1 This regulation applies
to fixed or floating platforms including drilling rigs, floating
production, storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs) used for the
offshore production and storage of oil, and floating storage units
(FSUs) used for the offshore storage of produced oil.
2 Fixed or floating platforms
when engaged in the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore
processing of sea-bed mineral resources and other platforms shall
comply with the requirements of this Annex applicable to ships of
400 gross tonnage and above other than oil tankers, except that:
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they shall be equipped as far as practicable
with the installations required in regulations 12
and 14 of this Annex; |
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they shall keep a record of all operations
involving oil or oily mixture discharges, in a form approved
by the Administration; and |
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subject to the provisions of regulation 4
of this Annex, the discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixture
shall be prohibited except when the oil content of the discharge
without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per million. |
3 In verifying compliance with this Annex in relation
to platforms configured as FPSOs or FSUs, in addition to the requirements
of paragraph 2, Administrations should take account of the Guidelines
developed by the Organization.*
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