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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-19.1 - Fencing, screening, and netting of drilling and reserve pits

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All open pits and ponds which contain saltwater must be
				  fenced. All pits and ponds which contain oil must be fenced, screened, and
				  netted.
This is not to be construed as requiring the fencing,
				  screening, or netting of a drilling pit or reserve pit used solely for
				  drilling, completing, recompleting, or plugging unless such pit is not
				  reclaimed within ninety days after completion of drilling
				  operations.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-19.2 - Disposal of waste material

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All waste material associated with exploration or production
				  of oil and gas must be properly disposed of in an authorized facility in accord
				  with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
All waste material recovered from spills, leaks, and other
				  such events shall immediately be disposed of in an authorized facility,
				  although the remediation of such material may be allowed onsite if approved by
				  the director.
This is not to be construed as requiring the offsite disposal
				  of drilling mud from shallow wells or drill cuttings associated with the
				  drilling of a well. However, water remaining in a drilling or reserve pit used
				  in the drilling and completion operations is to be removed from the pit and
				  disposed of in an authorized disposal well or used in a manner approved by the
				  director. The disposition or use of the water must be included on the sundry
				  notice (form 4) reporting the plan of reclamation pursuant to sections
				  43-02-03-19.4 and
				  43-02-03-19.5.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-19.4 - Drilling pits

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A pit may be utilized to bury drill cuttings and solids
				  generated during well drilling and completion operations, providing the pit can
				  be constructed, used, and reclaimed in a manner that will prevent pollution of
				  the land surface and freshwaters. In special circumstances, the director may
				  prohibit construction of a cuttings pit or may impose more stringent pit
				  construction and reclamation requirements. Reserve and circulation of mud
				  system through earthen pits are prohibited unless a waiver is granted by the
				  director. All pits shall be inspected by an authorized representative of the
				  director prior to lining and use. Under no circumstances shall pits be used for
				  disposal, dumping, or storage of fluids, wastes, and debris other than drill
				  cuttings and solids recovered while drilling and completing the well.
Drill cuttings and solids must be stabilized in a manner
				  approved by the director prior to placement in a cuttings pit. Any liquid
				  accumulating in the cuttings pit shall be promptly removed. The pit shall be
				  diked in a manner to prevent surface water from running into the pit.
A small lined pit can be authorized by the director for
				  temporary containment of incidental fluids such as trench water and rig wash,
				  if emptied and covered prior to the rig leaving the site.
Pits shall not be located in, or hazardously near, bodies of
				  water, nor shall they block natural drainages. No pit shall be wholly or
				  partially constructed in fill dirt unless approved by the director.
When required by the director, the drilling pit or
				  appropriate parts thereof shall be fenced.
Within thirty days after the drilling of a well or expiration
				  of a drilling permit, drilling pits shall be reclaimed. The director may grant
				  an extension of the thirty-day time period to no more than one year for good
				  reason. Prior to reclaiming the pit, the operator or the operator's agent shall
				  obtain verbal approval from the director of a pit reclamation plan.
A subsequent sundry notice (form 4) shall be filed detailing
				  the pit reclamation and shall include:
1. The name and address of the reclamation
				contractor;
2. The name and address
				of the surface owner; and
3. A
				description of the work completed, including details on treatment and
				disposition of the drilling waste.
Any water or oil accumulated on the pit must be removed prior
				  to reclamation. Drilling waste shall be encapsulated in the pit and covered
				  with at least four feet [1.22 meters] of backfill and topsoil and surface
				  sloped, when practicable, to promote surface drainage away from the reclaimed
				  pit area.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-20 - Sealing off strata

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
During the drilling of any well, all oil, gas, and water
				  strata must be sealed or separated where necessary in order to prevent their
				  contents from passing into other strata.
All freshwaters and waters of present or probable value for
				  domestic, commercial, or stock purposes must be confined to their respective
				  strata and must be adequately protected by methods approved by the director.
				  Special precautions must be taken in drilling and plugging wells to guard
				  against any loss of artesian water from the strata in which it occurs and the
				  contamination of artesian water by objectionable water, oil, or gas.
All water must be shut off and excluded from the various
				  oil-bearing and gas-bearing strata which are penetrated. Water shutoffs
				  ordinarily must be made by cementing casing or landing casing with or without
				  the use of mud-laden fluid.
General Authority:
NDCC 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-22 - Defective casing or cementing

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In any well that appears to have defective casing or
				  cementing, the operator shall conduct a mechanical integrity test, unless
				  deemed unnecessary by the director, and report the test and defect to the
				  director on a sundry notice (form 4). Prior to attempting remedial work on any
				  casing, the operator must obtain approval from the director and proceed with
				  diligence to conduct tests, as approved or required by the director, to
				  properly evaluate the condition of the well bore and correct the defect. The
				  director is authorized to require subsequent pressure tests to verify casing
				  integrity if its competence is questionable. The director may allow the well
				  bore condition to remain if correlative rights can be protected without
				  endangering potable waters. The well shall be properly plugged if requested by
				  the director.
Any well with open perforations above a packer shall be
				  considered to have defective casing.
General Authority:
NDCC 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-23 - Blowout prevention

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In all drilling operations, proper and necessary precautions
				  shall be taken for keeping the well under control, including the use of a
				  blowout preventer and high pressure fittings attached to properly cemented
				  casing strings adequate to withstand anticipated pressures. During the course
				  of drilling, the pipe rams shall be functionally operated at least once every
				  twenty-four-hour period. The blind rams shall be functionally operated each
				  trip out of the well bore. The blowout preventer shall be pressure tested at
				  installation on the wellhead, after modification of any equipment, and every
				  thirty days thereafter. For pad drilling operations, moving from one wellhead
				  to another within the thirty days, pressure testing is required on connections
				  when the integrity of a pressure seal is broken or a component appears to be
				  damaged or compromised. The director may postpone such pressure test if the
				  necessity therefor can be demonstrated to the director's satisfaction. All
				  tests shall be noted in the driller's record.
In all workover operations, proper and necessary precautions
				  must be taken for keeping the well under control, including the use of a
				  blowout preventer and high pressure fittings attached to properly cemented
				  casing strings adequate to withstand anticipated pressures.
General Authority:
NDCC 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-24 - Pulling string of casing

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In pulling strings of casing from any well, the space above
				  the casing stub must be kept and left full of fluid with adequate gel strength
				  and specific gravity, cement, or combination thereof, to seal off all
				  freshwater and saltwater strata and any strata bearing oil or gas not
				  producing. No casing may be removed without the prior approval of the
				  director.
General Authority:
NDCC 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-25 - Deviation tests and directional surveys

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
When any well is drilled or deepened, tests to determine the
				  deviation from the vertical shall be taken at least every one thousand feet
				  [304.8 meters]. The director is authorized to waive the deviation test for a
				  shallow gas well if the necessity therefor can be demonstrated to the
				  director's satisfaction. When the deviation from the vertical exceeds five
				  degrees at any point, the director may require that the hole be straightened.
				  Directional surveys may be required by the director, whenever, in the
				  director's judgment, the location of the bottom of the well is in doubt.
A directional survey shall be made and filed with the
				  director on any well utilizing a whipstock or any method of deviating the well
				  bore. The obligation to run the directional survey may be waived by the
				  director when a well bore is deviated to sidetrack junk in the hole, straighten
				  a crooked hole, control a blowout, or if the necessity therefor can be
				  demonstrated to the director's satisfaction. The survey contractor shall file
				  with the director free of charge one certified electronic copy of all surveys,
				  in a form approved by the director, within thirty days of attaining total
				  depth. Such survey shall be in reference to true north. The director may
				  require the directional survey to be filed immediately after completion if the
				  survey is needed to conduct the operation of the director's office in a timely
				  manner. Special permits may be obtained to drill directionally in a
				  predetermined direction as provided above, from the director.
If the director denies a request for a permit to
				  directionally drill, the director shall advise the applicant immediately of the
				  reasons for denial. The decision of the director may be appealed to the
				  commission.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-26 - Multiple zone completions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Multiple zone completions in any pool may be permitted by the
				  director.
An application for a multiple zone completion shall be
				  accompanied by an exhibit showing the location of all wells on the applicant's
				  lease and all offset wells on offset leases and shall set forth all material
				  facts on the common sources of supply involved and the manner and method of
				  completion proposed.
Multiply completed wells shall at all times be operated,
				  produced, and maintained in a manner to ensure the complete segregation of the
				  various common sources of supply. The director may require such tests as the
				  director deems necessary to determine the effectiveness of the segregation of
				  the different sources of supply.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-27 - Perforating, fracturing, and chemically treating wells

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The director may prescribe pretreatment casing pressure
				  testing as well as other operational requirements designed to protect wellhead
				  and casing strings during treatment operations. If damage results to the casing
				  or the casing seat from perforating, fracturing, or chemically treating a well,
				  the operator shall immediately notify the director and proceed with diligence
				  to use the appropriate method and means for rectifying such damage, pursuant to
				  section 43-02-03-22. If perforating,
				  fracturing, or chemical treating results in irreparable damage which threatens
				  the mechanical integrity of the well, the commission may require the operator
				  to plug the well.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 38-08-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-27.1 - Hydraulic fracture stimulation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Prior to
				performing any hydraulic fracture stimulation, including refracs, through a
				frac string run inside the casing string:
a.
				Remedial work must be performed on all casing strings deemed defective pursuant
				to section 43-02-03-22 prior to performance at the discretion of the
				director.
b. The frac string must
				be either stung into a liner with the hanger/packer located in cemented casing
				or run with a packer set at a minimum depth of one hundred feet [30.48 meters]
				below the top of cement or a minimum depth of one hundred feet [30.48 meters]
				below the top of the Inyan Kara formation, whichever is deeper.
c. The casing-frac string annulus must be
				pressurized and monitored during frac operations. If there is a suspected frac
				string or casing failure, the operator of the well shall verbally notify the
				director as soon as practicable.
d.
				An adequately sized, function tested pressure relief valve must be utilized on
				the treating lines from the pumps to the wellhead, with suitable check valves
				to limit the volume of flowback fluid should the relief valve open. The relief
				valve must be set to limit line pressure to no more than eighty-five percent of
				the internal yield pressure of the frac string.
e. An adequately sized, function tested
				pressure relief valve and an adequately sized diversion line must be utilized
				to divert flow from the casing to a pit or containment vessel in case of frac
				string failure. The relief valve must be set to limit annular pressure to no
				more than eighty-five percent of the lowest internal yield pressure of the
				casing string or no greater than the pressure test on the intermediate casing,
				less one hundred pounds per square inch gauge, whichever is less.
f. The surface casing must be fully open and
				connected to a diversion line rigged to a pit or containment vessel.
g. An adequately sized, function tested
				remote operated frac valve must be utilized at a location on the christmas tree
				that provides isolation of the well bore from the treating line and must be
				remotely operated from the edge of the location or other safe
				distance.
h. Notify the director
				within twenty-four hours after the commencement of hydraulic fracture
				stimulation operations, in an electronic format approved by the director,
				identifying the subject well and verifying a frac string was run in the
				well.
i. Within sixty days after
				the hydraulic fracture stimulation is performed, the owner, operator, or
				service company shall post on the fracfocus chemical disclosure registry all
				elements made viewable by the fracfocus website.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-03 - Oil and Gas Conservation › Section 43-02-03-29.1 - Crude oil and produced water underground gathering pipelines

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Application of section. This section is
				applicable to all underground gathering pipelines designed for or capable of
				transporting crude oil or produced water from an oil and gas production
				facility for the purpose of disposal, storage, or for sale purposes. If these
				rules differ from the pipeline manufacturer's prescribed installation and
				operation practices, the pipeline manufacturer's prescribed installation and
				operation practices take precedence.
The requirements in this section are not applicable to flow
				  lines, injection pipelines, pipelines operated by an enhanced recovery unit for
				  enhanced recovery unit operations, or on piping utilized to connect wells,
				  tanks, treaters, flares, or other equipment located entirely within the
				  boundary of a well site or production facility.
If these rules differ from or are preempted by federal
				  requirements on federally regulated pipelines, the federal rules take
				  precedence. The pipeline owner shall provide sufficient documentation to the
				  director confirming the pipeline is federally regulated.
2. Definitions. The terms used throughout
				this section apply to this section only.
a.
				"Crude oil or produced water underground gathering pipeline" means an
				underground gathering pipeline designed or intended to transfer crude oil or
				produced water from a production facility for disposal, storage, or sale
				purposes.
b. "New construction"
				means a new gathering pipeline installation project or an alteration or reroute
				of an existing gathering pipeline where the location, composition, size, design
				temperature, or design pressure changes.
c. "Pipeline repair" is the work necessary to
				restore a pipeline system to a condition suitable for safe operations that does
				not change the design temperature or pressure.
d. "Gathering system" is a group of connected
				pipelines which have been designated as a gathering system by the operator. A
				gathering system must have a unique name and must be interconnected.
e. "In-service date" is the first date fluid
				was transported down the underground gathering pipeline for disposal, storage,
				or sale purposes after construction.