Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas › Chapter 1501:9-9 - Safety Regulations › Section 1501:9-9-05 - Producing operations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code with the exception of paragraphs (A)(10) and (D) of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code applies to all wells completed after the effective date of
				this chapter. Paragraph (E) of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code applies to all urbanized area wells where the permit was
				issued after the effective date of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code with the exception where the chief finds it necessary for
				protection of public health or safety or to prevent damage to natural
				resources, as provided by section
				1509.23 of the Revised Code, the
				chief may apply any portion of paragraph (E) of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code to any well in an urbanized area. If additional tanks are
				added to a tank battery established prior to the effective date of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code, the placement of the new tank(s)
				
								has to
				comply with paragraph (E) of rule
				1501:9-9-05 of the
				Administrative Code.
(A) Surface
			 equipment:
(1) All wells
			 
									have to
			 be equipped so that no oil, gas or condensate is allowed to escape with the
			 exception of gas flares as per paragraph (B) of rule
			 1501:9-9-05 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2) Oil
			 production tanks 
									will be set a minimum of fifty feet from the
			 traveled portion of a public road and a minimum of one hundred feet from
			 existing inhabited structures and a minimum of three feet between tanks and a
			 minimum of fifty feet from any well.
(3) Indirect fire heaters
			 
									will be
			 set a minimum of fifty feet from the well and a minimum of fifty feet from oil
			 production tanks and a minimum of one hundred feet from existing inhabited
			 structures. Direct fire heaters, excluding under tank and internal tank
			 heating, 
									will be a minimum of fifty feet from the well and a
			 minimum of fifty feet from oil production tanks and a minimum of one hundred
			 feet from existing inhabited structures and a minimum of fifty feet from
			 mechanical separators.
(4) Portable
			 heaters may be closer than fifty feet to the oil production tanks providing an
			 attendant is on hand and a chemical fire extinguisher in good working condition
			 is provided.
(5) Mechanical
			 separators 
									will be set a minimum of fifty feet from the well, a
			 minimum of ten feet from oil production tanks and a minimum of one hundred feet
			 from existing inhabited structures.
(6) Under tank oil and internal tank heating
			 
									cannot occur while oil is being produced into the same
			 tank.
(7) All oil production tanks
			 
									have to
			 be located in a position so that any escaping oil cannot drain onto public
			 roads or towards existing inhabited structures or other areas which could cause
			 a safety hazard.
(8) All surface
			 equipment 
									has
			 to be pressure rated to withstand operating pressures to which it is
			 subjected.
(9) In order to protect
			 life, health, and property  where a clear and present hazard exists, the chief may direct a person to protect
									 any producing equipment at the
			 well-head and related storage tanks  by an earthen dike or earthen pit which
			 
									will
			 have a capacity sufficient to contain any substances resulting, obtained, or
			 produced in connection with the operation of the related oil or gas well.
The dike or pit 
										will be maintained for the purpose for which it
				was constructed, and the reservoir within 
										will be kept
				reasonably free of water and oil.
(10) All producing leases
			 
									will be
			 legibly identified in a conspicuous place on or near the well-head or the
			 storage tank(s) as to owner, lease name, well number, permit number where
			 available, county, and an emergency telephone number. If multiple wells are
			 being produced into the common tank(s) each well-head
			 will be
			 identified as to owner, permit number where available, well number and lease
			 name.
Any change of ownership 
										will be shown
				at the well-head or storage tank(s) not later than sixty days after the date of
				the assignment or transfer.