Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-702 - Construction of cathodic protection boreholes, measurements, logging, reports, penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater
				management districts #2 and #5. Each owner, operator, or person responsible for
				the construction of a cathodic protection borehole located in groundwater
				management district #2 or #5 shall be subject to
				K.A.R.
				82-3-706 through
				K.A.R.
				82-3-709.
(a) Each owner, operator, or person
			 responsible for the construction of a cathodic protection borehole shall use a
			 driller who is licensed by the commission under
			 K.S.A.
			 55-155, and amendments thereto, or a water
			 well contractor who is licensed by the Kansas department of health and
			 environment under
			 K.S.A.
			 82a-1201 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(b) The operator shall construct
			 each cathodic protection borehole in the following manner.
(1) The total depths of each borehole and the
			 bottom of the cathodic surface casing shall not exceed the depths permitted on
			 the approved intention to drill.
(2) The diameter of the borehole for cathodic
			 surface casing installation shall be at least six inches larger than the
			 nominal outside diameter (OD) of the cathodic surface casing.
(3) In aquifer completions, cathodic surface
			 casing shall extend from the surface to 20 feet below the top of the aquifer.
(4) In multiple aquifer
			 completions, the cathodic surface casing shall extend from the land surface
			 through the aquifers and 20 feet into shale or other impermeable bedrock.
(5) Exceptions to the surface
			 casing depth requirements may be granted by the director of the conservation
			 division upon written request.
Each operator requesting an exception shall be required to
				demonstrate that the exception provides adequate protection of fresh and usable
				waters.
(6) All cathodic
			 surface casing shall be nonmetallic and shall have a standard dimension ratio
			 (SDR) of 26 or less. The SDR shall be calculated by dividing the cathodic
			 surface casing's outside diameter (OD) by its minimum wall thickness (MWT): SDR
			 = OD/MWT.
(7) The operator shall
			 install centralizers along the entire length of the cathodic surface casing at
			 intervals of not greater than 40 feet, starting at the bottom of the casing.
(8) The operator shall grout the
			 annular space either by using a tremie pipe or by following the instructions of
			 individual grout manufacturers.
The grout shall be allowed to set undisturbed for at least 24
				hours, or for the length of time recommended by individual grout manufacturer's
				instructions. Exceptions to this requirement may be granted by the director of
				the conservation division upon written request. Each operator requesting an
				exception shall be required to demonstrate that the exception provides
				equivalent or greater protection to fresh and usable waters. Bentonite clay
				grout shall not be used where a mineralized aquifer or aquifers transect the
				borehole.
(9) The operator
			 shall not make any openings through the cathodic surface casing, except for the
			 installation of a pitless casing adapter.
(10) The operator shall not use products
			 designed for drilling purposes that contain organic polymers as either drilling
			 mud or grout.
(11) The operator
			 shall install anodes and anode conductors in the borehole beginning at least
			 five feet below the bottom of the cathodic surface casing.