Drilling and Production Regulations

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• What's New
• Regulations
• Well Spacing
• Guidelines
• Associated Websites

What's New

31 December 2009

Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines

The Board is pleased to announce the release of the Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines as a companion to the new Drilling and Production Regulations. The guidelines can be read alongside the Drilling and Production Regulations, they are non-mandatory, goal-orientated, and intended to provide assistance to interested parties in understanding the requirements of the regulations, and how to meet those requirements. The Board invites interested parties to comment on the guidelines and details for submission can be found in the letter to stakeholders found below.

• Drilling and Production Regulations - Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines [PDF 521 KB]

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

For further information, please contact:

You may provide comments on the Draft Safety Plan Guidelines by e-mail to drillingproductionregs@neb-one.gc.ca. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the draft Safety Plan Guidelines requirements, please contact the Team Leader, Conservation of Resources, Bharat Dixit (bharat.dixit@neb-one.gc.ca) via e-mail or by phone at 403-292-2792 (toll free: 1-800-899-1265). For communications in French, please contact Ken Fortin (ken.fortin@neb-one.gc.ca) via e-mail or by phone at 403-299-3195 (toll free: 1-800-899-1265).

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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• The Drilling Regulations and the Production and Conservation Regulations will be repealed on 31 December 2009.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

Yellow = Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations
Grey = Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations
Black= Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations

Regulations

The following Regulations are available on the Justice Canada Website.

• Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations (SOR/2009-315)
• Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations
• Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations

Well Spacing

Proposed Well Spacing Requirements

Draft Spacing Order and Guidance Notes

• SAHTU Land & Water Board - Draft Spacing Requirements for Comment - July 2010 (6 August 2010) [PDF 320 KB]
• Stakeholder Comment Period - Draft Spacing Requirements and Draft Guidance Notes - Onshore Northwest Territories (23 July 2010) [PDF 2898 KB]
• Stakeholder Comment Period - Draft Spacing Requirements (31 December 2009) [PDF 2451 KB]

Stakeholder Engagement

• Stakeholder Comment Period - Development of NEB Well Spacing Requirements (5 April 2007) [PDF 215 KB]

Stakeholder Comments on Proposed Well Spacing Requirements

• CAPP's Submission (18 September 2007) [PDF 44 KB]

Guidelines

Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines

• Drilling and Production Regulations - Consultation Draft Safety Plan Guidelines (31 December 2009) [PDF 521 KB]

Associated Websites

• Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB)
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NSOPB)