Alaska Administrative Code
Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions
Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Article 6 - General Provisions
20 AAC 25.527 - General well control requirements for drilling, completion, workover, and service operations

(a) This section applies to all well drilling, completion, workover, and service operations. The requirements of this section are in addition to the applicable requirements of 20 AAC 25.033 - 20 AAC 25.036 and 20 AAC 25.285 - 20 AAC 25.288.

(b) Equipment must be in good operating condition at all times and must be protected to ensure reliable operation under the range of weather conditions that may be encountered at the well site.

(c) Well control equipment and fluids must be installed, used, maintained, and tested in a manner that ensures well control and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, that conforms with the applicable provisions of the following documents, which are adopted by reference:

(d) A toolpusher, driller or functional equivalent, or person-in-charge who participates in drilling operations or in workover operations involving the installation or removal of jointed tubulars must have received formal well control training sufficient to ensure the competent performance of the person's well control duties. The commission will recognize training and certification in a drilling well control curriculum by any of the following entities as meeting the requirements of this subsection:

(e) The persons-in-charge on a drill rig floor must have the authority and responsibility to shut in the well if it starts to flow.

(f) The operator shall keep records and reports of well drilling, workover, and repair operations, including BOPE test results, in accordance with 20 AAC 25.070(1) or, in the case of wireline work or other service operations, in the daily work log, which must be made available to the commission upon request.