South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
Division—
"A.P.I." means the American Petroleum Institute;
"drilling rig" includes a workover or well-service rig, but does not include a
seismic shot hole drilling rig;
"mast" includes portable or collapsible framework used over a well in
supporting, hoisting or lowering operations;
"petroleum" has the same meaning as in the Petroleum Act 1940 ;
"plant" includes a vehicle, article, tank, vessel or pipeline;
"process vessel" means a vessel used to process fluids or solids by
mechanical, fluid mechanical, chemical, thermal or other means;
"production facility" means a discrete system of plant used in the production,
processing, or transportation of produced fluids from or to a well or group of
wells in a single proven petroleum accumulation or group of proven petroleum
accumulations and includes wellhead piping and gathering pipelines,
hydrocarbon processing plants, scraper stations, compressor stations,
injection stations, meter stations, and plant used to treat or dispose of
waste materials that result from petroleum production;
"separator" means an apparatus used at the surface to separate fluids produced
from a well;
"shot hole" means a hole drilled for the purpose of firing an explosive
charge;
"well" means a hole in the ground made for the purpose of—
(a)
searching for, or producing, petroleum; or
(b)
underground petroleum storage; or
(c)
injecting fluid into an underground petroleum reservoir; or
(d)
disposing of waste fluids that result from production operations,
and includes casing or down hole equipment used in conjunction with a well and
any wellhead installed in or on the hole from time to time, but does not
include a water bore or a seismic shot hole;
"wellhead" means the casing head and includes a casing hanger or spool, or a
tubing hanger, and any flow control equipment up to and including the wing
valves.
(2) This Division
applies to work, plant and operations associated with exploration for, or the
production of, petroleum.