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Drilling and Production Regulations

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What's New

31 March 2011

Safety Plan Guidelines and Environmental Plan Guidelines

The Board is pleased to announce the release of the Safety Plan Guidelines and Environmental Protection Plan Guidelines for the Drilling and Production Regulations. The guidelines are intended to provide assistance to interested parties in understanding the requirements of the regulations, and how to meet those requirements. Feedback on the guidelines is welcome at any point and details for submission can be found in the letter to stakeholders found below.

Updated Drilling and Production Regulations under COGOA and the Accord Acts will come into force on 31 December 2009

9 December 2009

The updated Drilling and Production Regulations under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on 9 December 2009.

  • The Drilling and Production Regulations will come into force on 31 December 2009.
  • The consequential amendments to the Installations Regulations and the Certificate of Fitness Regulations will also come into force on 31 December 2009.
  • The Drilling Regulations and the Production and Conservation Regulations will be repealed on 31 December 2009.

The Regulations and the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement are available on the Canada Gazette website.

  • Under 'Recent Publications', click on "Part II: Official Regulations"
  • Look under Wednesday, December 9, 2009, Vol. 143 No. 25
  • The regulations and RIAS are on pages 2306 to 2415

For further information, please contact:

Michael Hnetka
Advisor, Regulations
Frontier Lands Management
Natural Resources Canada
580 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E4
Telephone: 613-992-2916
Facsimile: 613-943-2274
E-mail: mhnetka@nrcan.gc.ca

Media inquiries:

Media Relations
Natural Resources Canada
Telephone: 613-992-4447
E-mail: media@nrcan.gc.ca

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Regulations

The following Regulations are available on the Justice Canada Website.

Well Spacing

Proposed Well Spacing Requirements

Draft Spacing Order and Guidance Notes
Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder Comments on Proposed Well Spacing Requirements

Guidelines

Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines

Associated Websites

 

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Date Modified:
2011-11-02