S-34.1 - Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines

Section 6 Disposition versions

2022-08-23

6. In this Act,

“body of water” means a lake, a constant or intermittent watercourse, including a bed created or altered by human intervention, except a ditch as defined in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 103 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1), or a marine environment;

“gas” means natural gas within the meaning of section 2 of the Act respecting the Régie de l’énergie (chapter R-6.01);

“geochemical surveying” means a method allowing to take indirect measurements to determine and quantify the distribution and migration of chemical elements in rocks, soils, sediments and water;

“geophysical surveying” means a method allowing to take indirect measurements of the physical properties of the subsoil effected on the surface of the ground or in the air, particularly seismic reflection, seismic refraction, gravimetric, magnetic or resistivity surveying and any other geophysical method used to indirectly determine any characteristic of the subsoil;

“oil” means crude oil, regardless of gravity, produced at a well head in liquid form and any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, and, in particular, hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale or from any other types of deposits on the subsoil;

“pipeline” means a linear infrastructure for the transportation of gas or oil, including the networks of such infrastructures and associated facilities such as pumps, compressors, pumping stations and surface reservoirs, designed or used to inject, withdraw or transport gas or to transport or transfer oil, except for an infrastructure

(1)  used to transport and distribute gas as well as petroleum equipment installations governed by the Building Act (chapter B-1.1); or

(2)  situated on the premises of an industrial enterprise and used for refining operations, including associated facilities;

“underground reservoir” means a subsurface geological environment that contains or may contain gas in a natural porosity system or in a source rock; and

“well” means any opening in the ground on a drilling site, other than a seismic shotpoint, that is made, is to be made or is in the process of being made for the purpose of withdrawing water to inject into an underground formation, for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or any other substance into an underground formation, or for any other purpose.

2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2022, c. 10, s. 16.

2018-09-20

6. In this Act,

“body of water” means a lake, a constant or intermittent watercourse, including a bed created or altered by human intervention, except a ditch as defined in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 103 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1), or a marine environment;

“brine” means any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

“commercial discovery” means a discovery of petroleum that has been demonstrated to contain petroleum reserves that justify the investment of capital and effort to bring the discovery to production;

“fracturing” means any operation that consists in creating fractures in a geological formation by injecting a fluid under pressure through a well;

“gas” means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas;

“geochemical surveying” means any method of exploration for petroleum or underground reservoirs by indirect measurement to determine and quantify the distribution and migration of chemical elements in rocks, soils, sediments and water;

“geophysical surveying” means any method of exploration for petroleum or underground reservoirs by indirect measurement of the physical properties of the subsoil effected on the surface of the ground or in the air, particularly seismic reflection, seismic refraction, gravimetric, magnetic or resistivity surveying and any other geophysical method used to indirectly determine any characteristic of the subsoil;

“oil” means crude oil, regardless of gravity, produced at a well head in liquid form and any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, and, in particular, hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale or from any other types of deposits on the subsoil;

“petroleum” means oil or gas;

“pipeline” means any pipe or system of pipes, including associated facilities such as pumps, compressors, pumping stations and surface reservoirs, designed or used to gather or transport gas or petroleum, except

(1)  lines used to transport and distribute gas, and petroleum equipment installations governed by the Building Act (chapter B-1.1); and

(2)  pipes, including associated facilities, situated on the premises of an industrial enterprise and used for refining operation;

“pool” means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of petroleum that is or appears to be separated from any other such accumulation;

“significant discovery” means a discovery indicated by the first well on a geological feature that demonstrates by testing the existence of petroleum in that feature and, having regard to geological and engineering factors, suggests the existence of an accumulation of petroleum that has potential for sustained production;

“stratigraphic survey” means any opening in the ground, other than a seismic shotpoint, that is made to collect data on a geological formation, using samples and their analysis and technical surveys, conducted as part of preliminary investigations to eventually locate, design and construct a drilling site for exploration for or the production of petroleum or brine, or for exploration for or the operation of an underground reservoir and the well or wells which will be present on the site; and

“underground reservoir” means a subsurface geological environment that contains or may contain petroleum in a natural porosity system or in a source rock;

“well” means any opening in the ground on a drilling site, other than a seismic shotpoint, that is made, is to be made or is in the process of being made for the production of petroleum, for the purpose of exploring for or obtaining petroleum, for the purpose of withdrawing water to inject into an underground formation, for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or any other substance into an underground formation, or for any other purpose.

2016, c. 35, s. 23.

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6. In this Act,

“body of water” means a lake, a constant or intermittent watercourse, including a bed created or altered by human intervention, except a ditch as defined in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 103 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1), or a marine environment;

“brine” means any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

“commercial discovery” means a discovery of petroleum that has been demonstrated to contain petroleum reserves that justify the investment of capital and effort to bring the discovery to production;

“fracturing” means any operation that consists in creating fractures in a geological formation by injecting a fluid under pressure through a well;

“gas” means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas;

“geochemical surveying” means any method of exploration for petroleum or underground reservoirs by indirect measurement to determine and quantify the distribution and migration of chemical elements in rocks, soils, sediments and water;

“geophysical surveying” means any method of exploration for petroleum or underground reservoirs by indirect measurement of the physical properties of the subsoil effected on the surface of the ground or in the air, particularly seismic reflection, seismic refraction, gravimetric, magnetic or resistivity surveying and any other geophysical method used to indirectly determine any characteristic of the subsoil;

“oil” means crude oil, regardless of gravity, produced at a well head in liquid form and any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, and, in particular, hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale or from any other types of deposits on the subsoil;

“petroleum” means oil or gas;

“pipeline” means any pipe or system of pipes, including associated facilities such as pumps, compressors, pumping stations and surface reservoirs, designed or used to gather or transport gas or petroleum, except

(1)  lines used to transport and distribute gas, and petroleum equipment installations governed by the Building Act (chapter B-1.1); and

(2)  pipes, including associated facilities, situated on the premises of an industrial enterprise and used for refining operation;

“pool” means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of petroleum that is or appears to be separated from any other such accumulation;

“significant discovery” means a discovery indicated by the first well on a geological feature that demonstrates by testing the existence of petroleum in that feature and, having regard to geological and engineering factors, suggests the existence of an accumulation of petroleum that has potential for sustained production;

“stratigraphic survey” means any opening in the ground, other than a seismic shotpoint, that is made to collect data on a geological formation, using samples and their analysis and technical surveys, conducted as part of preliminary investigations to eventually locate, design and construct a drilling site for exploration for or the production of petroleum or brine, or for exploration for or the operation of an underground reservoir and the well or wells which will be present on the site; and

“underground reservoir” means a subsurface geological environment that contains or may contain petroleum in a natural porosity system or in a source rock;

“well” means any opening in the ground on a drilling site, other than a seismic shotpoint, that is made, is to be made or is in the process of being made for the production of petroleum, for the purpose of exploring for or obtaining petroleum, for the purpose of withdrawing water to inject into an underground formation, for the purpose of injecting gas, air, water or any other substance into an underground formation, or for any other purpose.

2016, c. 35, s. 23.