Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-700 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
As used in these regulations for cathodic protection
				facilities, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:
(a) "Annular space" means the space between
			 the surface casing and the borewall or the space between two or more strings of
			 surface casing in a cathodic protection borehole.
(b) "Anode conductor grout" means a mixture
			 having a minimum of 30 percent solids and weighing not less than 10.1 pounds
			 per gallon. This mixture shall consist of 14 gallons of freshwater and 50
			 pounds of a commercial, single-sack grout that contains a plugging sodium
			 bentonite blended clay with less than 10 percent of inorganic additives to
			 temporarily inhibit sodium bentonite clay hydration during placement.
(c) "Aquifer" means any geologic
			 formation capable of yielding water in sufficient quantities so that the water
			 can be diverted for beneficial use.
(d) "Aquifer completion" means a cathodic
			 protection borehole that is installed in an aquifer.
(e) "Bedrock" means shale, limestone,
			 sandstone, siltstone, anhydrite, gypsum, salt, or other consolidated rock
			 material that can occur at the surface or underlie unconsolidated material.
(f) "Bentonite cement" means a
			 mixture weighing not less than 14.1 pounds per gallon and consisting of
			 freshwater, Portland cement, and four to eight percent of sodium bentonite clay
			 additive or an equivalent as approved by the director of the conservation
			 division or the manager of groundwater management district #2 or #5 for
			 cathodic protection boreholes drilled in the respective groundwater management
			 district.
(g) "Bentonite clay
			 grout" means a mixture weighing not less than 9.4 pounds per gallon. This
			 mixture shall consist of freshwater and commercial grouting or plugging sodium
			 bentonite clay containing a high percentage of solids including those
			 manufactured under the trade names of "Volclay" grout and "HolePlug" or a
			 generic equivalent as approved by the director of the conservation division or
			 the manager of groundwater management district #2 or #5 for cathodic protection
			 boreholes drilled in the respective groundwater management district.
(h) "Cathodic protection borehole" means any
			 excavation penetrating the water table of an aquifer that is drilled, cored,
			 bored, washed, driven, dug, or otherwise constructed for the intended use or
			 purpose of installing equipment to prevent electrolytic corrosion of metallic
			 equipment or facilities.
(i)
			 "Cathodic surface casing" means the first nonmetallic casing put in a cathodic
			 protection borehole with the annular space grouted from the bottom of the
			 cathodic surface casing to land surface, which serves to shut out shallow water
			 formations and also acts as a foundation or anchor for all subsequent drilling
			 activity.
(j) "Concrete" means a
			 mixture consisting of one 94-pound bag of Portland cement, an equal volume of
			 sand having a grain-size diameter not larger than 0.080 inches, and five to six
			 gallons of freshwater.
(k)
			 "Groundwater management district (GMD)" means a continuous area that overlies
			 one or more aquifers, together with any area in between, that is organized for
			 groundwater management purposes, pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 82a-1020 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(l) "Grout" means concrete, neat
			 cement, bentonite clay grout, bentonite cement, or any other material that
			 meets the following requirements:
(1) Is used
			 to create a permanent, impervious, watertight bond; and
(2) is approved by the director of the
			 conservation division or the manager of groundwater management district #2 or
			 #5 for cathodic protection boreholes drilled in the respective groundwater
			 management district.