Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining › Subpart 3 - Statewide Order No. 29-M › Chapter 3 - Hydrocarbon Storage Wells in Salt Dome Cavities › Section XVII-325 - Pre-Operating Requirements-Completion Report

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The operator shall submit a report
				  describing, in detail, the work performed resulting from the approved permitted
				  activity. The report shall be submitted in paper and electronic form and shall
				  include all information relating to the work and information that documents
				  compliance with these rules and the approved permitted activity. The report
				  shall be prepared and submitted for any approved work relating to the
				  construction, conversion, completion, or workover of the storage well or
				  cavern. Product storage shall not commence until all required information has
				  been submitted to the Office of Conservation and the operator has received
				  written authorization from the Office of Conservation stating storage
				  operations may begin. Preauthorization pursuant to this Subsection is not
				  required for workovers.
B. Where
				  applicable to the approved permitted activity, information in a completion
				  report shall include:
1. all required state
				  reporting forms containing original signatures;
2. revisions to any operation or construction
				  plans since approval of the permit application;
3. as-built schematics of the layout of the
				  surface portion of the facility;
4.
				  as-built piping and instrumentation diagram(s);
5. copies of applicable records associated
				  with drilling, completing, working over, or converting the well and cavern
				  including a daily chronology of such activities;
6. if not already submitted, a certified,
				  as-drilled location plat of the hydrocarbon storage well, accompanied by proof
				  of filing of the plat in the parish conveyance and mortgage records;
7. as-built subsurface diagram of the
				  hydrocarbon storage well and cavern labeled with appropriate construction,
				  completion, or conversion information, i.e., depth datum, depth and diameter of
				  all tubulars, depths of top of cap rock and salt, and top and bottom of the
				  cavern;
8. as-built diagram of the
				  wellhead labeled with appropriate construction, completion, or conversion
				  information, i.e., valves, gauges, and flowlines;
9. results of any core sampling and
				  testing;
10. results of well or
				  cavern tests such as casing and casing seat tests, well/cavern mechanical
				  integrity pressure and leak tests;
11. paper and electronic copies of any
				  wireline logging such as open hole logs, cased hole logs, the most recent
				  cavern sonar survey, and mechanical integrity test;
12. the status of corrective action on wells
				  in the area of review;
13. the
				  proposed operating data, if different from proposed in the
				  application;
14. the proposed
				  injection procedures, if different from proposed in the application;
15. any additional data documenting the work
				  performed for the permitted activity, information requested by the Office of
				  Conservation, or any additional reporting requirements imposed by the approved
				  permit.