Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1000 - Definitions: underground porosity gas storage facilities

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The following terms, as used in these regulations for
				underground porosity gas storage facilities, shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Cushion gas" means the volume of
			 gas required as permanent storage inventory to maintain adequate reservoir
			 pressure for meeting minimum gas deliverability demands throughout the
			 withdrawal season.
(b) "FERC"
			 means the federal energy regulatory commission.
(c) "Fracture gradient" means the pressure
			 gradient, measured in pounds per square inch per feet, that, if applied to a
			 subsurface formation, will cause that formation to physically fracture.
(d) "Fresh water" means water
			 containing not more than 1,000 milligrams of total dissolved solids per liter.
(e) "Gas storage injection or
			 withdrawal well" means a well used to inject and withdraw natural gas stored in
			 an underground porous and permeable reservoir.
(f) "Gas storage observation well" means a
			 well either completed or recompleted for the purpose of observing subsurface
			 phenomena, including the presence of hydrocarbon gas, pressure fluctuations,
			 fluid levels and flow, and temperature.
(g) "Gas storage porosity reservoir" means a
			 porous stratum of the earth that is separated from any other similar porous
			 stratum by an impermeable stratum and is capable of being used for underground
			 storage of natural gas.
(h) "Gas
			 storage well" means any gas storage injection or withdrawal well, gas storage
			 withdrawal well, or gas storage observation well completed or recompleted as
			 part of an underground porosity gas storage facility.
(i) "Gas storage withdrawal well" means a
			 well used only for the withdrawal of natural gas stored in an underground
			 porous and permeable reservoir.
(j) "Leak detector" means a device capable of
			 detecting by chemical or physical means the presence of hydrocarbon vapor or
			 the escape of vapor through a small opening.
(k) "Licensed engineer" means an engineer
			 that is licensed or authorized to practice engineering in Kansas by the Kansas
			 state board of technical professions.
(l) "Licensed geologist" means a geologist
			 that is licensed or authorized to practice geology in Kansas by the Kansas
			 state board of technical professions.
(m) "Packer" means an expanding mechanical
			 device used in a well to seal off certain sections of the well when cementing,
			 testing, or isolating the well from the completed interval.
(n) "Small, well-defined outside area" means
			 an area, including a playground, recreation area, outdoor theater, and other
			 place of public assembly, that is occupied by 20 or more persons on at least
			 five days a week for 10 weeks in any 12-month period. The days and weeks shall
			 not be required to be consecutive.
(o) "Underground porosity gas storage" means
			 the storage of hydrocarbon gas in underground porous and permeable geologic
			 strata that have been converted to hydrocarbon gas storage.
(p) "Underground porosity gas storage
			 facility" and "storage facility" mean the leased acreage associated with the
			 storage field. This term shall include the wellbore tubular goods, the
			 wellhead, and any related equipment, including the last positive shutoff valve
			 attached to the flowline.
(q)
			 "Working gas" means the portion of the gas storage volume that can be removed
			 from a gas storage porosity reservoir for deliveries and still maintain
			 pressure sufficient to meet design deliv-erability.
This regulation shall be effective on and after October 29,
				2002.