North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-14 - GEOLOGICAL STORAGE OF OIL OR GAS › Section 43-02-14-16 - Reporting, monitoring, and operating requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The operator of a storage facility shall
				meter or use an approved method to keep records and shall report monthly to the
				director, the volume and nature of the injected hydrocarbons, the average,
				minimum, and maximum injection pressures, the maximum injection rates, and such
				other information as the director may require. The operator of each storage
				facility shall, on or before the fifth day of the second month succeeding the
				month in which the well is capable of injection, file with the director the
				aforementioned information for the storage facility in a format provided by the
				director.
2. Immediately upon the
				commencement or recommencement of injection, the operator shall notify the
				director of the injection date verbally and in writing.
3. The operator shall place accurate gauges
				on the tubing and the tubing casing annulus of all injection wells utilized in
				the storage facility. Accurate gauges must also be placed on any other
				annuluses deemed necessary by the director.
4. The operator of a storage facility shall
				keep the wells, surface facilities, and injection system under continuing
				surveillance and conduct such monitoring, testing, and sampling as the director
				may require verifying the integrity of the surface facility, gathering system,
				and injection wells to protect surface and subsurface waters. Before commencing
				operations, the injection pipeline must be pressure tested. All existing
				injection pipelines where the pump and the wellhead are not located on the same
				site are required to be pressure tested annually.
5. The operator of a storage facility shall
				report any noncompliance with regulations or permit conditions to the director
				verbally within twenty-four hours followed by a written explanation within five
				days. The operator shall cease injection operations if so directed by the
				director.
6. Within ten days after
				the discontinuance of injection operations, the operator shall notify the
				director of the date of such discontinuance and the reason therefor.
7. Upon the completion or recompletion of an
				injection well or the completion of any remedial work or attempted remedial
				work, such as plugging back, deepening, acidizing, shooting, formation
				fracturing, squeezing operations, setting liner, perforating, reperforating,
				tubing repairs, packer repairs, casing repairs, or other similar operations not
				specifically covered herein, a report on the operation must be filed with the
				director within thirty days. The report must present a detailed account of all
				work done, including the reason for the work, the date of such work, the shots
				per foot and size and depth of perforations, the quantity of sand, crude,
				chemical, or other materials employed in the operation, the size and type of
				tubing, the type and location of packer, the result of the packer pressure
				test, and any other pertinent information or operations which affect the status
				of the well and are not specifically covered herein.
8. Annular injection of fluids is
				prohibited.
General Authority:
NDCC 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-25