PUBLICATIONS

Regulations

• Canada - Nova Scotia Oil and Gas Spills and Debris Liability Regulations


• Nova Scotia Certificate of Fitness Regulations


• Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Diving Regulations


• Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Geophysical Operation Regulations


• Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations


• Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations

Requirements

• CNSOPB Occupational Health and Safety Requirements - December 2000

Guidelines

• Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Industry Standard Practice for the Training and Qualifications of Personnel (April 2008). These Guidelines are jointly developed by a committee of representatives from CAPP, COADC, CNSOPB & C-NOPB, and are posted on the CAPP website.


• Draft Data Acquisition and Reporting Guidelines (December 2009)


• Draft Drilling and Production Guidelines (December 2009)


• Draft Safety Plan Guidelines (December 2009)


• Geophysical and Geological Programs in the Nova Scotia Offshore Area- Guidelines for Work Programs, Authorizations and Reports (1992)


• Guideline for the Reporting and Investigation of Incidents (June 2009)


• Offshore Physical Environmental Guidelines (September 2008)

Notices

CNSOPB SAFETY NOTICES

• Exhaust Gases in Lifeboats


• Electrical Lock-Out


• Offshore Crane Operations


• Offshore Lifting Operations


• Offshore Lifting Operations - Malleable Cast Iron Wire Rope Clips


• Offshore Lifting Operations - Self Locking Eye Hooks


• Offshore Well Testing Operations


• Supply / Standby Vessel Engine Pitch Controls

NOTICE TO OPERATORS

• Lifesaving Equipment Arrangements


• Light and Sound Signals on Fixed Offshore Platforms


• Occupational Health & Safety Requirements


• Occupational Health and Safety Requirements Training


• Offshore Helideck Standards


• Organizational changes at the CNSOPB


• Training and Qualifications Guidelines

PUBLIC NOTICES

• Diving Certificates


• Generic report on offshore lifting and mechanical handling issues

INDUSTRIAL BENEFITS NOTICES

• Foreign Worker Notification Process April 2002


• Full and Fair Opportunity October 30, 2001


• Industrial Benefits Information Bulletin December 1999

Applications/ Forms

• Application to Alter the Condition of a Well


• Approval to Drill a Well


• Authorization to Install


• Certificate of Fitness Form


• Declaration of Operator


• Diving Incident Form


• Diving Program Authorization


• Drilling Program Authorization


• Geotechnical/Engineering/Environmental Program Authorization


• Geophysical/Geological Work Authorization


• Incident Investigation Report Form


• Incident Notification Form


• Operating Licence


• Production Operations Authorization


• Quarterly Statistics Report Form


• Regulatory Query Form


• Well Termination Record

Investigation Reports

• 2004 Diesel Spill (Sable Offshore Energy Project)


• 2004 Synthetic Based Brilling Mud Discharge (Marathon Canada Petroleum ULC)


• 2006 MEG Spill (Sable Offshore Energy Project)