Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 053 - Workforce Services, Department of › Sub-Agency 0013 - OSHA - Oil & Gas Well Services › Chapter 7 - SPECIAL OPERATIONS › Section 7-5 - Acidizing, Fracturing and Hot Oil Operations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				Specific requirements.
(i) A check valve
				shall be placed in the discharge line as near the well bore as
				possible.
(ii) All blending
				equipment used in fracturing operations with flammable and/or combustible
				fluids shall be grounded to a conductive rod driven into the ground and all
				sand hauling equipment unloading sand into blender hopper shall be
				"electrically bonded" to the blender.
(iii) All supercharged suction hoses shall be
				covered with hose covers to deflect fluids when pumping flammable and/or
				combustible fluids.
(iv) A
				pretreatment pressure test on pump discharge lines shall be made at 1,000 psi
				over the maximum expected treating pressure specified by the customer for his
				well equipment.
(v) All valves in
				discharge lines shall be checked to see that they open before orders are given
				to pump.
(vi) During operations
				each employee designated to handle the pumping shall remain constantly at his
				designated position while the pump is in operation, unless relieved by an
				authorized employee as directed by the services supervisor on that
				job.
(vii) All acidizing,
				fracturing, and hot oil trucks and tanks shall be at least 75 feet from the
				well bore.
(A) All special servicing
				equipment that could produce a source of ignition shall not be permitted within
				75 feet of any tank containing a flammable and/or combustible
				material.
(B) When treating
				condensate with a hot oiler, if the hazard is greater because of starved
				suction, the equipment be placed closer than 75 feet.
(viii) Unauthorized persons shall remain at
				least 75 feet from all pumping operations and pressure testing
				operations.
(ix) All flammable
				and/or combustible fluid spilled on location shall be covered with dirt before
				pumping operations start.
(x) The
				fire truck, when on location, shall be spotted upwind of the operation when
				possible.
(xi) Treating pressure
				shall not exceed equipment maximum safe working pressure.
(xii) If pumping a flammable and/or
				combustible fluid, all electrical or internal combustion equipment, and all
				fires, within75 feet of the well bore, not used for performance of the job,
				shall be shut down or off during treatment.
(xiii) Flammable and/or combustible fluids
				shall not be bled back into open measuring tanks on equipment designed for
				pumping.
(xiv) All spilled oil or
				acid shall he covered or properly disposed of after breakout with adequate
				precautions taken for personnel to prevent contact with such
				material.
(xv) All pumping
				operations involving hydrocarbons or volatile fluids shall be completed within
				daylight hours.
(xvi) The well
				operator or his designated representative shall conduct a safety meeting with
				all involved personnel prior to testing or treating operations.
(xvii) No person involved in hot oil
				operations shall be permitted to wear nylon or polyester clothing.