[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR148.3]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 148--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 148.3  Definitions.

    The terms listed in sections 3 and 18 of the Act, whenever used in 
Parts 148, 149 and 150, have the same meaning they have in the Act, 
except as provided in this section for ``Affiliate.''
    Act means the Deepwater Port Act of 1974.
    Affiliate means each person:
    (1) Having any direct or indirect ownership interest in the 
applicant of greater than three percent;
    (2) With whom the applicant has made, or proposes to make, a 
significant contract for financing, managing or otherwise participating 
in the construction or operation of the deepwater port proposed to be 
licensed;
    (3) Who owns or controls any person who is an affiliate by operation 
of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this definition, or who owns or controls the 
applicant;
    (4) Owned or controlled by or under common ownership or control with 
an applicant or any person who is an affiliate by operation of 
paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this definition; or
    (5) Who is determined by the Secretary to have information required 
to review or process the application.
    Barrel means 42 U.S. gallons at atmospheric pressure and 60 
Fahrenheit.
    Captain of the Port means a Coast Guard Officer commanding a Captain 
of the Port Area described in Part 3 of this chapter.
    Crude oil means a mixture of hydrocarbons that exist in the liquid 
phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at 
atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities 
and includes:
    (1) Liquids technically defined as crude oil;
    (2) Small amounts of hydrocarbons that exist in the gaseous phase in 
natural underground reservoirs but are liquid at atmospheric pressure 
after being recovered from oil well (casing head) gas in lease 
separators; and
    (3) Small amounts of non-hydrocarbons produced with the oil.
    Deepwater port means any fixed or floating manmade structures other 
than a vessel, or any group of such structures, located beyond the 
territorial sea and off the coast of the United States and which are 
used or intended for use as a port or terminal for the loading or 
unloading and further handling of oil for transportation to any State, 
except as otherwise provided in section 23 of the Act. The term includes 
all associated components and equipment, including pipelines, pumping 
stations, service platforms, mooring buoys, and similar appurtenances to 
the extent they are located seaward of the high water mark.
    Gross under keel clearance means the distance between the keel of a 
tanker and the ocean bottom when the tanker is moored or anchored in 
calm water free of wind, wave, current, or tide conditions that would 
induce ship motion.
    Marine site means the area in which the deepwater is located, and 
includes the safety zone, attendant ships' routing measures, anchorages 
and all areas seaward of the high water mark in which associated 
components and equipment of the deepwater port are located.
    Miles means nautical miles.
    Net under keel clearance means that distance between the ocean 
bottom and the portion of a tanker's hull closest to the ocean bottom 
when the tanker is underway, moored or anchored, considering ship motion 
in responding to the combination of actual wind, wave, tide, and current 
conditions.
    PAD District means one of the five Petroleum Administration for 
Defense Districts defined by the Bureau of Mines, Department of the 
Interior.
    Platform means a fixed structure which rests on or is embedded in 
the sea-bed that has floors or decks in which an activity or specific 
function may be carried out.
    Production District means a State and each district within the State 
of Louisiana, New Mexico or Texas for which production of crude 
petroleum is separately reported by the Bureau of Mines, Department of 
the Interior.
    Pumping platform complex (PPC) means a single platform or a series 
of interconnected platforms that have one or more of the following 
capabilities:
    (1) Pumping oil between a vessel and the shore.
    (2) Berthing and messing facilities for assigned personnel.
    (3) Landing area for helicopters.
    (4) Mooring and loading for small vessels.

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    Refining District means a refining district as defined by the Bureau 
of Mines, Department of the Interior, for reporting refining operations.
    SPM means single point mooring buoy.
    Year-end proved reserves of crude oil means the estimated quantities 
of all liquids statistically defined as crude oil, which geological and 
engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty as of December 31 
of the year concerned to be recoverable in future years from known 
reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. Reservoirs 
are considered proved if economic producibility is supported by either 
actual production or conclusive formation tests. The area of an oil 
reservoir considered proved includes:
    (1) That portion delineated by drilling and defined by gas-oil or 
oil-water contacts, if any; and
    (2) The immediately adjoining portions not yet drilled, but which 
can be reasonably judged as economically productive on the basis of 
available geological and engineering data.

In the absence of information on fluid contacts, the lowest known 
structural occurrence of hydrocarbons controls the lower proved limit of 
reservoir. Reserves of crude oil which can be produced economically 
through application of improved recovery techniques (such as fluid 
injection) are included in the ``proved'' classification when successful 
testing by a pilot project, or the operation of an installed program in 
the reservoir, provides support for the engineering analysis on which 
the project or program was based.

[CGD 75-002, 40 FR 52553, Nov. 10, 1975, as amended by CGD 76-096, 45 FR 
85647, Dec. 29, 1980]