La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XVII-3325

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

Section XVII-3325 - Pre-Operating Requirements-Completion Report

A. The operator shall submit a report describing, in detail, the work performed resulting from the approved permitted activity. The report shall be submitted in paper and electronic form and shall include all information relating to the work and information that documents compliance with these rules and the approved permitted activity. The report shall be prepared and submitted for any approved work relating to the construction, installation and completion of the surface portion of the facility and information on the construction, conversion, or workover of the solution-mining well or cavern. Injection into a solution-mining well shall not begin until all required information has been submitted to the Office of Conservation and the operator has received written authorization from the Office of Conservation stating operations may begin. Preauthorization pursuant to this Subsection is not required for workovers.

B. Where applicable to the approved permitted activity, information in a completion report shall include:

1. all required state reporting forms containing original signatures;

2. revisions to any operation or construction plans since approval of the permit application;

3. as-built schematics of the layout of the surface portion of the facility;

4. as-built piping and instrumentation diagram(s);

5. copies of applicable records associated with drilling, completing, working over, or converting the solution-mining well and/or cavern including a daily chronology of such activities;

6. a certified, as-drilled location plat of the solution mining well, accompanied by proof of filing of the plat in the parish conveyance and mortgage records;

7. as-built subsurface diagram of the solution-mining well and cavern labeled with appropriate construction, completion, or conversion information, i.e., depth datum, depth and diameter of all tubulars, depths of top of cap rock and salt, and top and bottom of the cavern;

8. as-built diagram of the surface wellhead labeled with appropriate construction, completion, or conversion information, i.e., valves, gauges, and flowlines;

9. results of any core sampling and testing;

10. results of well or cavern tests such as casing and casing seat tests, well/cavern mechanical integrity pressure and leak tests;

11. paper and electronic copies of any wireline logging such as open hole and/or cased hole logs, the most recent cavern sonar survey, and mechanical integrity test;

12. the status of corrective action on defective wells in the area of review;

13. the proposed operating data;

14. the proposed injection procedures; and

15. any additional data documenting the work performed for the permitted activity, information requested by the Office of Conservation, or any additional reporting requirements imposed by the approved permit.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XVII-3325

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 40:337 (February 2014), Amended LR 482313 (9/1/2022).

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