Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1006 - Storage facility monitoring and reporting

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Monthly
			 wellhead pressure monitoring; record retention. At the time the application for
			 a provisional or fully authorized permit is submitted, the operator shall begin
			 monitoring and recording the wellhead pressure of each gas storage well,
			 including each annulus of the well, on a monthly basis. However, if the
			 operator has provided sufficient evidence to the conservation division that the
			 annulus has been cemented to the surface, no monitoring and reporting shall be
			 required for that annular space.
These records shall be retained by the operator for five years.
(b) Annual report of
			 wellhead pressures. Each operator shall annually report information regarding
			 wellhead pressures for each gas storage well to the commission. This report
			 shall be submitted on a form furnished by the commission.
(c) Report of potential leak. The operator of
			 an underground porosity gas storage facility shall report any pressure changes
			 or other monitoring data that indicate the presence of leaks in the well or the
			 lack of confinement of the injected gases and any associated fluids to the gas
			 storage reservoir. This report shall be made orally as soon as practicable to
			 the appropriate conservation district field office following the occurrence of
			 the leak and shall be confirmed in writing to the conservation division office
			 within three working days.
(d) Gas
			 metering; record retention. The total volume of gas injected into and withdrawn
			 from a storage facility shall be metered through a master meter. The gas
			 volumes shall be metered with a meter that has sufficient capacity and is
			 approved by the conservation division. The operator of the storage facility
			 shall keep the original field record consisting of magnetic tapes, digital
			 electronic data, meter charts, or records of gas injected or withdrawn for at
			 least five years. This information shall be made available to the conservation
			 division upon request.
(e) Monthly
			 volume report. The operator of an underground porosity gas storage facility
			 shall, on or before the last day of each month, file with the conservation
			 division a report showing the volume of gas placed into storage and the volume
			 of gas removed from storage at the storage facility during the preceding month.
			 The report shall also state the total volume of gas stored on the first and
			 last days of the preceding month.
(f) Penalties.
(1) The failure to file or timely file the
			 annual pressure report required under subsection (b) shall be punishable by a
			 $100 penalty.
(2) The failure to
			 file or timely file the monthly gas volume report required under subsection (e)
			 shall be punishable by a $100 penalty.
(3) The failure to comply with the reporting
			 requirements of subsection (c) of this regulation shall be punishable by a
			 penalty of up to $5,000 per occurrence.
(4) Each day that a violation of this
			 regulation continues may be considered a separate violation.
The penalties specified in this subsection may be increased by
				the commission if it finds that aggravating factors exist.
This regulation shall be effective on and after October 29,
				2002.