| A. |
(i) |
"Oil Well" means any well
drilled for the purpose of exploring for and the production of
Oil. It excludes any abandoned well, including temporarily abandoned
wells. |
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(ii) |
"Gas Well" means any well
being drilled for the purpose of exploring for or the appraisal
of gas. It excludes any abandoned well, including temporarily
abandoned wells. |
| B. |
"Drilling Unit" means
a mobile unit of any type being used for offshore drilling purposes,
together with supporting facilities. |
| C. |
"Production Platform"
means a complex comprising: |
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(i) |
A fixed or floating offshore structure
erected or positioned for the purpose of producing Oil from
the seabed or its subsoil other than a structure designed solely
to accommodate personnel or, when serving the purpose of such
a single structure, a series of such structures; and |
| |
(ii) |
the completed underwater Oil Well
or Wells within the same oilfield served by such a structure
or series of such structures; and |
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(iii) |
the flarelines and flowlines from
such completed underwater Oil Well or Wells; and |
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(iv) |
the intra-field pipelines (flowlines)
from one such structure to another such structure. |
| D. |
"Oil Storage/Loading System"
means an offshore fixed or floating Oil storage facility together
with any associated offshore Oil loading facilities. |
| E. |
"Pipeline System" means
either: |
| |
(i) |
a trunk line from an oil field to
shore; or |
| |
(ii) |
a feeder line from an oil field
to a trunk line; or |
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(iii) |
a feeder line from an oil field
to another feeder line; |
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including any intra-field feeder
lines (flowlines), pumping booster stations and connecting stations
associated with (i), (ii) or (iii) above. |
| F. |
"Oil Loading System" means
a system comprising all offshore Oil loading facilities associated
with a Production Platform which are not part of an Oil Storage/Loading
System or of a Pipeline System. |
| Note: With reference to Section
C (i) above and for the purpose of clarification the term "A
fixed or floating offshore structure erected or positioned for
the purpose of producing Oil from the seabed or its subsoil"
should be interpreted to include a fixed drilling platform. |
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