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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.06 - Forms

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The Supervisor
				may prescribe and require such forms within the rules and regulations of the
				Board as he reasonably deems advisable. The content of such forms and
				instructions for their completion may be such as the Supervisor may deem
				advisable, including the changes of such from time to time. Such forms
				applicable to onshore lands operations shall be known and designated as:
(a) OGB-1 Application for Permit to Drill,
				Deepen, Convert, or Amend;
(b)
				OGB-1A Application to Reenter;
(c)
				OGB-1B Application for Permit to Directionally Drill;
(d) OGB-1C Application for Permit to Inject
				Fluids;
(e) OGB-1D Application for
				Permit to Inject Storage Gas;
(f)
				OGB-1E Application for Change of Operator;
(g) OGB-2 Affidavit of Ownership or
				Control;
(h) OGB-2C Affidavit of
				Ownership or Control, Underground Injection Control;
(i) OGB-2D Affidavit of Ownership or Control,
				Natural Gas Storage Operations;
(j)
				OGB-3 Bond (Single Well);
(k) OGB
				3D Bond for an Underground Storage Facility for a Solution-mined Cavity and
				Storage Well;
(l) OGB-4 Bond
				(Blanket);
(m) OGB-5 Organization
				Report;
(n) OGB-6 Report of Well
				Treatment;
(o) OGB-7 Well Record
				and Completion or Recompletion Report;
(p) OGB-8 Electric Log, Sample, and Core
				Record;
(q) OGB-9 First Production
				or Retest Report;
(r) OGB-10
				Multipoint Back-Pressure Test Report for Gas Wells;
(s) OGB-10A One-Point Back-Pressure Test
				Report for Gas Wells;
(t) OGB-11
				Report of Well Plugging;
(u) OGB-12
				Operator's Certificate of Compliance and Authorization to Transport Oil, Gas,
				or Condensate from Well;
(v) OGB-13
				Operator's Certificate of Compliance and Authorization to Transport Products
				from Plant;
(w) OGB-14 Operator's
				Monthly Report from Oil Wells;
(x)
				OGB-15 Operator's Monthly Report from Gas Wells;
(y) OGB-16 Transporter's and Storer's Monthly
				Report;
(z) OGB-17 Monthly Report
				of Fluids Injected;
(aa) OGB-17D
				Monthly Report of Gas Injected/Withdrawn for Natural Gas Storage
				Facilities;
(bb) OGB-18 Monthly
				Report for Products from Processing, Cleansing, or Extraction
				Facilities;
(cc) OGB-19 No
				Form;
(dd) OGB-20 No
				Form;
(ee) OGB-21 Authorization to
				Clean Tank;
(ff) OGB-22 Well
				Capacity Test;
(gg) OGB-23 Unit
				Reserve Calculation (required only if specified by special field
				rules);
(hh) OGB-24 Operator's
				Certificate of Compliance for Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide;
(ii) OGB-25 Transporter's Certificate of
				Eligibility to Transport Wastes;
(jj) OGB-26 Wastes Manifest;
(kk) OGB-27 Notification of Fire, Spill,
				Leak, or Blow out Incident Report; and
(ll) OGB-28 Master Electronic Filing
				Certification;
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.07 - Determining And Naming Fields And Pools

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
When discoveries of oil and gas are made and sufficient
				  geologic, geophysical, engineering, and other data become available, then a
				  petition shall be filed with the Board in accordance with its rules of practice
				  and procedure for establishment of fields and pools. In naming fields,
				  preference shall be given to common usage and geographic names. Each pool
				  within the same field shall preferably be named according to the producing
				  horizon.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.08 - Authority Of Supervisor

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The Supervisor may appoint an agent or agents under such
				  names as he may desire and may delegate to such agent or agents the authority
				  to perform any acts authorized by these rules and regulations to be performed
				  by the Supervisor. The Supervisor may grant verbal approval for actions
				  requiring Supervisor's approval if in his opinion it is necessary and justified
				  to do so. Verbal approval so granted does not preclude the necessity of the
				  operator filing all required forms and reports to obtain written approval as
				  soon as possible.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.09 - Appeal From Decision Of Supervisor

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Any person aggrieved and affected by a decision of the
				  Supervisor, as provided herein by these rules and regulations, may, within
				  thirty (30) days after such decision by the Supervisor, petition the Board for
				  a hearing
de novo
requesting the Board to consider and rule
				  upon such decision by the Supervisor
de novo
and the Board
				  shall make a decision upon the same, in the same manner as upon other
				  petitions, and such petition shall set forth such decision by the Supervisor,
				  the pertinent rule or rules and laws, the date of such decision by the
				  Supervisor and the reasons petitioner alleges that such decision was wrongful
				  and such petition shall be in compliance with the Rules and Regulations
				  Governing Practice and Procedure as set forth in Rule
				  400-7-1-.01,
et
				  seq
.
Author: State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.10 - Agents To Have Access

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
All operators of oil and gas wells, Class II injection wells,
				  drilling or workover rigs, processing facilities, injection facilities, storage
				  facilities, gathering lines, and underground storage facilities are required to
				  allow and assist the agents of the Board in making any and all inspections that
				  may be required by the Board. The agents of the Board shall have access to all
				  well, production, injection and transport records and shall be permitted to
				  come upon any property to inspect well records and to inspect and gauge any and
				  all wells, drilling or workover rigs, processing facilities, injection
				  facilities, storage facilities, and gathering lines referred to herein at all
				  times.
Author: State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.11 - Order Closing Down Operations

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
In addition to the penalties and provisions provided for
				  herein, the Board may order the closing of all or any part of the drilling,
				  production, injection or other operations of any person in this State for the
				  failure of such person, or the agents of such person, to comply with any rule,
				  regulation, or order of the Board or with the laws of the State of Alabama and
				  such operations shall not begin again until authorized by further order of the
				  Board.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.12 - Supervisor's Order Closing Down Operations

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
In addition to the provisions provided for herein, the
				  Supervisor, or any duly authorized agent may order the closing of all or any
				  part of the drilling, production, injection or other operations of any person
				  in this State for the failure of such person to comply with any rule,
				  regulation or order of the Board or with the laws of the State of Alabama where
				  the continuance of such failure to comply shall be dangerous to the public or
				  where substantial pollution is occurring or is in imminent danger of occurring.
				  Such operations shall not begin again until authorized by subsequent order of
				  the Board or by further order of the Supervisor.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-1 - GENERAL › Section 400-1-1-.13 - Exceptions To Rules

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The Supervisor may approve exceptions such as the use of new
				  or alternative techniques, procedures, equipment, or activities other than
				  those prescribed in the regulations, if such exceptions afford a degree of
				  protection, safety, or performance either equal to or exceeding that intended
				  to be achieved by the regulations, or when such exceptions are necessary for
				  the proper control of a well, the efficient development and conservation of
				  natural resources, or the protection of life (including fish and other aquatic
				  life), property, or the marine, coastal, or human environment.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Previous Chapter 400-1-1 (Rules
					 400-1-1-.01 through
					 400-1-1-.08)
Repealed and
					 New Chapter
(Rules
					 400-1-1-.01 through 400-1-1-.13)
adopted in lieu thereof:
Filed April 11,
					 2000.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-2 - PERMITTING OF WELLS › Section 400-1-2-.01 - Well Permit

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Activities Requiring Permits
. The following activities require
				permits:
(a) Drilling of any well in search
				of oil or gas;
(b) Drilling a Class
				II injection well or converting any well to a Class II injection well for
				enhanced recovery or for the disposal of salt water and other wastes produced
				in association with oil or gas operations;
(c) Drilling or converting any well for the
				development of reservoirs or solution-mined cavities for the underground
				storage of liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons; or
(d) Reentry of a plugged and abandoned
				well.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-2 - PERMITTING OF WELLS › Section 400-1-2-.04 - Organization Reports

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Every person acting as principal or agent for another or
				  independently engaged in the drilling, production, injection, storage,
				  transportation, reclaiming, treating, or processing of oil, condensate, gas, or
				  wastes associated with oil and gas operations shall file with the Board a
				  report on Form OGB-5, Organization Report, reflecting the exact legal name
				  under which such person or business is being operated or conducted, the exact
				  corporate name, if such is incorporated, and the place of incorporation of such
				  corporation, the name and post office address of such person, the business in
				  which such person is engaged, and, in the case of a corporation, the state in
				  which such corporation is incorporated, and the names and post office addresses
				  of any persons acting as trustees, together with the names of the manager,
				  agent, or executive thereof, and the names and post office addresses of any
				  officers thereof. Prior to submitting the aforesaid report, all foreign
				  corporations shall obtain a certificate of authority from the Secretary of
				  State for the State of Alabama to transact business in the state. In the case
				  where such business is conducted under an assumed name, or as a partnership or
				  sole proprietorship, such report shall reflect the names and post office
				  addresses of all owners or general partners in addition to the other
				  information herein required. The aforesaid report shall be resubmitted every
				  two (2) years or immediately after any change occurs as to facts previously
				  submitted.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-3 - NOTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES › Section 400-1-3-.01 - Well Status Report

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
A status or progress report of operations being performed in
				  association with well activities requiring permits in Rule
				  400-1-2-.01 shall be reported
				  orally or in writing to the appropriate Board office by 10:00 a.m. on the first
				  working day of each week.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-3 - NOTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES › Section 400-1-3-.02 - Notice Of Activities

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Notification Prior to Performance of Activity.
An operator shall
				notify the Supervisor prior to performing any of the following activities:
(a) Setting surface casing, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(b) Running intermediate or production
				casing, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(c) Perforating, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(d) Drillstem testing, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(e) Wireline logging or surveying, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(f) Coring, see Rule
				400-1-4-.03(1);
(g) Pressure testing, see Rule
				400-1-4-.09(4) or Rule 400-4-2-.01(2)(d);
(h) Cleaning tanks, see Rule
				400-1-6-.12;
(i) Turnaround operations for processing
				facilities, see Rule
				400-1-7-.01(2)(c);
(j) Turnaround operations for plants, see
				Rule 400-1-7-.01(3)(d);
				and
(k) Initiating a gathering line
				construction operation, see Rule
				400-1-8-.03(5)(a).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-3 - NOTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES › Section 400-1-3-.03 - Approval Of Activities

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) An
				operator shall obtain approval of the Supervisor for:
(a) Initiating drilling, converting, or
				reentering a well, see Rule
				400-1-2-.01(2);
(b) Deepening, see Rule
				400-1-2-.01(3);
(c) Directionally drilling or sidetracking,
				see Rule 400-1-2-.01(4);
(d) Change of operator, see Rule
				400-1-2-.05;
(e) Plan of abandonment of a radioactive
				logging source, see Rule
				400-1-4-.05(3);
(f) Plan of operation for reentering,
				converting, recompleting, or reworking a well containing a radioactive logging
				source, see Rule
				400-1-4-.05(7);
(g) Radioactive surveys, see Rule
				400-1-4-.06;
(h) Chemical treatment or fracturing, see
				Rule 400-1-4-.07;
(i) Construction of any pit, see Rule
				400-1-4-.10;
(j) Disposal of pit fluids, see Rule
				400-1-4-.11;
(k) Plugging and abandonment, see Rule
				400-1-4-.14;
(l) Restoration of location, see Rule
				400-1-4-.16;
(m) Initial request for temporary abandoned
				or shut-in status, see Rule
				400-1-4-.17;
(n) Production testing, see Rule
				400-1-5-.03;
(o) Temporary test allowables, see Rule
				400-1-5-.04;
(p) Multiple completions, see Rule
				400-1-5-.05;
(q) Recompletion or reworking, see Rule
				400-1-6-.06(1);
(r) Construction and operation of a sour gas
				production facility, see Rule
				400-1-7-.01(1);
(s) Design, construction, and operation of a
				processing facility, see Rule
				400-1-7-.01(2);
(t) Design, construction, and operation of a
				plant and placing a plant into service, see Rule
				400-1-7-.01(3);
(u) Modifications to sour gas production
				facilities, processing facilities, and plants, see Rule
				400-1-7-.01(4);
(v) Transportation of oil, gas, condensate,
				or plant products, see Rule
				400-1-8-.01;
(w) Construction and operation of gathering
				lines, see Rule
				400-1-8-.03(2);
(x) Modifications to gathering lines, see
				Rule 400-1-8-.03(2)(b)4;
(y) Operations involving hydrogen sulfide,
				see Rule 400-1-9-.02(8)(c);
(z) Modification of existing hydrogen sulfide
				operations or facilities, see Rule
				400-1-9-.02(8)(e);
(aa) Hydrogen sulfide monitoring system and
				test equipment prior to initial test production, see Rule
				400-1-9-.02(f);
(bb) Construction and maintenance of sour
				flowlines and sour gathering lines, see Rule
				400-1-9-.02(11)(a);
(cc) Modifications to sour flowlines and sour
				gathering lines, see Rule
				400-1-9-.02(11)(b)1;
(dd) Repairing or replacing damaged sour
				flowlines or sour gathering lines, see Rule
				400-1-9-.02(11)(b)2;
(ee) Transportation of wastes, see Rule
				400-1-9-.03(1)(a);
				and
(ff) Modification of
				transportation of wastes procedures, see Rule
				400-1-9-.03(1)(b).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.01 - Identification Of Wells

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
A sign shall be posted and maintained in a legible state in a
				  conspicuous place near the well. Such sign shall be posted before spudding or
				  reentry and shall remain posted until the well is plugged and abandoned and the
				  location restored. The sign shall include the name of the operator, the permit
				  number, the well name and number, and the section, township, range, and county
				  in which the well is located.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.02 - Protection Of Freshwater Resources

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
An operator shall conduct all oil and gas operations in a
				  manner so as to prevent the pollution of all freshwater resources. All fresh
				  waters and waters of present or probable future value for domestic, municipal,
				  commercial, stock, or agricultural purposes shall be confined to their
				  respective strata and shall be adequately protected. Special precautions shall
				  be taken to guard against any loss of artesian water from the strata in which
				  it occurs, and the contamination of fresh water by objectionable water, oil,
				  condensate, gas, or other deleterious substance to such fresh water.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.04 - Directional Surveys

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
If required by this rule, a directional survey, which may
				  include logging while drilling (LWD) or measurement while drilling (MWD) logs,
				  shall be run and one (1) copy thereof filed by the operator with the Supervisor
				  within thirty (30) days after completion of a well. Directional surveys shall
				  be run from total depth to base of surface casing or the kickoff point,
				  whichever is shallowest, unless otherwise approved by the Supervisor. However,
				  directional surveys to total depth shall be unnecessary in cases where the
				  interval below the survey is less than five hundred (500) feet. In such an
				  instance, a projection of the latest survey shall satisfy Board requirements.
				  In the event the proposed or final location of the producing interval of the
				  directionally controlled well is not in accordance with spacing or other rules
				  of the Board applicable to the reservoir, proper applications shall be made to
				  obtain approval of exceptions to such rules. Such approval shall be granted, or
				  denied, at the discretion of the Board, after notice and hearing. Directional
				  surveys shall be run when:
(1) The
				well is directionally controlled and is thereby intentionally deflected from
				the vertical; or
(2) The well is
				drilled to a measured depth of six thousand (6,000) feet or greater;
				or
(3) A well is expected to
				penetrate pore pressure gradients greater than sixty-seven (67) pounds per
				square inch (psi) per one hundred (100) feet (ft) in depth or 0.67 psi/ft;
				or
(4) A well penetrates or is
				expected to penetrate intervals containing hydrogen sulfide, such surveys to be
				run within five hundred (500) feet of entering such hydrogen sulfide bearing
				formation; or
(5) The well is
				drilled as an exceptional location and such directional survey is ordered by
				the Board
Author:
State Oil and Gas Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.05 - Abandonment Of Radioactive Logging Sources

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The Supervisor shall be notified
				immediately of the loss of any radioactive logging source in a well.
(2) No radioactive source used for logging
				may be left in a well without written consent of the Supervisor.
(3) When it is determined by the operator
				that it may be necessary to leave a radioactive source in a well, the
				Supervisor must be notified in writing of such and a plan of the abandonment
				procedure submitted to the Supervisor for approval. This plan must be approved
				by the Alabama Department of Public Health (Division of Radiation Control) and
				any other agency that has jurisdiction.
(4) Wells in which radioactive sources are
				abandoned shall be mechanically equipped so as to prevent the accidental or
				intentional mechanical disintegration of the radioactive source.
(a) Such sources being abandoned in the
				bottom of a well shall be covered with a substantial standard color-dyed cement
				plug on top of which a whipstock or other mechanical device approved by the
				Supervisor shall be set. Such dye shall be so as to alert a re-entry operator
				prior to encountering such source.
(b) In wells where a logging source has been
				cemented in place behind a casing string and above total depth, upon
				abandonment, a standard color-dyed cement plug shall be placed opposite the
				abandoned source and a whipstock or other mechanical device approved by the
				Supervisor placed on top of the plug.
(c) In the event the operator finds that,
				after expending a reasonable effort, because of hole conditions, it is not
				possible to abandon the sources as prescribed in (a) or (b) above, prior to
				ceasing efforts to so abandon, he must obtain Board approval to cease such
				efforts and obtain approval for an alternate abandonment procedure.
(d) When a logging source must be abandoned
				in a producing zone, a standard color-dyed cement plug shall be set and a
				whipstock or other mechanical device approved by the Supervisor placed above to
				direct the sidetrack at least fifteen (15) feet away from the source.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.06 - Operations Involving Radioactive Material

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
An operator shall obtain approval from the Supervisor, the
				  Alabama Department of Public Health (Division of Radiation Control) and any
				  other agency that has jurisdiction before introducing any radioactive material,
				  exclusive of radioactive logging devices, into the substrata for the purpose of
				  conducting a tracer survey or for any other reason.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.07 - Rubbish Or Debris

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Wells shall not be chemically treated or fractured until the
				  approval of the Supervisor is obtained. Each well shall be treated or fractured
				  in such manner as will not cause damage to the formation, result in water
				  encroachment into the oil- or gas-bearing formation, or endanger
				  freshwater-bearing strata. Necessary precautions shall be taken to prevent
				  damage to the casing. Routine chemical treatments for corrosion control shall
				  be excluded from this notice requirement. If chemical treating or fracturing
				  results in irreparable damage to the well, the oil or gas-bearing formation or
				  freshwater-bearing strata, then the well shall be properly plugged and
				  abandoned.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.08 - Report Of Well Treatment

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Within thirty (30) days after the chemical treating or
				  fracturing of a well, a report shall be filed with the Board in triplicate by
				  the operator on Form OGB-6 setting forth in detail the method used in treating
				  the well.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.09 - Casing, Cementing, And Test Pressure Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The operator shall case and cement all
				wells with a sufficient number of strings in a manner necessary to:
(a) prevent communication between separate
				hydrocarbon-bearing strata (except such strata approved for commingling) and
				between hydrocarbon and water-bearing strata;
(b) prevent contamination of
				freshwater-bearing strata;
(c)
				support unconsolidated sediments; and
(d) otherwise provide a means of controlling
				formation pressures and fluids.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.10 - Pit Construction And Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) An operator shall obtain approval of the
				Supervisor prior to the construction of any pit to be used in conjunction with
				drilling, completion, and workover operations.
(2) All pits utilized to contain fluids
				during drilling, completion, and workover operations shall be constructed and
				maintained so as to prevent pollution of surface and ground water.
(3) Pits shall be constructed and maintained
				so as to contain fluids within the pit. No fluids shall be discharged from the
				pit except as allowed by appropriate permit(s) and regulation(s). The fluid
				level in such pits shall be kept at least two (2) feet below the top of the pit
				wall or dike.
(4) Pits shall be
				constructed and maintained so that no surface water or runoff will enter the
				pit.
(5) Operators should construct
				pits so that the bottom of the pit is above the seasonal high water table. If
				the pit cannot be constructed in such a manner, then the Supervisor shall
				require that the pit be lined with a material that is capable of retaining pit
				fluids or that other action be taken to insure the protection of ground
				water.
(6) Operators shall prevent
				materials that are not exempt under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
				from entering the pit during drilling, completion, or workover
				operations.
(7) Prior to utilizing
				such pit, the pit shall be inspected by the operator who shall make a
				determination that said pit is constructed in a manner that will prevent the
				pollution of surface and ground water. The operator shall keep a record of the
				determination and shall provide a copy of said determination to the Board, upon
				request by the Supervisor. If requested by the Supervisor, an operator may be
				required to be available at the well location for a review of the determination
				as to whether or not the pit is in compliance with this rule.
Author:
State Oil and Gas Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.12 - Drilling Mud

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
In drilling operations in which mud is used, the operator
				  shall continuously maintain drilling fluid in the hole, from top to bottom, of
				  sufficient weight to control any pressure which may be encountered. Provided,
				  however, an operator may use other appropriate methods to control any pressure
				  which may be encountered, without the use of drilling fluids, upon the approval
				  of the Supervisor.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.13 - Blow-Out Prevention

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Adequate blow-out preventers and high pressure fittings for
				  keeping the well under control shall be attached to properly anchored and
				  cemented casing strings. The blow-out preventers must be installed and tested
				  in accordance with this rule. The results of such tests shall be recorded in
				  the daily operations report maintained at the well site. Upon request, such
				  test records must be made available to the Supervisor.
(1) After setting and cementing surface
				casing, ram-type blow-out preventers (one equipped with blind rams and one with
				pipe rams), annular blow-out preventer, valves, and manifolds for circulating
				drilling fluid shall be installed and tested prior to resuming drilling
				operations.
(2) All workover
				operations shall include the installation and testing of ram-type blow-out
				preventers (one equipped with blind rams and one with pipe rams), valves and
				manifolds for circulating fluids.
(3) At the time of installation and following
				any repair or modification to the blow-out preventer system, annular-type
				blow-out preventers shall be tested to one thousand (1,000) pounds per square
				inch (psi). Ram-type blow-out preventers, valves, and manifolds shall be tested
				to two hundred fifty (250) psi, and then to ninety percent (90%) of the rated
				working pressure of either the wellhead or blow-out preventer stack, whichever
				is less.
(4) During drilling and
				completion operations, the ram-type blow-out preventer shall be function tested
				by closing on the drill pipe once every seven (7) days. Independently powered
				accumulators or accumulators and pumps shall maintain a pressure capacity
				reserve at all times to provide for repeated operation of hydraulic
				preventers.
(5) A full test shall
				be conducted five hundred (500) feet prior to drilling into the anticipated
				production zone or a zone that could reasonably be expected to contain hydrogen
				sulfide or abnormal pressure.
(6)
				All tests may be conducted using a test plug. Tests shall be recorded by
				charts, if required by the Supervisor.
(7) An agent of the Board may request that
				the blow-out preventers be tested at any time during operations.
(8) The Supervisor may approve modifications
				to blow-out prevention equipment, upon request and justification by the
				operator.
(9) The Supervisor may
				require the operator to monitor mud returns and to use a trip tank or other
				device during tripping operations for the prevention of gas kicks.
Author:
State Oil and Gas Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.15 - Report Of Well Plugging

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Within thirty (30) days after the plugging of any well, an
				  operator shall file Form OGB-11, Report of Well Plugging, with the Supervisor
				  setting forth in detail the method used in plugging such well. A schematic
				  showing the down-hole construction of the well, including the depths and
				  lengths of plugs, shall accompany Form OGB-11.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.16 - Restoration Of Location

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
When a location is abandoned, all material, debris and
				  equipment, such as drill pipe, casing, tubing, treaters, separators, tanks, and
				  other production, processing, injection, plant, and above-ground pipeline
				  equipment and materials shall be removed from the location. All wastes and
				  other material including petroleum contaminated soil shall be removed from the
				  location and disposed of in a lawfully approved facility, or recycled or
				  disposed of in accordance with appropriate permit(s) or regulation(s);
				  provided, however, that petroleum contaminated soil may be approved by the
				  Supervisor for on-site remediation. All wastes being removed from location
				  shall comply with the requirements of Rule
				  400-1-9-.03, Transportation of
				  Wastes Associated with Oil and Gas Operations. Adequate measures shall be taken
				  to stabilize the location and silt fences or other erosion preventative
				  measures shall be used to minimize erosion, unless otherwise approved by the
				  Supervisor. In any event, the location shall be restored within ninety (90)
				  days in a manner approved by the Supervisor. All water supply wells drilled in
				  connection with the operation shall be properly plugged and abandoned unless
				  future utilization of such well is desired by the landowner, in which case the
				  operator must obtain written consent from the landowner to leave the well open.
				  A copy of such request must be filed with the Supervisor.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.18 - Abandoned Wells

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
A well is considered abandoned when it has not been used for
				  six (6) consecutive months, and has not been classified as temporarily
				  abandoned or shut in pursuant to Rule
				  400-1-4-.17, and cannot be
				  operated, whether because it was drilled as a dry hole or has ceased to
				  produce, or operations have not been conducted thereon, or for some other
				  reason.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.19 - Wells Used For Freshwater

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
When a well to be plugged may safely be used as a freshwater
				  well and such utilization is desired by the surface owner, the well need not be
				  filled above the required sealing plug set below freshwater; provided, the
				  surface owner demonstrates to the Supervisor that the well is being utilized as
				  a freshwater well or agrees to take full responsibility for the well and
				  acquires a two thousand dollar ($2,000.00) surety bond acceptable to the Board
				  and files such bond with the Board on Form OGB-3. The Supervisor may later
				  release the bond upon proper demonstration that the well is being utilized as a
				  freshwater well.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-4 - DRILLING › Section 400-1-4-.20 - Seismic, Core, And Other Exploratory Holes To Be Plugged

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Before any hole is abandoned which is drilled for seismic,
				  core, or other exploratory purposes, it shall be the duty of the owner or
				  driller of any such hole to plug the same in such manner as to properly protect
				  all freshwater-bearing strata.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Previous Chapter 400-1-4 (Rules
					 400-1-4-.01 through
					 400-1-4-.10)  Repealed and New
					 Chapter (Rules
					 400-1-4-.01 through 400-1-4-.20)
					 adopted in lieu thereof: Filed April 11,
					 2000.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.01 - Daylight Hours

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
All open hole drillstem tests shall be completed in daylight
				  hours before sunset and shall not be considered as a production test. Copies of
				  all drillstem test results shall be submitted to the Board pursuant to Rule
				  400-1-4-.03(2).
				  For purposes of this rule, the word completed shall mean the closing of the
				  drillstem test tool valve. No well shall be swabbed into production except
				  during daylight hours before sunset. No well which contains or which is
				  reasonably expected to contain hydrogen sulfide shall be brought into
				  production except during daylight hours before sunset, unless otherwise
				  approved by the Supervisor.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.02 - Swabbing And Cleaning Wells

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Flow tests of less than four (4) hours, including swabbing
				  and cleaning a well, shall not be considered as a production test. A record of
				  the daily operation of well cleaning shall be reported on the reverse side of
				  Form OGB-9, First Production or Retest Report, giving pressure data and the
				  volumes of water, fracture fluid, oil or condensate, and gas recovered. Unless
				  otherwise approved by the Supervisor, all wells shall be cleaned into a tank
				  prior to production. The tank shall be of sufficient size to contain all
				  fluids.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.03 - Production Tests

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
				All production tests shall be made only after approval by the Supervisor. An
				operator completing a new well or recompleting an old well shall test the well
				to determine if the well is capable of producing and the amount it can produce
				up to and including any allowable if assigned. Such test shall be at stabilized
				rates for a minimum of four (4) hours' duration, shall not exceed seventy two
				(72) hours, and shall be taken in a manner prescribed by the Board in its rules
				and regulations. An operator shall submit a request in writing to, and receive
				approval from, the Supervisor or Board pursuant to Rule
				400-1-5-.04 for extended testing
				beyond seventy-two (72) hours. The results thereof shall be verbally reported
				to the Supervisor immediately and filed with the Board on Form OGB-9, First
				Production or Retest Report, within fifteen (15) days after such test is
				completed. When more than one test is made, the reverse side of Form OGB-9 may
				be used to give complete test data. The test shown on the front side shall be
				considered the official test results for such well.
(2)
Gas Well Capacity Tests.
The
				capacity of a producing gas well shall be determined at the time the well goes
				on production and on an annual basis thereafter, as follows:
(a)
Initial Capacity Test.
Capacity flow shall be determined by the stabilized multipoint back-pressure
				method in accordance with the procedures set out in the Interstate Oil and Gas
				Compact Commission (IOGCC) "Manual of back-pressure testing of gas wells." The
				capacity shall be the calculated bottom-hole absolute open-flow potential of
				the well and shall indicate the capacity of the well to produce against zero
				pounds per square inch absolute (psia) at the formation. The results of
				capacity tests shall be reported to the Board on Form OGB-10 within fifteen
				(15) days after such tests have been completed. All field data, calculation,
				and a plot of the backpressure curve shall be submitted with this
				form.
(b)
Annual Capacity
				Tests.
Capacity flow shall be determined by the stabilized one-point
				back-pressure method in accordance with the procedure set out in the Interstate
				Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) "Manual of back-pressure testing of gas
				wells." The most recently determined exponent "n" established by a stabilized
				multipoint-back pressure test shall be used with this stabilized one-point test
				to determine the absolute open flow. The results of this capacity test shall be
				reported to the Board within fifteen (15) days of its completion on Form
				OGB-10A. All field data calculations and a plot of the backpressure curve shall
				be submitted with this form. The Board may approve some other method of
				testing, but under no circumstances shall the open-flow method be
				used.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.04 - Production Allowable

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Until special field rules are adopted, an operator shall
				  submit a request in writing to, and receive approval from, the Supervisor for
				  extended testing under a temporary test allowable. This request shall be
				  accompanied by Form OGB-9, First Production and Retest Report and Form OGB-12,
				  Operator's Certificate of Compliance and Authorization to Transport Oil, Gas or
				  Condensate from Well. The duration of such temporary test allowable shall be as
				  specified by the Supervisor. Permanent production allowables shall be
				  established by the Board after notice and hearing.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.05 - Oil Measurements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
				Quantities of oil shall be computed from tank tables correctly compiled in
				accordance with American Petroleum Institute (API) standard 2501, "Crude oil
				tank measurement and calibration," second edition, July 1961 or subsequent
				revisions thereof.
(2) The American
				Petroleum Institute (API) gravity of crude oil shall be determined in
				accordance with API standard 2500, "Measuring, sampling, and testing crude
				oil," second edition, March 1961 and subsequent revisions thereof. API standard
				2500 restates the standards of the American Society for Testing Materials
				(ASTM), viz., ASTM designation D287-39; "Standard method of test for gravity of
				petroleum and petroleum products by means of the hydrometer," Observed gravity
				at the observed temperature be corrected to (API) gravity and volume at sixty
				degrees Fahrenheit (60° F) by the use of tables of the American Society for
				Testing Materials and the Institute of Petroleum, "ASTM-IP petroleum
				measurement tables" (ASTM designation No. 1250; IP designation 200).
(3) Correction for Basic Sediment and Water
				(BS & W) shall be made in accordance with the methods specified in the
				joint ASTM-API method, "Standard method of test for water and sediment in crude
				oils," ASTM designation: D96-63, API standard: 2542.
(4) The standards cited above shall be
				superseded by future revisions of such standards. However, the Board shall, if
				a characteristic of crude oil makes it necessary, after notice and hearing,
				issue field rules, special rules or regulations and orders prescribing a
				specific method of measuring, sampling, and testing crude oil.
Author:
State Oil and Gas Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.06 - Oil And Condensate To Be Measured

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
All oil produced shall be accurately measured and reported to
				  the Board by the operator on Form OGB-14, Operator's Monthly Report from Oil
				  Wells. All condensate produced shall be accurately measured and reported to the
				  Board by the operator on Form OGB-15, Operator's Monthly Report from Gas Wells.
				  Sufficient capacity shall be provided by the operator to take accurate
				  measurements of all oil and condensate produced, provided exceptions may be
				  granted by the Supervisor or the Board when physical conditions make an
				  exception necessary.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA › GOVERNING ONSHORE LANDS OPERATIONS › Chapter 400-1-5 - TESTING AND ALLOWABLE › Section 400-1-5-.07 - Gas To Be Metered

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
All gas produced shall be accurately metered in accordance
				  with standards set by the American Gas Association (AGA) and reported to the
				  Board by the operator on Form OGB-15, Operator's Monthly Report from Gas
				  Wells.
Author:
State Oil and Gas
				  Board
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											9-17-1,
et
seq
.