La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-417

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

Section XIX-417 - Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

A. The operator shall monitor injection pressure and injection rate of each enhanced recovery injection well or disposal well on a monthly basis with the results reported annually on Form UIC-10.

B. The operator shall report on Form UIC-10 any casing annulus pressure monitoring used in lieu of pressure testing and any other casing annulus pressure test performed.

C. All reports submitted to the Office of Conservation shall be signed by a duly authorized representative of the operator.

D. The operator of an enhanced recovery injection well or disposal well shall, within 30 days, notify the commissioner of the date upon which injection or disposal commenced.

E. The operator shall request permission from the commissioner for suspension of injection if an injection well or project is to be removed from service for a period of six months or more, and give reasons or justification for such suspension of injection. Said permission shall not exceed one year. After one year, the well or well(s) in a project shall be plugged and abandoned as outlined in §137 of this Order. The operator may request a hearing for an extension exceeding one year. Wells required for standby service, provided they meet all requirements for wells in active service, are exempt from the plugging requirements of this Subsection.

F. The operator shall, within 30 days notify the commissioner of the date injection into an enhanced recovery injection well, enhanced recovery injection project or disposal well is terminated permanently and the reason therefore; at which time the permit authorizing the well or project shall expire. Notification of project injection termination must be accompanied by an individual well status report for all project injection wells.

G. Mechanical failures or downhole problems which indicate an enhanced recovery injection well or disposal well is not, or may not be, directing the injected fluid into the permitted or authorized injection zone may be cause to shut-in the well. If said condition may endanger a USDW, the operator shall orally notify the commissioner within 24 hours at (225) 342-5515. Written notice of this failure shall be submitted to the Office of Conservation within five days of the occurrence together with a plan for testing and/or repairing the well. Results of such testing and well repair shall be included in the annual monitoring report to the commissioner. Any mechanical downhole well repair performed on the well not previously reported shall also be included in the annual report.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-417

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.