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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 550 - Promulgation And Enforcement Of Rules And Regulations › Section 550.5 - Access to properties and records

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The department, including its employees,
				  agents and representatives, shall have the right at all reasonable times to go
				  upon or into and inspect any oil and gas property, tank farm, pump station,
				  pipeline, gasoline plant, refinery and underground gas storage project for the
				  purpose of making any investigation or tests to ascertain whether the
				  provisions of the rules and regulations of the department are being complied
				  with.
(b) The department, including
				  its employees, agents and representatives, shall further have access at all
				  reasonable times to all well records, wherever located, and shall be permitted
				  entrance upon or into any lease or property for the purpose of inspection of
				  the records of wells. If so requested by the owner or operator, information so
				  obtained shall not be specifically disclosed to any persons other than
				  employees, agents and representatives of the department, but may be used in any
				  legal or official proceedings to which the department is a party, either
				  directly, or as an advisor to another State or Federal agency.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 550 - Promulgation And Enforcement Of Rules And Regulations › Section 550.6 - Offenses and penalties

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Violations, evasions, falsifications, omissions,
					 destructions, alterations, mutilations, and such other offenses as may be
					 proved in connection with the rules, regulations, orders or amendments thereof
					 of the department shall be punishable by fine and/or imprisonment as well as
					 being subject to such civil penalties as are provided by law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 550 - Promulgation And Enforcement Of Rules And Regulations › Section 550.7 - Scope of rules

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(a) The
				  following rules and the forms referred to therein (including the instructions
				  on said forms) shall be statewide in application unless otherwise specifically
				  stated.
(b) Special rules
				  pertaining to specific pools, fields, or areas will be issued when required and
				  shall prevail over the statewide rules if in conflict therewith.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.1 - Organizational reports

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(a) Each person
				  who is a principal or acts as an agent for another is any of the following
				  activities within the State must file with the department an organizational
				  report on a form the department prescribes:
(1) solution mining;
(2) drilling oil, gas, or solution mining
				  wells;
(3) the production in the
				  State oil and gas;
(4) the first
				  purchase of oil and gas produced in the State;
(5) the storage in the State of
				  gas;
(6) the practice of well
				  abandonments and salvage of oil and gas subsurface equipment; or
(7) the first transportation of oil and gas
				  produced in the State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.2 - Production and purchase reports

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(a)
				  Each person who first produces, sells, purchases, acquires, stores or
				  transports oil and gas produced in the State must keep and maintain complete
				  and accurate records of the amounts thereof. These records must be retained for
				  five calendar years after the calendar year to which they pertain. True copies
				  or duplicates must be kept or made available within the State for examination
				  by the department at all reasonable times.
(b) Each person who first produces, sells or
				  purchases oil and gas produced in the State and the operator of each gas
				  storage facility in the State must file with the department on a form the
				  department prescribes a statement of the oil and gas produced, sold, purchased
				  or stored. The information contained in this statement must be compiled on a
				  calendar year basis and must be filed no later than March 31st next following
				  the close of the calendar year, unless the department requires
				  otherwise.
(c)
(1) All records or reports and any
				  information obtained under the provisions of this section are only for the
				  confidential use of the department and other departments, agencies, and
				  officers of the State government until six months after the period to which
				  those records or reports apply, unless the person furnishing them expressly
				  agrees to an earlier publication or availability to the general
				  public.
(2) The provisions of this
				  subdivision shall not be construed to prevent the use of those records, reports
				  or information by any department, agency or officer of the State government in
				  compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition
				  of the industry, the economy or the condition of the natural resources of the
				  State, provided that those analyses or summaries do not involve the publication
				  of records, reports or information relating to a single firm or business
				  enterprise.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.3 - Other reports

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The following are other reports an owner or operator may
					 have to file and their location in Subchapter B of Chapter V of this
					 Title:
(a) completion report:
				  554.7;
(b) gas-oil ratio report:
				  556.1;
(c) nonroutine incident
				  report: 556.4;
(d) plugging report:
				  555.5; and
(e) secondary recovery
				  and pressure maintenance report: 557.4.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.4 - Financial security: generally

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(a) The owner of an oil and gas well or of a
				  solution mining well must file with the department and continuously keep in
				  force financial security payable to the department to guarantee the performance
				  of his or her well plugging and abandoning obligations under Part 555 of this
				  Title. The owner may keep in force financial security in excess of that
				  required. Financial security filed and maintained with the department for
				  solution mining wells cannot also be used to satisfy the financial security
				  requirements for oil and gas wells under this Part. A general partner of a
				  partnership or of a limited partnership that is the owner of such a well may,
				  on behalf of that partnership or limited partnership, file and continuously
				  keep in force the financial security to satisfy the financial security
				  requirements pertaining to that partnership or limited partnership.
(b) Financial security requirements must be
				  satisfied by filing:
(1) a surety bond in
				  favor of the State on a form the department prescribes from a corporate surety
				  authorized to do business as such in the State; or
(2) a personal bond in favor of the State
				  accompanied by an irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution
				  authorized to do business in the State; or
(3) any other comparable financial security
				  that the department accepts.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.5 - Amount of financial security: wells up to 6,000 feet deep

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(a) Except for gas
				  wells drilled into lands under the waters of Lake Erie, for wells less than
				  6,000 feet in depth for which the department issued or is processing for
				  issuance on or after October 1, 1963, permits to drill those wells or issued on
				  or after June 5, 1973 acknowledgments of the notices of intention to drill
				  those wells, the amount of financial security required is:
(1) for wells less than 2,500 feet in depth:
(i) for 1 to 25 wells, $2,500 per well, not
				  exceeding $25,000;
(ii) for 26 to
				  50 wells, $25,000, plus $2,500 per well in excess of 25 wells, not exceeding
				  $40,000;
(iii) for 51 to 100 wells,
				  $40,000, plus $2,500 per well in excess of 50 wells, not exceeding $70,000;
				  or
(iv) for over 100 wells,
				  $70,000, plus $2,500 per well in excess of 100 wells, not exceeding
				  $100,000.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.6 - Amount of well financial security: wells over 6,000 feet deep

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The owner of an oil and gas or solution mining well that
					 exceeds or that is expected to exceed 6,000 feet in depth must file financial
					 security for that well in an amount based upon the anticipated costs of
					 plugging and abandoning that well to the satisfaction of the department in
					 accordance with Part 555 of this Title, up to $250,000. However, the owner is
					 not required to file financial security under this section exceeding
					 $2,000,000, regardless of the number of wells described in this section that
					 the owner may have.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 551 - Reports And Financial Security › Section 551.7 - Well salvagers

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Each person who acts as an agent for another in the
					 practice of well abandonments and salvage of oil and gas field subsurface
					 equipment must file with the department and continuously keep in force
					 financial security in the amount of $15,000 to ensure the satisfactory plugging
					 and abandoning of wells to the satisfaction of the department in accordance
					 with Part 555 of this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 552 - Permits To Drill, Deepen, Plug Back Or Convert Wells › Section 552.1 - Application and fee

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(a) It shall be
				  unlawful for any owner or operator to commence operations to drill, deepen,
				  plug back or convert a well for exploration, production, input, storage or
				  disposal until he has filed an application with the department and has received
				  a permit as specified below. This application shall not be required for
				  deepening or plug back operations to be conducted exclusively within the
				  producing horizon of a pool.
(b)
				  Each copy of the application must be accompanied by a neat, legible plat which
				  has been certified as to correctness by a licensed land surveyor or licensed
				  civil engineer. The plat must be drawn to scale and show the boundaries of the
				  lease or unit containing the well, the distance in feet from the well to the
				  two nearest boundaries, the distance in feet from the well to the nearest well
				  completed in the objective pool (if same is within one mile) and the distance
				  in feet from the well to the nearest producing well (if same is within one
				  mile). Both of the latter two distances may be obtained by scaling from a map,
				  stadia measurements, pacing, odometer or other reasonably accurate means.
				  However, if the distance between the well and the nearest well completed in the
				  objective pool is such that there is a possibility of violation of the spacing
				  requirements of sections
				  553.1 or
				  553.3, the distance
				  between the well and the nearest well completed in the objective pool shall be
				  measured accurately on the ground. The plat also must have indicated thereon
				  the latitude and longitude of the well and the scaled distances in feet in
				  east-west and north-south directions from the nearest corner of the United
				  States Geological Survey topographical map upon which the well location is
				  situated, with the topographical map being identified by title, date and as to
				  whether seven and one-half minute or 15 minute coverage.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 552 - Permits To Drill, Deepen, Plug Back Or Convert Wells › Section 552.2 - Issuance of permit

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(a) Upon
				  determination that the application is in order and that the appropriate
				  plugging bond is in force or proof of financial responsibility has been
				  established as provided in section
				  551.3  of this
				  Title, the department shall issue as expeditiously as possible a permit to the
				  owner or operator utilizing form OG9.
(b) During the period while operations are in
				  progress, the permit must be posted in a prominent place at the well site so as
				  to be clearly visible and legible at all times.
(c) If the operations for which the permit is
				  granted have not commenced and been pursued in a diligent manner within 180
				  days from the date of issuance of the permit, said permit shall
				  expire.
(d) If prior to the
				  commencement of operations, spacing unit are applied for or are pending, the
				  department may suspend the permit. After a decision relative to spacing units,
				  the suspended permit either will be cancelled by the department and the fee
				  refunded, or will be reinstated with the time while in suspension not charged
				  against the 180-day permit period.
(e) Under unusual or emergency circumstances,
				  or for other good cause, the department may permit the commencement of
				  operations by verbal authority of the director prior to the issuance of a
				  formal permit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 552 - Permits To Drill, Deepen, Plug Back Or Convert Wells › Section 552.3 - Reissuance of permit

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(a) A permit
				  shall not be transferable but may be reissued as a new permit for any other
				  location if prior to the commencement of operations the owner or operator to
				  whom the permit originally was issued submits, all in triplicate, a letter
				  advising of the location change, another application completely filled out, and
				  the appropriate plat showing the new location. Reissuance of the permit,
				  without additional fee, shall be made by the department after determination
				  that the application is in order and that the appropriate plugging bond is in
				  force or proof of financial responsibility has been established as provided in
				  section
				  551.3  of this
				  Title.
(b) A new permit shall not
				  be required for a revised location which has been moved no more than 75 feet
				  from the original location as a result of surface obstructions or topography.
				  The owner or operator is required, however, to advise the department by
				  triplicate letter of any such minor changes as were made in location within
				  five days after the commencement of operations.
(c) A permit also may be reissued as a new
				  permit to any other owner or operator without additional fee if prior to the
				  completion of the planned operations, the owner or operator to whom the permit
				  originally was issued disposes of his interest in the well and the other owner
				  or operator takes charge of the operations. To effect this change, the owner or
				  operator to whom the permit originally was issued must submit in triplicate a
				  written statement to the department setting forth the facts and requesting that
				  the permit be reissued to the person who will conduct the operations. Before a
				  permit shall be reissued, the owner or operator who has assumed responsibility
				  for the operation must submit in triplicate a written statement setting forth
				  that he has taken charge of the well and will assume full responsibility for
				  its plugging in conformity with the rules, regulations, orders and amendments
				  thereof issued by the department. Reissuance of the permit, without additional
				  fee, shall be made by the department after determination that all is in order
				  and the new owner or operator has furnished both the required organizational
				  report and a satisfactory plugging bond or proof of financial responsibility as
				  provided in section
				  551.3  of this
				  Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 553 - Well Spacing › Section 553.1 - Statewide spacing

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section and absent a department
				  order establishing spacing units, a well drilled, deepened, plugged back, or
				  converted for the production of oil and gas cannot be located less than 660
				  feet from any boundary line of the lease, integrated leases or unit and cannot
				  be closer than 1,320 feet from any other oil and gas well in the same
				  pool.
(b) Absent a department order
				  establishing spacing units, a well which is on a lease, integrated leases, or
				  unit having as one of its boundary lines the New York Pennsylvania border may
				  not be drilled, deepened, plugged back, or converted for the production of oil
				  and gas within 330 feet of that border.
(c) Oil wells located in oil fields or pools
				  that were discovered, developed, and operated before January 1, 1981, are not
				  subject to the provisions of this section.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 553 - Well Spacing › Section 553.2 - Surface restrictions

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No well shall be located nearer than 100 feet from any
					 inhabited private dwelling house without written consent of the owner; nearer
					 than 150 feet from any public building or area which may be used as a place of
					 resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, trade, manufacture,
					 repair, storage, traffic or occupancy by the public; nearer than 75 feet to the
					 traveled part of any State, county, township, or municipal road or any public
					 street, road or highway; or nearer than 50 feet from any public stream, river
					 or other body of water. This regulation, which is adopted in the interest of
					 public safety, does not apply to a building or structure which is incident to
					 agricultural use of the land on which it is located, unless such building is
					 used as a private dwelling house or in the business of retail
					 trade.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 553 - Well Spacing › Section 553.3 - Spacing units

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) To promote
				  effective development, use, or conservation of the natural resources of oil and
				  gas, an order establishing well spacing may be promulgated by the
				  department.
(b) Prior to
				  promulgation of any spacing order, a public hearing on the matter will be
				  conducted by the department acting either on its own motion or upon receipt of
				  an application therefor from any interested owner or operator.
(c) Any application for a spacing order shall
				  be made in writing and should include any information the applying owner or
				  operator deems relevant to the following factors which the department will
				  consider in deciding upon a spacing order:
(1) the lease and unit boundaries of the
				  lands underlaid by the pool;
(2)
				  the plan of well spacing currently being employed and that proposed for the
				  pool;
(3) the depth at which
				  production from said pool has been found;
(4) the nature and character of the stratum
				  containing the pool and the fluids contained therein;
(5) an estimate of the maximum area which may
				  be drained efficiently and economically by one well;
(6) any other available information
				  pertaining to said pool which may be of probative value to the department in
				  determining the proper spacing therefor, with due and relative allowance for
				  protection of correlative rights and prevention of waste.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.1 - Prevention of pollution and migration

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(a) The drilling, casing and completion
				  program adopted for any well shall be such as to prevent pollution.
(b) Pollution of the land and/or of surface
				  or ground fresh water resulting from exploration or drilling is
				  prohibited.
(c)
(1) Prior to the issuance of a well-drilling
				  permit for any operation in which the probability exists that brine, salt water
				  or other polluting fluids will be produced or obtained during drilling
				  operations in sufficient quantities to be deleterious to the surrounding
				  environment, the operator must submit and receive approval for a plan for the
				  environmentally safe and proper ultimate disposal of such fluids. For purposes
				  of this subdivision, drilling muds are not considered to be polluting fluids.
				  Before requesting a plan for disposal of such fluids, the department will take
				  into consideration the known geology of the area, the sensitivity of the
				  surrounding environment to the polluting fluids and the history of any other
				  drilling operations in the area. Depending on the method of disposal chosen by
				  the applicant, a permit for discharge and/or disposal may be required by the
				  department in addition to the well-drilling permit. An applicant may also be
				  required to submit an acceptable contingency plan, the use of which shall be
				  required if the primary plan is unsafe or impracticable at the time of
				  disposal.
(2) Brine or salt water
				  may be temporarily stored prior to disposal in any water-tight tank, container
				  or an earthen pit which is underlaid by soil such as heavy clay or hardpan.
				  Impounding of brine or salt water in an earthen pit is prohibited where the
				  soil underlying the pit is porous and/or is closely underlaid by a gravel, rock
				  or sand stratum unless the pit is lined with watertight material. The tank,
				  container or earthen pit shall be constructed and maintained so as to prevent
				  escape of any fluids therefrom, including any amounts that may be added by
				  natural precipitation.
(3) Storage
				  of brine, salt water or other polluting fluids in such watertight tanks or
				  earthen pits, prior to disposal, shall be for a maximum of 45 days after
				  cessation of drilling operations, unless the department approves an extension
				  based on circumstances beyond the operator's control. The department may also
				  approve an extension if the fluid is to be used in subsequent operations
				  according to the submitted plan, and the department has inspected and approved
				  the storage facilities.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.2 - Commencement of operations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The regional headquarters administering to the county in
					 which the well is located shall be notified in writing or by telegram at or
					 prior to the start of actual drilling operations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.3 - Cable tool drilling practices

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(a) On all wells where cable tools are
				  employed, the surface casing shall be tested by bailing to insure a shutoff
				  before drilling below the casing point proceeds.
(b) Wellhead connections adequate to control
				  blowouts will be employed.
(c) Any
				  oil or gas encountered above the ultimate objective in sufficient quantities as
				  to constitute a hazard or waste if permitted to escape must be shut off before
				  drilling proceeds deeper. Shutoff may be accomplished either by mudding,
				  cementation or by the running of a string of casing. The hole must be tested by
				  bailing to insure shutoff before drilling is resumed.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.4 - Rotary tool drilling practices

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(a) On all wells where rotary tools are
				  employed, and the subsurface formations and pressures to be encountered have
				  been reasonably well established by prior drilling experience, the operator
				  shall have the option of either running surface casing as provided in section
				  554.1(b) 
				  of this Part or of cementing the production casing from below the deepest
				  potable fresh water level to the surface. In areas where the subsurface
				  formations and pressures to be encountered are unknown or uncertain, surface
				  casing shall be run as provided in section
				  554.1(b) 
				  of this Part.
(b) When surface
				  casing is utilized, it shall be cemented by the pump and plug or displacement
				  method with sufficient cement to circulate to the top of the hole. Drilling
				  shall not be resumed until the cement has been permitted to set in accordance
				  with prudent current industry practices.
(c) In areas where the subsurface formations
				  and pressures have been reasonably well established by prior drilling
				  experience, the use of blowout equipment shall be in accordance with the
				  established local practice. In areas where the subsurface formations and
				  pressures are unknown or uncertain, all rotary drilled wells shall be equipped
				  with blowout equipment maintained in good working condition at all times as
				  follows:
(1) a master gate valve or its
				  equivalent;
(2) a blowout
				  preventer;
(3) a flowline equipped
				  with a shutoff valve of adequate size and working pressure.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.5 - Deviation

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(a) The maximum
				  point at which a well penetrates a producing formation shall not vary
				  unreasonably from the vertical drawn from the center of the hole at the
				  surface. Minor deviations will be permitted, however, without special
				  permission for short distances, to straighten the hole, to sidetrack junk, or
				  to correct other mechanical difficulties.
(b) If for any reason the department feels
				  that a well has been deviated excessively, it shall have the right to require
				  the operator to have a complete angular deviation and directional survey made
				  in the well by an approved well surveying company and certified as to
				  correctness at the operator's sole cost, risk and expense. In the event the
				  survey reveals any unreasonable violations of the applicable well location or
				  spacing regulations, the department may either require the excessively deviated
				  well to be redrilled or to be plugged and abandoned at the option of the
				  operator.
(c) Any owner or operator
				  so desiring, also may petition the department for permission to have an angular
				  deviation and directional survey made in any wells on leases or units
				  offsetting the leases or units of the interested owner or operator. If after
				  public hearing on the petition, the department feels the request is justified,
				  and the petitioner has deposited good and sufficient security or bond, the
				  department may issue an order authorizing the survey to be made by an approved
				  well surveying company and certified as to correctness at the sole cost, risk
				  and expense of the petitioner. In the event the survey reveals an unreasonable
				  violation of the applicable well location or spacing requirements, the
				  department then will assess all the costs of the survey to the violator and may
				  either require any excessively deviated well to be redrilled or to be plugged
				  and abandoned at the option of its operator.
(d) Controlled directional drilling also
				  shall be permitted upon the approval of the department. Any operator desiring
				  to intentionally deviate a well from the vertical shall first make written
				  application to the department. The application, which shall be in addition to
				  the permit application as provided in section
				  552.1  of this
				  Title, must contain the following information:
(1) names of the county, field or area, pool
				  and lease and well number;
(2)
				  description of the surface location and of the target bottomhole location in
				  feet from the two nearest lease boundaries;
(3) reason for the proposed intentional
				  deviation;
(4) names and addresses
				  of the offsetting operators and a statement that each has been sent a copy of
				  the application by registered mail, and the date of such mailing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.6 - Multiple completion

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(a) It
				  shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to commingle the production from
				  two or more pools prior to the metering or measurement thereof unless specific
				  permission for such commingling has been granted by the department. Said
				  permission may be granted on an administrative basis or after public hearing at
				  the discretion of the department.
(b) For any well in which a multiple
				  completion has been effected, the completion report shall contain relevant
				  supplemental information as specified in section
				  554.7(c) 
				  of this Part.
(c) Upon request by
				  the department, any well in which a multiple completion has been effected shall
				  be tested at any reasonable time to demonstrate the effectiveness of the
				  separation of the pools, such tests to be witnessed by representatives of the
				  department and any offset operators so desiring.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.7 - Completion reports, well logs and samples

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Within 30 days after the completion of
				  any well, a completion report utilizing form OG10 shall be filed in triplicate
				  by the owner or operator with the department summarizing thereon the completion
				  details.
(b) Each copy of the
				  completion report on form OG10 also shall be accompanied by a well log and such
				  other information as the department may specifically require. The measurement
				  datum for the well log and all other measurements in connection with the well
				  shall be clearly specified. The well log also must show the elevation in feet
				  of the measurement datum with respect to mean sea level.
(c) In the event a multiple completion has
				  been effected in a well, each copy of the completion report on form OG10 also
				  shall be accompanied by a diagrammatic sketch of the multiple completion
				  installation and a written resume of the procedures and equipment employed in
				  effecting the completion and testing to insure separation of the
				  pools.
(d) The operator also may be
				  required to provide up to two sets of bagged and labeled drill cutting samples
				  upon request of the department. If these are to be required, the operator will
				  be so advised at the time the permit on form OG9 is issued. The samples are to
				  be washed unless the well is drilled with rotary tools using air or gas as to
				  the drilling fluid.
(e) If so
				  requested by the owner or operator, the information contained in the completion
				  report and well log and the drill cutting samples shall be only for the
				  confidential use of the department and the Geological Survey of the State
				  Museum and Science Service of the New York State Department of Education until
				  one year after the date of commencement of operations for the well so involved.
				  Upon receipt of successive petitions from the owner or operator, and the
				  demonstration of continued sufficient good cause, the confidential period may
				  be extended for one or more additional periods of one year in length up to a
				  maximum total confidential period of five years.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 554 - Drilling Practices And Reports › Section 554.8 - Applicability to other operations

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In addition to being applicable to newly drilled wells, the
					 applicable provisions of all of the foregoing sections of this Part shall be in
					 effect for all deepening, plug back and conversion operations except for
					 deepening or plug back operations to be conducted exclusively within the
					 producing horizon of a pool and for which no application for permit under
					 section
					 552.1  of this
					 Title shall have been required.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 555 - Plugging And Abandonment › Section 555.1 - Policy

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to abandon
					 any well, wells or lease without having plugged and abandoned such well or
					 wells and effected surface restoration in the manner prescribed
					 herein.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 555 - Plugging And Abandonment › Section 555.2 - Shut-in wells

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(a) It shall be
				  unlawful for the owner or operator thereof to shut in a well capable of being
				  produced on a commercial basis for more than one year without specific
				  permission from the department for an extension of the time period during which
				  shut-in is permitted.
(b)
				  Permission for an extension of the time period during which shut-in is
				  permitted shall be granted administratively by the department upon written
				  application therefor by the owner or operator and the demonstration of
				  sufficient good cause. Such extension shall be granted for a period of not more
				  than one year, but shall be renewable for additional successive periods of
				  equivalent length upon receipt of successive petitions from the owner or
				  operator and the demonstration of continued sufficient good cause.
(c) Upon termination of the period of lawful
				  shut-in, the owner or operator must begin producing the well or permanently
				  plug and abandon it as provided hereinafter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 555 - Plugging And Abandonment › Section 555.3 - Temporary abandonment

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(a) It
				  shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any well to temporarily abandon
				  same for more than 90 days without specific permission from the department for
				  an extension of the time period during which temporary abandonment is
				  permitted.
(b) Permission for an
				  extension of the time period during which temporary abandonment is permitted
				  shall be granted administratively by the department upon written application
				  therefor by the owner or operator and the demonstration of sufficient good
				  cause. Such extension shall be granted for a reasonable time period and shall
				  be renewable for additional reasonable time periods upon receipt of successive
				  petitions from the owner or operator and the demonstration of continued
				  sufficient good cause.
(c) Upon
				  termination of the period of lawful temporary abandonment, the owner or
				  operator must either resume operations or permanently plug and abandon the well
				  as provided hereinafter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 555 - Plugging And Abandonment › Section 555.5 - Plugging methods, procedures and reports

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The plugging of a well shall be conducted
				  in accordance with the following sequence of operations:
(1) The well bore, whether to remain cased or
				  uncased, shall be filled with cement from total depth to at least 15 feet above
				  the top of the shallowest formation from which the production of oil or gas has
				  ever been obtained in the vicinity. Alternatively, a bridge topped with at
				  least 15 feet of cement shall be placed immediately above each formation from
				  which the production of oil or gas has ever been obtained in the
				  vicinity.
(2) If any casing is to
				  be left in the ground, a cement plug of at least 15 feet in length shall be
				  placed at the bottom of such section of casing. A similar plug shall be placed
				  at the top of such section of casing unless it shall extend to the surface. In
				  the latter event, the casing shall be capped in any such manner as will prevent
				  the migration of fluids and not interfere with normal soil
				  cultivation.
(3) If casing
				  extending below the deepest potable fresh water level shall not remain in the
				  ground, a cement plug of at least 15 feet in length shall be placed in the open
				  hole at a position approximately 50 feet below the deepest potable fresh water
				  level.
(4) If the conductor or
				  surface casing is drawn, a cement plug of at least 15 feet in length shall be
				  placed immediately below the point where the lower end of the conductor or
				  surface casing shall previously have rested. The hole thereabove then shall be
				  filled with cement, sand or rock sediment or other suitable material in such a
				  manner as will prevent erosion of the well bore area and not interfere with
				  normal soil cultivation.
(5) The
				  interval between all plugs mentioned in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this
				  subdivision shall be filled with a heavy mud-laden or other approved
				  fluid.
(6) The operator shall have
				  the option as to the method of placing any cement in the hole by either (i)
				  dump bailer, (ii) pumping or siphoning through tubing or drill pipe, (iii) pump
				  and plug, or (iv) such other method as shall be approved by the
				  department.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 555 - Plugging And Abandonment › Section 555.6 - Conversion to fresh water wells

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
When any well to be plugged may safely be used as a fresh
					 water well, and such utilization is desired by the landowner, the well bore
					 need not be filled above the required plug placed below the deepest potable
					 fresh water level. Permission for such plugging and conversion procedure will
					 be issued by the department upon application therefor from the owner or
					 operator accompanied by a written statement from the landowner granting
					 authority for such action and accepting full responsibility for the
					 well.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 556 - Operating Practices › Section 556.2 - Gas wells

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(a) The
				  operating practice requirements of subdivisions (b) through (d) of this section
				  shall be applicable only to gas wells.
(b) No gas from any gas well, except such as
				  is produced in a clean up period not to exceed 48 hours after any completion or
				  stimulation operation, plus that used for the controlled testing of the well's
				  potential in a period not to exceed 24 hours, plus that used in any operational
				  requirements, shall be permitted to escape into the air. Extensions of these
				  time periods shall be granted administratively by the department upon
				  application therefor by the owner or operator and the demonstration of
				  sufficient good cause.
(c) All gas
				  wells capable of production shall be equipped with wellhead controls adequate
				  to properly contain and control the flow thereof.
(d) The department may require the periodic
				  testing of any gas well in such a manner as the department may prescribe in
				  order to establish the producing capacity and characteristics of the well. The
				  owner or operator of any offsetting lease or unit will be permitted to have a
				  representative present to witness any such test.
(e) All gas when produced or sold shall be
				  measured with an adequate and suitable meter of sufficient capacity or measured
				  in such other manner as may be approved by the department. The gas may be
				  metered or measured from a lease or unitized property as a whole or on an
				  individual well basis at the option of the operator. The meter charts and
				  relevant records shall be kept in a permanent file for a period of at least
				  three years and be made available to the department upon written request
				  therefor.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 556 - Operating Practices › Section 556.3 - Vacuum pumps

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The use of vacuum pumps or other devices for the purpose of
					 putting a vacuum on any gas or oil-bearing stratum is prohibited. Exceptions to
					 this ruling may be obtained on an administrative basis, however, from the
					 department upon application and demonstration of good cause.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter B - Mineral Resources › Part 556 - Operating Practices › Section 556.4 - Safety

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Oil shall not
				  be produced, stored or retained in earthen reservoirs.
(b) The operation of any well, lease or unit
				  shall be such as to keep and maintain all well locations and lease or unit
				  installations free of rubbish, debris, dead grass, brush, weeds and other
				  inflammable material. All waste oil shall be disposed of in a manner which will
				  not create a fire hazard.
(c) When
				  it is deemed necessary by the department for the protection of life, health, or
				  property, the department may require any lease or other oil storage tanks to be
				  surrounded by an earthen dike which shall have a capacity of one and one-half
				  times the capacity of the tank or tanks it surrounds. This dike shall be
				  continually maintained and the reservoir within shall be kept free from
				  vegetation, water or oil.
(d) All
				  persons controlling or operating any oil and gas wells or pipelines, or
				  receiving tanks, storage tanks, or receiving and storage receptacles into which
				  crude oil is produced, received or stored, or through which oil or gas
				  production or products is piped or transported, shall immediately notify
				  verbally or by telegram the regional headquarters administering to the county
				  in which the disruption specified below has occurred giving current details,
				  and by letter within five days after the event, giving full details concerning
				  all fires including those occasioned by discharges of lightning which occur at
				  such oil or gas wells or tanks or receptacles. A similar report also shall be
				  required for any breaks or leaks in or from tanks or receptacles and pipelines
				  from which oil or gas production or products is escaping or has escaped. In all
				  such reports of fires, breaks, leaks or escapes, or other accidents of this
				  nature, the location of the well, tank, receptacle or line break shall be given
				  so that the location thereof can be readily located on the ground. Such report
				  shall likewise specify what steps have been taken or are in progress to remedy
				  the situation reported and shall detail the quantity of oil or gas lost,
				  destroyed or permitted to escape. In case any tank or receptacle is permitted
				  to run over, the escape thus occurring shall be reported as in the case of a
				  leak. The report hereby required shall be necessary only in case such oil or
				  gas loss creates a fire or pollution hazard or exceeds 100 barrels of oil in
				  the aggregate, or three million cubic feet of gas in the aggregate.