke Manifold   Flow Lines from Wells   Flare Line   Pressure Tests of Casing and Blowout Preventers   Coal and Mineral Deposits   Cementation   Waiting on Cement Time   Maximum Pressure during Well Stimulation   Formation Leak-Off Test   Monitoring of Drilling   Volume of Drilling Fluid   Pressure Transition Zone   Directional and Deviation Surveys   Plugging Part of a Well   Suspension of Drilling Operations   Inspections and Tests of Equipment   Inspection of Hoisting Equipment   Electrical Equipment   Crane Operations   Quantities of Consumables   Bulk Handling of Fuel and Consumables   Waste Material   Radio and Support Craft Procedures   Moving Drilling Units   Anchors   Stability   PART IV: SAFETY AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL   General   General Safety   Training of Personnel   Safety Drills   Protection Against Poisonous Gas   Safety Instructions   Rest Period   Protective Clothing   Safety Belts   Life Jackets   Transfer of Personnel   Smoking   Welding   Impaired Abilities   Corrosive Material   Explosives   Radioactive Substances   PART V: OPERATIONAL RECORDS AND REPORTS   Safety and Well Evaluation Information   Reference for Well Depths   Notification of Significant Situation or Significant Event   Notification to Conservation Engineer   Submission of Survey Plan   Tour Sheets and Barge Reports   Daily Records   Routine Reports   Downhole Survey Record   Penetration and Gas Content Records   Formation Flow Records   Report of Structural Faults   Well Termination Record   Press Releases   PART VI: WELL EVALUATION   General   Drill Cuttings   Cores   Gas Content of Drilling Fluid   Wireline Logs   Testing and Sampling of Formations   Formation Flow Test   PART VII: WELL OR TEST HOLE TERMINATION   Approval to Terminate   Application for Approval   Removal of Casing   Drilling Rig Removal Prohibited   Operator Responsible for Abandoned Wells   Location of Abandonment Plugs   Length and Quality of Cement Plugs   Feeling for Plugs   Termination of Shallow Holes   Marking of Wellheads   Fluid in Completed, Abandoned or Suspended Wells   Suspended Wells   Well Completion   PART VIII: DEPOSITION OF SAMPLES FROM A WELL   General   Drill Cuttings   Sidewall Cores   Conventional Cores   Analysis of Fluid Samples   Delivery of Samples and Other Materials to Chief   PART IX: FINAL WELL REPORTS   Exploratory and Development Wells   Test Holes   PART X: OFFENCES

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