Ohio Admin. Code 1501:9-1-05 - Simultaneous operations
(A)
As used in this
rule:
(1)
"Fall
impact radius" means either of the following as applicable:
(a)
The distance
calculated in feet by multiplying the total height of overhead equipment by a
safety factor of 1.2 and measured laterally from the well being constructed or
accessed; or
(b)
For drilling rigs, the distance calculated in feet by
multiplying the total height of overhead equipment from the drilling rig floor
to the crown block by a safety factor of 1.2 and measured laterally from the
well being constructed or accessed.
(2)
"Emergency
shutdown system" means a valve or a system of valves that, when activated,
initiate an automated shutdown of production operations.
(3)
"Overhead
equipment" means any aerial, suspended, raised, elevated, or projected
equipment over the height of the well being constructed or
accessed.
(4)
"Overhead operation(s)" means the use of overhead
equipment for the purpose of well drilling, well stimulation, well completion,
well logging, well testing, workover, reconditioning, plugging back and plug
and abandonment.
(5)
"Production operation(s)" means the same as in section
1509.01
of the Revised Code.
(6)
"Simultaneous operation(s)" means any overhead
operations where a well or wells not being constructed or accessed are located
within the fall impact radius of overhead equipment used to construct or access
a well.
(7)
"Simultaneous operations plan" means a written plan
that sets forth the simultaneous operation(s), considers the risks to existing
production operations that are located within the fall impact radius, describes
the actions to be performed to mitigate risks to the existing production
operations that are located within the fall impact radius, and that includes
all of the following:
(a)
The location of the work planned identified in any of
the following ways:
(i)
The permit number for the horizontal well site
constructed in accordance with rule 1501:9-02 of the Administrative
Code;
(ii)
The GPS location of the well pad constructed before
July 16, 2015; and
(iii)
The GPS location of the well.
(b)
Emergency contact
information of the applicant;
(c)
A map on a scale
not smaller than four hundred feet to the inch for each different type of
overhead operation that contains the following: and
(i)
Legend, date
prepared, scale bar, scale in feet, north arrow, and version
number;
(ii)
Identification of each well on the well pad with the
corresponding API number and well name;
(iii)
Identification
of each proposed well with proposed well name and number, if
applicable;
(iv)
Identification of each fall impact
radius;
(v)
Identification of all surface production operations
within each fall impact radius;
(vi)
Identification
of each location of each emergency shutdown device; and
(vii)
Identification
of each lower explosive level monitoring location on the well
pad.
(d)
Information regarding the wells located within each
fall impact radius including all of the following:
(i)
Dates wells were
drilled, stimulated, and placed into production;
(ii)
Well(s)
production configuration (casing flow, tubing flow, artificial
lift);
(iii)
Average daily production of oil, gas, and water for
each well for the previous thirty days before submittal of the plan;
and
(iv)
Highest recorded tubing, casing, and annular pressures
for all strings for each well, including the measurement dates, for thirty days
prior to submittal of the plan.
(e)
A drawing
illustrating:
(i)
The location on the well pad and corresponding height
of all overhead equipment to be utilized during simultaneous operations;
and
(ii)
The location and depth of burial of all subsurface
piping located on the well pad;
(8)
"Well pad" means
the same as in section
1509.01
of the Revised Code.
(9)
"Workover" means performing work on a well using coiled
tubing, snubbing, or installing or removing tubing or
pipe.
(B)
On and after the effective date of this rule, no person
shall conduct production operation(s) resulting in simultaneous operation(s)
without first having electronically submitted in a format approved by the chief
and received written acceptance of a simultaneous operations plan.
(1)
If the applicant
proposes to produce wells located within the fall radius during overhead
operations, the chief will not accept the plan unless all of the following are
included:
(a)
A
description of the how the offset well(s) and production operations will be
shut-in during mobilization/demobilization activities and any movement of
overhead equipment;
(b)
A description of cages, with high visibility markings,
that will be installed and secured over wells prior to and during simultaneous
operations;
(c)
A description of barriers, with high visibility
markings, that will be installed around the perimeter of wells and production
equipment prior to and during simultaneous operations;
(d)
A description of
tanks that will remain on location prior to and during simultaneous operations
that are capable of holding at least 1.5 times the volume of kill weight fluid
needed for each well located in the fall radius;
(e)
A description of
the piping (kill lines) capable to connect the tanks of kill weight fluid to
all wells located within the fall radius prior to and during simultaneous
operations;
(f)
A description of how kill lines will be installed and
maintained from tanks to each well located within the fall radius prior to and
during simultaneous operations;
(g)
A description of
the lower explosive limit monitors that will be placed around production
operations on the well site prior to and during simultaneous
operations;
(h)
A description of an emergency shutdown system that will
be installed at the location;
(i)
A description of
lifts to be performed during simultaneous operations; and
(j)
A description of
the qualifications of the person performing lifts, the supervisor or spotter
that will be present during all lifts, and the review procedures of the
overhead operations plan.
(2)
If the applicant
proposes to shut-in wells located within the fall radius during overhead
operations, or cannot meet the requirements in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule,
the chief will not accept a simultaneous operations plan unless all of the
following are included:
(a)
A description of the internal barrier(s), type(s), and
purpose(s) that will be installed in each well within the fall radius,
excluding pre-existing valves, to suspend production and prevent flow during
simultaneous operations;
(b)
A description of how each wellhead will be
configured/deconstructed and night cap installed or lock out/tag out-performed
on master and wing valves prior to and during simultaneous
operations;
(c)
A description of how all production operations within
the fall radius will be emptied, purged, depressurized, and/or decommissioned
prior to and during simultaneous operations; and
(d)
A description of
how midstream facilities on the well site will be isolated and depressurized
prior to and during simultaneous operations.
(3)
For all
simultaneous operations conducted pursuant to a plan accepted by the chief
under paragraph (B) of this rule, all of the following apply;
(a)
No lifts may
occur above a well(s) that is not being constructed or
accessed;
(b)
An emergency shutdown system shall be tested before
simultaneous operations begin and the owner will directly notify the chief at
least twenty-four hours before testing; and
(c)
Any equipment
installed pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, must be in good working order
and function properly.
(C)
Review
(1)
The chief may
request additional information be included in the simultaneous operations plan
if the chief determines such information is necessary to protect public health,
safety, and/or the environment.
(2)
Upon receipt, the
chief will review the simultaneous operations plan and either accept or reject
the plan in writing within thirty business days. Upon receipt, the chief will
review a simultaneous operations plan involving a workover and either accept or
reject the plan in writing within twenty business
days.
(D)
Operational requirements
(1)
The person must
follow the accepted simultaneous operations plan while conducting simultaneous
operations.
(2)
When a simultaneous operations plan is required by this
rule, the person must provide direct notification to the inspector or a person
at a regional office two business days prior to the beginning of simultaneous
operations in the accepted plan.
(3)
Prior to
conducting simultaneous operations pursuant to a plan accepted under paragraph
(B) of this rule, the chief will verify that the operations on the well site
are implemented in accordance with the accepted simultaneous operations plan.
The chief may grant written permission to conduct simultaneous operations if
the chief cannot verify operations are implemented in accordance with the
accepted simultaneous operations plan.
(4)
A person shall
directly notify the division if a simultaneous operations plan did not perform
as designed.
(5)
A copy of the most recently accepted simultaneous
operations plan shall be kept in a readily-accessible location at the well
site.
(E)
Plan Modifications. Prior to conducting production
operations, a previously accepted simultaneous operations plan must be modified
to reflect any changes in the production operations and the modifications
submitted to the division in writing. The division will review all
modifications in accordance with the requirements of this rule and accept
modifications in writing or reject within two business days of
receipt.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1509.03, 1509.23
Rule Amplifies: 1509.01, 1509.02, 1509.06, 1509.09, 1509.15, 1509319, 1509.22
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