North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-02 - Subsurface Mineral Exploration and Development › Section 43-02-02-22 - Well log, completion, and work-over report and basic data

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
After the plugging of a well, a plugging records (form 7-sm)
				  shall be filed with the state geologist. After the completion of a well,
				  recompletion of a well in a different pool, or drilling horizontally in an
				  existing pool, a completion report (form 6-sm) shall be filed with the state
				  geologist. In no case shall subsurface minerals be transported from the lease
				  prior to the filing of a completion report unless approved by the director The
				  operator shall cause to be run an open hole electrical, radioactivity, or other
				  similar log, or combination of open hole logs, of the operator's choice, from
				  which formation tops and porosity zones can be determined. The operator shall
				  run a gamma ray log from total depth to ground level elevation of the well
				  bore. Prior to completing the well, the operator shall run a log form which the
				  presence and quality of bonding of cement can be determined in every well in
				  which production or intermediate casing has been set. The obligation to log may
				  be waived or postponed by the director if the necessity therefore can be
				  demonstrated to the director's satisfaction. Waiver will be contingent upon
				  such terms and conditions as the director deems appropriate. All logs run shall
				  be available to the director at the well site prior to proceeding with plugging
				  or completion operations. All logs run shall be submitted to the state
				  geologist free of charge. Logs shall be submitted as one digital tagged image
				  file format (TIFF) copy and one digital LAS (log ASCII) formatted copy, or a
				  format approved by the director. In addition, operators shall file two copies
				  of drill stem test reports and charts, formation water analyses, core analyses,
				  geologic reports, and noninterpretive lithologic logs or sample descriptions if
				  compiled by the operator.
All information, except the operator name, well name,
				  location, spacing or drilling unit description, spud date, rig contractor, and
				  any production runs, furnished to the state geologist on recompletions or
				  reentries, shall be kept confidential for a period of one year if requested by
				  the operator and such period may be further extended upon approval by the
				  commission. The one-year period shall commence on the expiration date of the
				  permit. The confidentiality period will become void if the operator engages in
				  a wholesale release of the confidential information in a wide public form. Any
				  information furnished to the state geologist prior to approval of the
				  recompletion or reentry shall remain public.
Approval must be obtained on a sundry notice (form 4-sm) from
				  the director prior to perforating or recompleting a well in a pool other than
				  the pool in which the well is currently permitted.
After the completion of any remedial work, or attempted
				  remedial work, such as plugging back or drilling deeper, acidizing, shooting,
				  formation fracturing, squeezing operations, setting liner, perforating,
				  reperforating, or other similar operations not specifically covered herein, a
				  report on the operation shall be filed on a sundry notice (form 4-sm) with the
				  state geologist. The report shall present a detailed account of all work done
				  and the date of such work; the daily production of subsurface minerals and
				  water both prior to and after the operation; the shots per foot, size, and
				  depth of perforations; the quantity of sand, crude, chemical, or other
				  materials employed in the operation; and any other pertinent information or
				  operations which affect the original status of the well and are not
				  specifically covered herein.
Upon the installation of pumping equipment on a flowing well,
				  or change in type of pumping equipment designed to increase productivity in a
				  well, the operator shall submit a sundry notice (form 4-sm) of such
				  installation. The notice shall include all pertinent information on the pump
				  and its operation, including the date of such installation, and the daily
				  production of the well prior to and after the pump has been installed.
All forms, reports, logs, and other information required by
				  this section shall be submitted within thirty days after the completion of such
				  work, although a completion report shall be filed immediately after the
				  completion or recompletion of a well in a pool or reservoir not then covered by
				  an order of the commission.
The following basic data collected by the operator shall be
				  delivered, free of charge, to the state geologist within six months of the
				  expiration date of the permit:
1.
				Washed and packaged sample cuts, core chips, or whole cores except those
				portions of cores used for necessary testing or analysis in which case the
				results of testing, the analysis and the description of missing portions shall
				be submitted to the state geologist upon request.
2. Sample logs, radioactivity logs,
				resistivity logs, or other types of electrical or mechanical logs.
3. Elevation and location information on the
				data collection points.
4. Other
				pertinent information as may be requested by the director.
When requested by the operator, the data submitted shall be
				  confidential for a period of one year commencing on the expiration date of the
				  permit. Such period may be further extended upon approval of the
				  commission.
Data restricted to a particular stratigraphic interval
				  containing the actual ore being explored, developed, or mined, shall be
				  confidential as long as the operator is exploring, developing, or producing
				  from that particular stratum. The general area, as used herein, shall be
				  defined jointly by the state geologist and the operator. Definition of the
				  stratigraphic interval will be made by the state geologist. Data from the
				  stratigraphic interval will, at the discretion of the state geologist, be
				  retained in the North Dakota office of the operator during the period of
				  confidentiality. The industrial commission and the state geologist shall have
				  access to all confidential data.
The director may release such confidential completion and
				  production data to health care professionals, emergency responders, and state,
				  federal, or tribal environmental and public health regulators if the state
				  geologist deems it necessary to protect the public's health, safety, and
				  welfare.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-12-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-12-02