Utah Admin. Code R649-3-6 - Drilling Operations
1. Drilling
operations shall be conducted according to the drilling program submitted on
the original APD and as approved by the division. Any change of plans to the
original drilling program shall be submitted to the division by using Form 9,
Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells and shall receive division approval prior
to implementation. A change of plans necessary because of emergency conditions
may be implemented without division approval. The operator shall provide the
division with verbal notice of the emergency change within 24 hours and written
notice within five days.
2. An
operator of a drilling well as designated in Subsection
R649-2-4 shall comply with
reporting requirements as follows:
2.1. The
spudding in of a well shall be reported to the division within 24 hours. The
report should include the well name and number, drilling contractor, rig number
and type, spud date and time, the date that continuous drilling will commence,
the name of the person reporting the spud, and a contact telephone
number.
2.2. The operator shall
file Form 6, Entity Action Form with the division within five working days of
spudding in a well. The division will assign the well an entity number that
will identify the well on the operator's monthly oil and gas production and
disposition reports.
2.3. The
operator shall notify the division 24 hours in advance of any testing to be
performed on the blowout preventer equipment on a well.
2.4. The operator shall submit a monthly
status report for each drilling well on Form 9, Sundry Notices and Reports on
Wells. The report should include the well depth and a description of the
operations conducted on the well during the month. The report shall be
submitted no later than the fifth day of the following calendar month until
such time as the well is completed and the well completion report is
filed.
2.5. The operator shall
notify the division 24 hours in advance of any casing tests performed in
accordance with R649-3-13.
2.6. The operator shall report to the
division any fresh water sand encountered during drilling on Form 7, Report of
Water Encountered During Drilling. The report shall be filed with Form 8, Well
Completion or Recompletion Report and Log.
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