Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1214 - Long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing for cavern storage facilities and cavern storage wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Each operator shall perform long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing on
			 any cavern storage facility and cavern storage well pursuant to a long-term
			 monitoring, measurement, and testing plan signed by a licensed professional
			 engineer, a licensed professional geologist, and a licensed professional land
			 surveyor. The operator shall submit a long-term monitoring, measurement, and
			 testing plan that includes the information required by, and demonstrates
			 compliance with, subsections (b) through (n) and includes the information
			 specified in this subsection.
(1) Each
			 operator shall determine the thickness of the salt roof for each cavern storage
			 well with a gamma ray and density log.
(2) Each operator shall demonstrate that each
			 cavern storage well has internal mechanical integrity by performing a
			 nitrogen-brine interface test, liquid-brine interface test, hydraulic casing
			 test, or storage well and cavern pressure test. If the well is constructed with
			 tubing and a packer, the operator may demonstrate internal mechanical integrity
			 by performing a pressure test of the production tubing and production casing
			 annulus.
(3) Each operator shall
			 demonstrate that all cavern storage wells and all caverns have external
			 mechanical integrity by performing a nitrogen-brine interface test,
			 liquid-brine interface test, or storage well and cavern pressure
			 test.
(4) The operator shall
			 evaluate the cement outside the production casing with a cement evaluation log
			 verifying that the cement is adequately bonded, including any innermost casing
			 or liner that extends the entire length of the production casing.
(5) Each operator shall meet the long-term
			 monitoring, measurement, and testing requirements in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2),
			 (a)(3), and (a)(4) according to the following:
(A) At least once each five years;
(B) before first fill operations
			 commence;
(C) after first fill
			 operations have been completed;
(D)
			 after any workover involving production casing cemented in the bedded salt
			 formation or the innermost casing or liner that extends the entire length of
			 the production casing;
(E) after
			 converting the storage well to plugging monitoring status;
(F) before commencing plugging operations, if
			 the most recent tests or logs were not performed within the previous five
			 years; and
(G) whenever required by
			 the director, if the director determines that it is necessary to protect public
			 safety, usable water, or soil.
(6) Each operator shall monitor the cavern's
			 storage capacity and geometry with a sonar survey according to the following:
(A) Before first fill operations
			 commence;
(B) after any storage
			 well is converted to plugging-monitoring status;
(C) before plugging the storage well, if the
			 sonar survey was not performed within the previous five years; and
(D) whenever required by the director, if the
			 director determines that it is necessary to protect public safety, usable
			 water, or soil.
(7) Each
			 operator shall evaluate the production casing set and cemented in the bedded
			 salt formation or the innermost casing or liner that extends the entire length
			 of the production casing with a magnetic flux log if the conservation division
			 determines that it is necessary to protect public safety, usable water, or
			 soil.
(8) Each operator shall
			 demonstrate every two years that surface ground subsidence is not occurring at
			 the storage facility by performing a land survey at each storage well until the
			 storage facility is abandoned.