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for the purpose of enabling the gas to be conveyed to another place inside or outside
the United Kingdom;
(i) “gas transporter” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986(49);
(j) “interconnector licence” means a licence granted under section 7ZA of the Gas Act
1986(50);
(k) “LNG facility” has the meaning given by Article 2(11) of the Gas Directive;
(l) “LNG system operator” has the meaning given by Article 2(12) of the Gas Directive;
(m) “oil equivalent” means petroleum and, for the purposes of assessments of throughput,
where petroleum is in a gaseous state 1,100 cubic meters of this petroleum at a temperature
of 15 degrees Celsius and pressure of one atmosphere is counted as equivalent to one tonne;
(n) “oil processing facility” means any facility which carries out oil processing operations;
(o) “oil processing operations” means any of the following operations—
(i) initial blending and such other treatment of petroleum as may be required to produce
stabilised crude oil to the point at which a seller could reasonably make a delivery
to a purchaser of such oil;
(ii) receiving stabilised crude oil piped from an oil processing facility carrying out
operations of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), or storing oil so received, prior
to their conveyance to another place (whether inside or outside the United Kingdom);
(iii) loading stabilised crude oil piped from a facility carrying out operations of a kind
mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) for conveyance to another place (whether
inside or outside the United Kingdom);
(p) “petroleum” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Petroleum Act 1998(51), and
includes petroleum that has undergone any processing;
(q) “petroleum production project” means a project carried out by virtue of a licence granted
under—
(i) section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998(52);
(ii) section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934(53); or
(iii) section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964(54);
and includes such a project which is used for the storage of gas;
(r) “piped gas” means gas which—
(i) originated from a petroleum production project (or an equivalent project in a foreign
sector of the continental shelf); and
(ii) has been conveyed only by means of pipes;
(s) “pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of anything;
(t) “relevant offshore installation” means an offshore installation within the meaning of
section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998(55) which carries on the activities mentioned in
(49) 1986 c. 44. Section 7(1) was substituted by section 76 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). There are other amendments not
relevant to this instrument.
(50) 1986 c. 44. Section 7ZA of the Gas Act 1986 was inserted by section 149 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20).
(51) 1998 c. 17.
(52) Section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (c.17) was amended by the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11) and S.I. 2016/898.
(53) 1934 c. 36. This Act was repealed by section 51 of and Schedule 5 to the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17), subject to the savings
provisions set out in Schedule 3.
(54) 1964 c. 28 (N.I.).
(55) There are amendments to section 44 of the Petroleum Act (c. 17) not relevant to this instrument.
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