La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-415

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-415 - Construction Requirements for New Wells

A. Each new enhanced recovery injection well or disposal well shall be completed, equipped, operated and maintained in a manner that will prevent endangerment of USDWs or damage to sources of oil or gas and will confine injected fluids to the interval or intervals approved.

B. The casing and cementing program shall conform to the following requirements:

1. surface casing set through the base of the deepest USDW and cemented back to the surface in accordance with §109. B.1 of this Order; and

2. long string casing shall be cemented above the injection zone in accordance with §109. D.3 of this Order.

C. Tubing and Packer. New wells drilled or existing wells converted for disposal after the effective date of this rule shall be equipped with tubing set on a mechanical packer. Packers shall be set no higher than 150 feet above the top of the disposal zone.

D. Pressure Valves. The wellhead shall be equipped with aboveground pressure observation valves on the tubing and for each annulus of the well; said valves will be equipped with 1/2-inch female fittings. Operators of existing wells shall comply with this requirement by no later than six months after adoption of this amendment.

E. Well History. Within 20 days after the completion or conversion of a disposal well, the owner or operator shall file in duplicate to the commissioner a completed Form WH-1.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-415

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 26:2809 (December 2000).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.