In these Regulations:

"accepted well operations management plan" means a well operations management plan that has been accepted by the Designated Authority under regulation 8.

"Act" means the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 .

"risk" means the likelihood of a specific, undesired, event occurring within a specific period or in specified circumstances.

Note
A risk may be understood as a frequency (the number of specified events occurring within a period) or a probability (the likelihood of a specific event following another event).

"title" means any of the following:

(a)

a permit;

(b)

a lease;

(c)

a licence;

(d)

an infrastructure licence.

"titleholder" means any of the following:

(a)

a permittee;

(b)

a lessee;

(c)

a licensee;

(d)

an infrastructure licensee.

"well" includes all equipment located downhole from a well, including equipment leading to:

(a)

a blow-out preventer; or

(b)

a well head; or

(c)

a Christmas Tree.

"well activity "means an activity relating to a petroleum well that is carried out during the life of the well.

Examples
1
Exploratory drilling.
2
Production drilling.
3
Appraisal drilling.
4
Testing a well.
5
A well workover.
6
A well re-completion.
7
Maintenance of a well.

Note
Provisions dealing with production-related issues will be included in regulations made under the Act dealing with resource management.

well integrity , for a well, means that the potential producing zone in the well bore:

(a)

is under control, in accordance with an accepted well operations management plan; and

(b)

is able to contain reservoir fluids; and

(c)

is not the subject of any unforeseen risk.

"well integrity hazard" means:

(a)

an event that:

(i)

may compromise the well integrity of a well; and

(ii)

would, if it occurred, have the consequence of a significant threat to the safety of individuals; or

(b)

an event that may involve a risk of significant damage to the environment or the well reservoir of a well.

"workover operation" means the performance of at least 1 activity in relation to a well for the purpose of:

(a)

altering production from the well; or

(b)

rectifying a problem that has occurred downhole.

Note
Several other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the meaning given by section 5 of the Act. For example:

* adjacent area
* Designated Authority
* document
* lessee
* licensee
* permittee.