Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62C - Division of Resource Management › Chapter 62C-27 - CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS: DRILLING › Section 62C-27.006 - Blowout Prevention Equipment

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Blowout
				preventers and related well control equipment shall be installed, used, and
				tested in a manner necessary to prevent blowouts. Prior to drilling below the
				surface casing, blowout prevention equipment shall be installed and maintained
				ready for use until drilling operations are completed and, in addition, an
				inside blowout preventer assembly (back pressure valve) and drill-string safety
				valve in the open position shall be maintained on the rig floor at all times
				while drilling operations are being conducted. Separate valves shall be
				maintained on the rig floor to fit all pipe in the drill string. In water
				operations, a Kelly cock shall be installed below the swivel, and an
				essentially full opening Kelly cock of such design that it can be run through
				the blowout preventers shall be installed at the bottom of the Kelly.
(2) Blowout preventers and related
				well-control equipment shall be pressure-tested when installed, before drilling
				out after each string of casing is set, not less than once each week while
				drilling, following repairs that require disconnecting a pressure seal in the
				assembly, and at such other times as prescribed by the Department. A required
				weekly test while drilling may be deferred up to one week to avoid unnecessary
				tripping of the drill string or conditions that would endanger the hole.
				Blowout preventer tests shall be recorded on the driller's log.
(3) Ram-type blowout preventers shall be
				tested to the working pressure of the stack assembly or the casinghead,
				whichever is the lesser. Bag-type blowout preventers shall be tested up to 70
				percent of the above pressure requirements.
(4) A bag-type blowout preventer shall be
				actuated on the drill pipe or drill collars once each week. Accumulators and
				pumps shall maintain a pressure capacity reserve at all times to provide for
				repeated operation of hydraulic preventers. A blowout prevention drill shall be
				conducted weekly for each drilling crew to insure that all equipment is
				operational and that crews are properly trained to carry out emergency duties.
				All blowout preventer tests and crew drills shall be recorded in the driller's
				log.
(a) Before drilling below the conductor
				casing in non-field Type I wells, at least one remotely controlled bag-type
				blowout preventer and equipment for circulating the drilling fluid to the shale
				shaker shall be installed. To avoid formation fracturing from complete shut-in
				of the well, a large diameter pipe with control valves shall be installed on
				the conductor pipe below the blowout preventer so as to permit the diversion of
				hydrocarbons and other fluids.
(b)
				Before drilling below the surface casing (except in south Florida locations
				which drill through the Boulder Zone) the blowout prevention equipment shall
				include a minimum of three remotely controlled, hydraulically operated, blowout
				preventers with a working pressure which exceeds the maximum anticipated
				surface pressure, including one equipped with pipe rams, one with blind rams,
				and one bag-type; drilling spool with side outlets, if side outlets are not
				provided in the blowout preventer body, a choke manifold, a kill line, and a
				fill-up line. In locations in which the hole below the surface hole is drilled
				through the Boulder Zone, the blowout prevention equipment shall include a
				bag-type blowout preventer and a drilling spool with side outlet.
(c) Before drilling below the intermediate
				string the blowout prevention equipment shall include a minimum of three, or in
				abnormal pressure areas, four remotely controlled, hydraulically operated,
				blowout preventers with a working pressure which exceeds the maximum
				anticipated surface pressure, including at least one equipped with pipe rams,
				one with blind rams, and one bag-type; a drilling spool with side outlets, if
				side outlets are not provided in the blowout preventer body, a choke manifold,
				a kill line, and a fill-up line.