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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-904 - Wells qualifying for both new pool and production enhancement severance tax exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
When a new well or the opening of a new zone in an existing
				well would qualify for a severance tax exemption both as a new pool under
				K.S.A.
				79-4217(b)(4), and
				amendments thereto, and as a production enhancement project under
				K.S.A.
				79-4217(b)(6)(A)(4)(ii), and
				amendments thereto, the operator shall elect which exemption is being claimed.
				The seven-year exemption for any other production enhancement project for a
				well already qualifying for a new pool exemption shall begin on the date of the
				first sale after the enhancement project is completed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-905 - New technology; qualification for severance tax exemption

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
"New technology," as used in
				K.S.A.
				79-4217 and amendments thereto, shall include
				three-dimensional seismic studies and other technology that may be certified by
				the KCC technical staff. The applicant shall furnish to the Kansas corporation
				commission proof that the production is the result of new technology, as may be
				required by the commission staff. All wells drilled as a result of the
				utilization of new technology shall qualify for the severance tax exemption.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-906 - Production enhancement projects; secondary recovery projects

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
For secondary recovery projects, the base production and
				production decline calculations required under
				K.A.R.
				82-3-901 shall be based on either of the
				following:
(a) Aggregate production
			 of all producing wells within the boundaries of the secondary recovery project
			 if unitized; or
(b) total
			 production from the enhanced recovery project.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-907 - Production enhancement project; multiple well lease

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
When a production enhancement project is performed on a
				multiple well lease producing into a common battery or meter, the operator
				shall make a separate filing for each well. A production test shall be
				performed on each individual well before the enhancement project and
				immediately following the enhancement project so that total lease production
				may be allocated to the individual wells for the purpose of establishing base
				production and production decline as referenced in
				K.A.R.
				82-3-901.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1001 - Notice of federal energy regulatory commission proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Whenever the operator of an underground porosity gas storage
				facility files any application or report concerning the storage facility or
				operation of the facility with FERC, the operator shall at the same time
				deliver a copy of this application or report to the commission.
This regulation shall be effective on and after October 29,
				2002.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1002 - Provisional operating permits and operating requirements for existing underground porosity storage facilities; penalties

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Application
			 deadline; permitting procedure. No underground porosity gas storage facility or
			 gas storage well in existence on or before July 1, 2002 shall continue in
			 operation unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The operator has filed an application for
			 a provisional underground porosity gas storage permit with the conservation
			 division in accordance with subsection (b) on or before January 31, 2003.
(2) The conservation division has
			 issued a written provisional permit or written temporary provisional permit
			 granting the application. The application shall be acted upon by the commission
			 within 90 days of receipt of the application.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1003 - Fully authorized operating permits and operating requirements for existing and new underground porosity gas storage facilities and underground porosity gas storage wells; penalties

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Application and
			 permit required. No underground porosity gas storage facility or gas storage
			 well shall be put into operation and no underground porosity gas storage
			 facility or gas storage well in existence before July 1, 2002 shall continue to
			 operate after its provisional permit has expired, unless the following
			 conditions are met:
(1) The operator has
			 filed an application for a fully authorized underground porosity gas storage
			 facility operating permit with the conservation division in accordance with
			 subsection (b), and the operator has constructed or is operating the storage
			 facility in compliance with provisions of this regulation.
(2) Each application for a fully authorized
			 operating permit for an underground porosity gas storage facility to be
			 constructed after July 1, 2002 also complies with K.A.R. 82-3-1004.
(3) The operator has received from the
			 conservation division a written permit granting the application for full
			 authorization.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1004 - Notice of application for a permit to operate an underground porosity gas storage facility constructed after July 1, 2002

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Notice to
			 adjacent property owners.
Each applicant for an underground porosity gas storage facility
				operating permit for a facility constructed after July 1, 2002 shall give
				notice on or before the date the application is filed with the conservation
				division by mailing or delivering a copy of the application to the following:
(1) Each operator or lessee of record
			 within one-half mile of the boundary of the storage facility;
(2) each owner of record of the minerals in
			 unleased acreage within one-half mile of the boundary of the storage facility;
			 and
(3) the landowner on whose
			 land the well or wells affected by the application is located.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1005 - Testing and inspection requirements for underground porosity gas storage facilities and underground porosity gas storage wells; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Mechanical
			 integrity testing requirements; existing wells. Each operator of a gas storage
			 injection and withdrawal well or a gas storage withdrawal well completed before
			 July 1, 2002 shall demonstrate the mechanical integrity of each such well
			 according to this regulation before July 1, 2004. Each operator of an existing
			 gas storage observation well shall demonstrate the mechanical integrity of each
			 gas storage observation well according to this regulation on or before July 1,
			 2007. Each operator of a gas storage well shall subsequently retest each well
			 at least once every five years following the initial mechanical integrity test
			 performed on the well. The operator and a representative of the conservation
			 division shall mutually agree to a date for the mechanical integrity test. Test
			 results shall be verified by the operator's representative.
An extension of time to complete or conduct mechanical
				integrity testing may be granted upon a showing of good cause or as part of an
				approved alternate testing program. Approved testing procedures for gas storage
				wells shall include the following:
(1)
			 Pressure tests.
(A) Gas storage wells
			 equipped with a tubing and packer completion shall be pressure tested at no
			 less than 300 psig or 100 percent of the maximum authorized injection pressure
			 for the underground porosity gas storage facility, whichever is less. The
			 pressure shall be applied to the tubing casing annulus at the surface for a
			 period of 30 minutes and shall have no decrease in pressure greater than 10
			 percent of the required minimum test pressure. For tubing completions, the
			 packer shall be set at a depth at which the packer will be opposite a cemented
			 interval of the long string casing and shall be set no more than 50 feet above
			 the uppermost perforation or open hole for the gas storage reservoir.
(B) Gas storage wells not
			 completed with a tubing and packer completion shall be pressure tested at 100
			 percent of the maximum authorized injection pressure for the underground
			 porosity gas storage facility. The pressure shall be applied to the long string
			 casing at the surface after running a retrievable plug, which shall be set no
			 more than 50 feet above the uppermost perforation or open hole of the gas
			 storage reservoir. The test pressure shall be applied for at least 30 minutes
			 and shall have no decrease in pressure greater than 10 percent of the required
			 minimum test pressure.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1007 - Identification signs

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Identification
			 signs required. Each operator shall identify each gas storage well and
			 associated compressor site by posting a sign immediately adjacent to the
			 wellhead or compressor site. The sign shall be durable and shall be large
			 enough to be legible under normal daytime conditions at a distance of 50 feet.
			 The sign shall include all of the following information:
(1) The name and license number of the
			 operator;
(2) the name of the
			 storage facility and the gas storage well number or compressor site name or
			 number;
(3) the location of the
			 gas storage well or compressor site by quarter section, section, township,
			 range, and county; and
(4) the
			 emergency contact phone number or numbers for the operator of the storage
			 facility.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1008 - Safety inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Annual safety
			 inspections required. Each operator of an underground porosity gas storage
			 facility shall conduct an annual safety inspection of the facility and shall
			 file with the conservation division a written report consisting of the
			 inspection procedure and results within 30 days following completion of the
			 inspection. The operator shall notify the conservation division at least 10
			 days before each inspection so that a representative of the conservation
			 division can be present to witness the inspection. An extension of time to
			 conduct an inspection may be granted only upon a showing of good cause.
(b) Inspection criteria. Each
			 inspection shall include verification of all of the following:
(1) All gas storage well manual valves are in
			 normal operating condition.
(2)
			 All surface automatic shut-in safety valves are in normal operating condition.
(3) Wellheads and all related
			 equipment are in normal operating condition.
(4) All warning signs, safety fences or
			 barriers, and security equipment meet the requirements of the operator's safety
			 plan.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1009 - Transfer of a gas storage permit; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Transfer
			 authority required.
Authority to operate an underground porosity gas storage
				facility under a permit from the conservation division shall not be transferred
				from one operator to another without the approval of the conservation division.
				The transferor operator shall notify the conservation division in writing of
				the intent to transfer authority to operate an underground porosity gas storage
				facility from one operator to another. The written notice shall contain the
				following information:
(1) The name
			 and address of the transferor operator and that operator's license number;
(2) a list of all active and
			 inactive gas storage wells on the storage facility authorized under the permit
			 being transferred;
(3) the permit
			 number;
(4) the gas storage
			 reservoir or reservoirs covered by the permit;
(5) the proposed effective date of transfer;
(6) the signature of the
			 transferor operator and the date signed;
(7) the name and address of the transferee
			 operator and that operator's license number; and
(8) the signature of the transferee operator
			 and the date signed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1010 - Notice of plugging, plugging methods and procedures, plugging report, and plugging fee for gas storage wells; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Plugging
			 requirements. The plugging of underground porosity gas storage wells shall be
			 accomplished in accordance with K.A.R. 82-3-113, K.A.R. 82-3-114, K.A.R.
			 82-3-117, and K.A.R. 82-3-118, except as specifically provided below:
(1) To meet the requirement of K.A.R.
			 82-3-113(b)(2), the operator shall provide a written plugging plan to the
			 conservation division and the appropriate district office no later than 30 days
			 before the planned commencement of plugging operations.
(2) The operator of any gas storage well that
			 shows a positive wellhead shut-in pressure or gas flow at the surface
			 immediately before the commencement of plugging operations shall complete one
			 of the following before commencing plugging operations:
(A) Have a mechanical bridge plug or other
			 approved control device set immediately above the porosity storage reservoir or
			 reservoirs before commencing cementing operations; or
(B) implement additional cementing procedures
			 as approved by the appropriate district field office to ensure placement of a
			 cement plug across and above the gas storage reservoir.
(3) The operator of each tubingless gas
			 storage well shall plug the well by displacing cement inside the long string
			 and any intermediate casing from the total depth or plug-back total depth of
			 the well to the surface. The operator shall also ensure that there is adequate
			 cement in the annular space between casing strings and the wellbore.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1011 - Temporary abandonment of storage wells; well plugging; temporary and permanent abandonment of a storage facility; penalties

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Requirements
			 for cessation of well operations. Within 90 days after injection, withdrawal,
			 or observation operations cease on any well completed for the purpose of
			 underground porosity gas storage, the operator of that well shall perform one
			 of the following:
(1) Plug the well; or
(2) file an application with the
			 conservation division requesting temporary abandonment, on a form furnished by
			 the conservation division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1012 - Assessment of costs for underground porosity gas storage facilities and gas storage wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Annual well
			 fee. An annual fee of $240 shall be assessed for each active or inactive
			 unplugged gas storage well located within the boundary of any underground
			 porosity gas storage facility. The total annual well fee assessment shall be
			 based on the number of the operator's gas storage wells in existence on the
			 first day of November each year. The operator of the storage facility shall
			 remit the total fee based on this well count in a single check to the
			 conservation division on or before the last day of January each year.
(b) Application fees. The
			 following fee or fees shall be submitted with each of the following
			 app-lications:
(1)
(A) For a provisional storage facility
			 operating permit application filed according to K.A.R. 82-3-1002, each
			 applicant shall submit a fee of $2,000. In addition, for each gas storage well
			 included in this permit application, the applicant shall submit a fee of $50.
(B) For any application to amend a
			 provisional storage facility operating permit issued according to K.A.R.
			 82-3-1002, each applicant shall submit a fee of $250.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1200 - Definitions; compressed air energy storage

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The terms and definitions in
				K.A.R.
				82-3-101, with some definitions modified as
				follows, shall apply to these regulations for compressed air energy storage, in
				addition to the new terms and definitions specified:
(a) "Abandonment" means the process of
			 plugging all compressed air energy storage wells and removing all surface
			 equipment at a storage facility.
(b) "Air" means the portion of the
			 atmosphere, external to buildings, to which the general public has access.
(1) "Cushion air" means the volume of air
			 maintained as permanent air storage inventory throughout compressed air energy
			 storage operations.
(2) "Working
			 air" means any air in a compressed air energy storage cavern or reservoir in
			 addition to the cushion air.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1201 - Licensing; financial assurance

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) License required.
(1) No operator shall perform either of the
			 following without first obtaining or renewing a license:
(A) Test, construct, convert, operate, or
			 abandon any storage facility; or
(B) drill, complete, service, operate, or
			 plug any storage well.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1202 - Signatory; signature for reports

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator shall designate one
			 signatory to sign and verify any permit application, amendment application, and
			 facility permit transfer, who shall be one of the following:
(1) If the applicant is a sole proprietor,
			 the signatory shall be that person.
(2) If the applicant is a partnership,
			 association, or similar entity, the signatory shall be a partner or
			 member.
(3) If the applicant is a
			 corporation, limited liability company, or similar entity, the signatory shall
			 be a principal officer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1203 - Permit required; permit application

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No operator shall test, construct,
			 convert, operate, or abandon a storage facility, or drill, complete, service,
			 operate, or plug any storage well, without first obtaining a permit from the
			 conservation division. No operator shall be eligible for a permit without first
			 obtaining a license.
(b) Each
			 operator applying for a permit shall submit a permit application on a form
			 provided by the conservation division at least 180 days before the operator
			 intends to perform any compressed air energy storage activities. The operator
			 shall submit an original and two copies of the application.
(c) Each operator shall submit the following
			 with the permit application:
(1) The operator
			 name and license number;
(2) the
			 name of the proposed compressed air energy storage facility;
(3) the permit application fee and any
			 applicable plan fees pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1223;
(4) a signed statement verifying that the
			 operator possesses the necessary surface and mineral rights for operation of
			 the storage facility;
(5) plan view
			 maps pursuant to subsection (d);
(6) a site selection plan pursuant to K.A.R.
			 82-3-1208;
(7) a drilling and
			 completion plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1209;
(8) a storage facility integrity plan
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1210;
(9)
			 if the permit application is for cavern storage, a cavern storage well workover
			 plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1211;
(10) a storage well integrity plan pursuant
			 to K.A.R. 82-3-1212 or K.A.R. 82-3-1213;
(11) a long-term monitoring, measurement, and
			 testing plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1214 or K.A.R. 82-3-1215;
(12) a safety and emergency response plan
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1216;
(13)
			 a plugging-monitoring status plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1218;
(14) a plugging plan pursuant to K.A.R.
			 82-3-1219;
(15) a decommissioning
			 plan pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1221; and
(16) any other information that the
			 conservation division may require, if clarification of submitted information is
			 needed for the director to consider the application.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1204 - Notice of application; publication; protest

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator applying for a permit shall
			 provide a copy of the application to the following:
(1) Each operator of record of a mineral
			 lease within one-quarter mile of each boundary of the proposed storage
			 facility;
(2) each owner of record
			 of the minerals in unleased acreage within one-quarter mile of each boundary of
			 the proposed storage facility; and
(3) each surface owner of land where the
			 proposed storage facility will be located.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1205 - Permit amendment

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 operator shall file an application to amend that operator's permit if any of
			 the following conditions is met:
(1) The
			 proposed activity would result in a substantial change to the storage facility,
			 including a change in the rate, pressure, or volume of injected air.
(2) The proposed activity could result in a
			 threat to public safety, usable water, or soil.
(3) The size of the storage facility would be
			 expanded or contracted.
(4) A
			 storage well would be drilled, or an existing well would be converted to a
			 storage well.
(5) An amendment is
			 necessary for the permit to meet the requirements of any statute, regulation,
			 or commission order.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1206 - Permit transfer

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No
			 operator shall transfer a permit to another operator without the prior approval
			 of the director.
(b) The
			 transferring operator shall notify the conservation division, on a form
			 provided by the conservation division, of the intent to transfer the permit at
			 least 30 days before the proposed date of the transfer.
(c) The notification shall contain the
			 following information:
(1) The name, address,
			 and license number of the transferring operator;
(2) the permit number and the name of the
			 storage facility;
(3) a list of all
			 storage wells listed on the permit;
(4) the proposed effective date of
			 transfer;
(5) the signature of the
			 transferring operator and the date signed;
(6) the name, address, and license number of
			 the transferee operator;
(7) a
			 signature statement form signed by the signatory for the transferee operator,
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-1202; and
(8) any other information that the
			 conservation division may require, if clarification of any of the submitted
			 information is needed for the director to review the permit transfer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1207 - Permit modification, suspension, and cancellation

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A permit may be modified, suspended, or
			 canceled by the director after notice and opportunity for hearing if any of the
			 following conditions is met:
(1) A substantial
			 change in the operation of the storage facility, including a change in the
			 rate, pressure, or volume of injected air, has occurred.
(2) Material deviations from the information
			 originally provided to the conservation division occur or are discovered and
			 could affect the ability of the storage facility or storage wells to be
			 operated in a manner that protects public safety, usable water, and
			 soil.
(3) The permit, for any
			 reason, no longer meets the requirements of any statute, regulation, or
			 commission order.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1208 - Site selection

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No
			 operator shall test, construct, convert, or operate a storage facility without
			 a site selection plan approved by the director. The operator shall submit a
			 proposed site selection plan to the conservation division that includes all
			 information specified in, and demonstrates compliance with, subsections (b)
			 through (k).
(b) Each operator
			 shall submit to the conservation division an area of review evaluation, signed
			 by a licensed professional engineer or licensed professional geologist,
			 identifying any plugged or unplugged well of any type, including any well used
			 for production of oil or gas, water supply or injection, solution mining,
			 storage operations, monitoring, or corrosion control, that penetrates the
			 storage facility and is located within one-quarter mile of any proposed
			 boundary. The area of review evaluation shall contain any information available
			 from public records, publicly accessible data, or the operator's records.
(1) The operator shall indicate whether each
			 well has been properly constructed or plugged to protect public safety, usable
			 water, and soil.
(2) The operator
			 shall include a schedule to correct or plug any well that is not properly
			 constructed or plugged to protect public safety, usable water, and soil,
			 including any well that does not have adequate cement to isolate any storage
			 cavity or storage reservoir from any reservoir in the well, or adequate cement
			 behind the casing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1209 - Design and construction of storage well

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator shall drill and complete
			 each storage well, including the conversion of an existing well of any type to
			 a storage well or the conversion of a storage well to any other type of well,
			 according to a drilling and completion plan signed by a licensed professional
			 engineer or licensed professional geologist and approved by the director. The
			 operator shall submit the plan on a form provided by the conservation division
			 at least 90 days before the proposed date of drilling or completion. The
			 operator shall supplement the plan by submitting open hole logs within 30 days
			 after completing the well. The operator submitting a proposed drilling and
			 completion plan shall include the following:
(1)
(A) The
			 operator shall submit, within 30 days of completing any well, the following
			 open hole logs, one on a scale of five inches equals 100 feet, and one on a
			 scale of two inches equals 100 feet, from the surface to the deeper of the base
			 of the storage cavern or reservoir or the total depth of the storage well:
(i) Spectral gamma ray;
(ii) spontaneous potential;
(iii) density;
(iv) photoelectric;
(v) caliper;
(vi) for cavern storage wells, dipole sonic
			 for evaluating mechanical rock properties, logged at least from the base of the
			 cavern or the total depth of the storage well to 100 feet above the top of the
			 confining layer of the bedded salt formation; and
(vii) neutron log, with the source registered
			 in Kansas.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1210 - Storage facility construction and integrity

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator shall equip the storage
			 facility according to a storage facility integrity plan signed by a licensed
			 professional engineer and a licensed professional geologist. The operator shall
			 submit a storage facility integrity plan that includes the following:
(1) A description of how each storage
			 facility will be constructed, equipped, operated, maintained, and abandoned to
			 protect public safety, usable water, and soil; and
(2) information demonstrating that the
			 storage facility and each storage well will meet the requirements of
			 subsections (b) through (l).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1211 - Storage well workover

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 operator shall submit a workover plan to the conservation division at least 10
			 days before performing any downhole or wellhead work that involves dismantling
			 or removing the wellhead, unless the work is only routine maintenance or the
			 replacement of any gauge, sensor, or valve. If an emergency situation exists,
			 the workover plan requirement may be temporarily waived by the director. Each
			 operator shall submit a detailed summary of the work performed to the
			 conservation division within 30 days of the completion of the workover
			 activity.
(b) Each operator shall
			 determine how long any cavern storage well can safely operate below the minimum
			 allowable pressure limit or cushion air requirement to perform storage facility
			 maintenance or storage well work-over activities. If storage facility
			 maintenance or storage well workover activities are not performed within this
			 time frame, the operator shall test or log the storage well according to the
			 long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing plan.
(c) Each operator shall use, during any
			 workover, a blowout preventer with a pressure rating that is sufficient for the
			 anticipated workover operations.
(d) Each operator shall perform all logging
			 procedures through a lubricator unit with a pressure rating that is sufficient
			 for the anticipated workover operations.
(e) Each operator shall provide all relevant
			 well information to any contractor logging a storage well or performing a
			 workover before commencing the log or work-over.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1212 - Operation, monitoring, and measurement requirements for cavern storage wells

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(a) Each
			 operator shall monitor each cavern storage well according to the storage well
			 integrity plan signed by a licensed professional engineer and a licensed
			 professional geologist. The operator shall submit a storage well integrity plan
			 that includes information required by, and demonstrates compliance with,
			 subsections (b) through (n).
(b)
			 Each operator shall monitor the quality of the air to be injected into each
			 storage well before the commencement of storage operations and at least once
			 every 90 days after operations have commenced. The operator shall test for
			 fuel-fired turbine exhaust contaminants, water, and moisture.
(c) Each operator shall report the monitoring
			 results for each cavern storage well to the conservation division, on a form
			 provided by the conservation division, annually on or before April 1.
(d) Each operator shall monitor cavern
			 storage wells daily. If the cavern storage wells consistently operate in a
			 manner that appears to be protective of public safety, usable water, and soil,
			 monitoring according to a time frame based on the air injection and withdrawal
			 cycles may be allowed by the director.
(e) Each operator shall include in the
			 storage well integrity plan descriptions of the equipment, processes, and
			 criteria used to determine the pressure, temperature, water and moisture
			 content, total volume, and air flow rate. Each operator shall report any change
			 in the equipment, processes, and criteria by submitting updated descriptions to
			 the conservation division within 30 days after the change.
(f) Each operator shall install, within 30
			 feet of the electrical generating facility or at each cavern storage well,
			 equipment including any alarm and safety device that prevents the injection of
			 water and moisture.
(g) Each
			 operator shall equip each cavern storage well with sensors and safety devices
			 to continuously monitor the well and prevent the well from operating outside of
			 the allowable operating limits for pressure, temperature, water and moisture,
			 total volume, and air flow rate. If the cavern storage well is constructed with
			 tubing and a packer, the sensors and safety devices shall also monitor the
			 pressure in the annulus between the casing and tubing for any unexpected
			 increase or decrease in pressure.
(1) The
			 sensors shall be capable of recording maximum and minimum values during a
			 24-hour period.
(2) Each operator
			 shall submit any monitoring data, including historic continuous monitoring, to
			 the conservation division within 48 hours of a request by the conservation
			 division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1213 - Operation, monitoring, and measurement requirements for reservoir storage wells

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(a) Each
			 operator shall monitor each reservoir storage well according to a storage well
			 integrity plan signed by a licensed professional engineer and a licensed
			 professional geologist. The operator shall submit a storage well integrity plan
			 that includes information pursuant to, and demonstrates compliance with,
			 subsections (b) through (i).
(b)
			 Each operator shall monitor the quality of air to be injected into each
			 reservoir storage well before the commencement of storage operations and at
			 least once each 12 months after storage operations commence. The analysis of
			 the quality of air shall include consideration of fuel-fired turbine exhaust
			 contaminants.
(c) Each operator
			 shall evaluate the formation water in the reservoir before commencing storage
			 operations.
(d) Each operator shall
			 report the monitoring results for each reservoir storage well to the
			 conservation division, on a form provided by the conservation division,
			 annually on or before April 1.
(e)
			 Each operator shall monitor each reservoir storage well daily. If the reservoir
			 storage well consistently operates in a manner that appears to be protective of
			 public safety, usable water, and soil, monitoring on a time frame based on the
			 air injection and withdrawal cycles may be allowed by the director.
(f) Each operator shall include in the
			 reservoir storage well integrity plan a description of the equipment,
			 processes, and criteria used to determine pressure, total volume, and air flow
			 rate wellhead conditions. Each operator shall monitor and report the pressure,
			 total volume, and air flow rate. If the reservoir storage well is constructed
			 with tubing and a packer, the operator shall also monitor and report the
			 pressure in the annulus between the casing and tubing for any unexpected
			 increase or decrease.
(g)
(1) Each operator shall ensure that any
			 reservoir storage well is operated at or below the maximum allowable operating
			 pressure and based on either of the following criteria:
(A) Site-specific geomechanical core analysis
			 of the fracture gradient calibrated to the open hole log for each storage well
			 that determines mechanical rock properties; or
(B) sufficient testing of the
			 reservoir.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1215 - Long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing for reservoir storage facilities and reservoir storage wells

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(a) Each operator shall perform long-term
			 monitoring, measurement, and testing for each reservoir storage facility and
			 reservoir storage well pursuant to a long-term monitoring, measurement, and
			 testing plan signed by a licensed professional engineer and a licensed
			 professional geologist. Each operator shall submit a long-term monitoring,
			 measurement, and testing plan that includes the information required by, and
			 demonstrates compliance with, subsections (b) through (j) and includes the
			 information specified in this subsection.
(1)
			 Each operator shall demonstrate that each reservoir storage well has internal
			 mechanical integrity by using a hydraulic casing test or, if the well is
			 constructed with tubing and packer, a pressure test of the production tubing
			 and production casing annulus.
(2)
			 Each operator shall demonstrate that each reservoir storage well has external
			 mechanical integrity by running gamma ray, neutron, noise, and temperature logs
			 from 50 feet above the point of injection continuously to the surface. A depth
			 lower than 50 feet may be required by the director if the director deems that
			 this requirement is necessary to determine whether the reservoir storage well
			 has external mechanical integrity.
(3) Each operator shall meet the long-term
			 monitoring, measurement, and testing requirements in paragraphs (a)(1) and
			 (a)(2) according to the following:
(A) At
			 least once each five years;
(B)
			 after any workover involving the production casing cemented in the storage
			 reservoir or the innermost casing or liner inside the production
			 casing;
(C) before commencing
			 plugging operations if the most recent tests or logs were 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 health, usable water, or soil.
(4) Each operator shall evaluate the
			 production casing or innermost casing or liner that extends the entire length
			 of the production casing with a magnetic flux log if the director determines
			 that it is necessary to protect public safety, usable water, or soil.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1216 - Safety and emergency response plan

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(a) Each operator shall construct, convert,
			 operate, and abandon the storage facility in accordance with a safety and
			 emergency response plan signed by a licensed professional engineer or licensed
			 professional geologist. The operator shall submit a safety and emergency
			 response plan that includes the following:
(1)
			 Brine spill and flood assessment, which shall meet the following requirements:
(A) The applicant shall identify on a map the
			 location of any navigable water, floodplain or area prone to flooding, and
			 potential drainage path of a brine spill to navigable water, within a two-mile
			 radius of each storage facility boundary;
(B) the applicant shall submit the design
			 criteria for any storage well and facility equipment located in an area prone
			 to flooding; and
(C) the applicant
			 shall submit procedures for responding to a brine spill and flood that address
			 water containment and soil remediation and state the names of specific
			 contractors and equipment vendors available to respond to an
			 emergency;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1217 - Safety inspection

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(a) Each
			 operator shall perform a safety inspection of the storage facility at least
			 once every 12 months. One extension of one month for the performance of the
			 safety inspection may be granted by the director, upon written request. Each
			 operator shall ensure that all of the following conditions are met in the
			 safety inspection:
(1) Each automatic shut-in
			 safety valve at the surface is in normal operating condition and each alarm is
			 operating.
(2) Each wellhead and
			 any equipment attached to the wellhead is connected and functioning.
(3) Each valve, annulus, and blowdown opens
			 and closes with reasonable ease, including the storage wellhead manual
			 valve.
(4) Each communication link
			 between any control room and remote control center is connected and
			 functioning.
(5) The SCADA system
			 is connected and functioning.
(6)
			 The wellhead pressure monitoring associated with the plugging-monitoring status
			 plan is in working order.
(7) Each
			 corrosion control system is functioning.
(8) Each sign is properly posted, updated,
			 and maintained.
(9) The safety
			 fences or barriers, security equipment, and lighting are properly installed and
			 maintained.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1218 - Plugging-monitoring status

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(a) Any
			 operator may place a cavern storage well in plugging-monitoring status
			 according to a plugging-monitoring status plan signed by a licensed
			 professional engineer or licensed professional geologist. The operator shall
			 submit the plugging-monitoring status plan at least 60 days before placing the
			 cavern storage well in plugging-moni-toring status.
(b) Each operator submitting a
			 plugging-monitoring status plan shall include the following:
(1) The portion of the safety and emergency
			 response plan specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1216 that is applicable to the
			 plugging-monitoring status plan;
(2) the saturated brine information,
			 including the source, volume, transportation logistics, and time necessary to
			 fill each cavern storage well;
(3)
			 the storage well filling, monitoring, and reporting procedures used to ensure
			 that saturated brine will stabilize the cavern;
(4) a list of additional storage well
			 requirements and storage facility equipment, including wellhead gauges, surface
			 brine tanks, pumps, and piping network used in implementing the
			 plugging-monitoring status plan;
(5) a wellbore schematic of the storage
			 well;
(6) a record of each
			 historical internal and external mechanical integrity test, salt roof thickness
			 evaluation log, cement evaluation log, casing inspection log, and sonar survey
			 for the cavern storage well;
(7) a
			 schedule to perform sonar surveys and internal and external mechanical
			 integrity tests after the storage well is filled with saturated
			 brine;
(8) a schedule to perform
			 surface pressure monitoring at the wellhead to determine whether the cavern
			 storage well has been stabilized;
(9) a cost estimate of converting the cavern
			 storage well to plugging-monitoring status;
(10) updated maps specified in K.A.R.
			 82-3-1203(d);
(11) the updated
			 local geological evaluation specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1208(h); and
(12) the updated layout of the storage
			 facility specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1208(i).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-1219 - Storage well plugging

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(a) Any
			 operator may plug any storage well pursuant to a well plugging plan signed by a
			 licensed professional engineer or licensed professional geologist. Each
			 plugging plan for a cavern storage well shall also be signed by a licensed
			 professional land surveyor. The operator shall submit the plugging plan to the
			 conservation division at least 60 days before the anticipated plugging
			 date.
(b) Each operator submitting
			 a plugging plan for any cavern storage well shall include the following:
(1) The portion of the safety and emergency
			 response plan specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1216 that is applicable to the well
			 plugging plan;
(2) a wellbore
			 schematic of the storage well to be plugged;
(3) the updated local geological evaluation
			 specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1208(h) and the updated layout of the storage facility
			 specified in K.A.R. 82-3-1208(i);
(4) a record of each historical internal and
			 external mechanical integrity test, salt roof thickness evaluation log, cement
			 evaluation log, casing inspection log, and sonar survey for the storage
			 well;
(5) evidence regarding
			 whether the wellhead pressure for the cavern storage well has stabilized
			 according to the plugging-monitoring status plan;
(6) procedures to set a mechanical bridge
			 plug or other control device in the long string casing;
(7) procedures to place a cement plug above
			 the storage cavern by a method that will prevent migration of fluid into or out
			 of the storage cavern;
(8)
			 procedures to establish a monument at the surface for elevation survey purposes
			 for monitoring ground subsidence;
(9) procedures to perform land surveys every
			 two years until the storage facility is abandoned pursuant to commission
			 regulations; and
(10) a reasonable
			 estimate of the cost to plug each cavern storage well currently in
			 plugging-monitoring status.