312 IAC 29-28-3 - Use of nitrogen for internal mechanical integrity testing

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3

Affected: IC 14-37

Sec. 3.

An owner or operator may use nitrogen to assist with pressurizing the casing-tubing annulus to the required test pressure provided a demonstration is made that the packer is set inside cemented casing at a point within two hundred (200) feet above the uppermost perforations or the top of the uppermost injection zone in open hole completions in accordance with 312 IAC 29-27-2(b). The demonstration shall consist of either:

(1) a wireline or other reliable measurement to confirm the packer setting depth; or

(2) an affidavit of the current well owner or operator who set the packer that the packer is set at the depth reflected on the current completion or recompletion report for the well.

Notes

312 IAC 29-28-3

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 29-28-3; filed 12/1/2017, 10:35 a.m.: 20171227-IR-312160230FRA Readopted filed 1/17/2023, 1:53 p.m.: 20230215-IR-312220328RFA