Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations

Marginal note:Venting limit

• 83 (1) An operator must ensure that the volume of gas vented under paragraph 82(a) per installation during a year is not greater than 15 000 standard m³.

• Marginal note:Definition of vented

  (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), vented means emitted in a controlled manner, other than as a result of combustion, from an installation due to

  • (a) the design of equipment or operational procedures at the installation; or

  • (b) the occurrence of an event that pressurizes the gas beyond the capacity of the equipment at the installation to retain the gas.