Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
a. As
required by the Commission's Rules, or upon request by the Director or the
Commission, all Operators will submit the required or requested record,
information, form, or data in the form or format specified by the Director,
which may include a digital (electronic) only format. Information required by
the Commission's Rules or requested by the Director will be submitted at the
time prescribed in the Commission's Rules or specified by the Director. If the
requested document is not within the Operator's possession, the Director may
extend the response time. Confidential information will be protected pursuant
to Rule 223.
b. All producers,
Operators, transporters, refiners, gasoline or other extraction plant
operators, initial purchasers of oil and gas within this State, and any other
persons or entities subject to regulation under the Commission's Rules will
keep accurate and complete records as required by the Commission's Rules. The
Director and the Commission will have access to these records upon request.
Such records include, but are not limited to:
(1) Any record required to be retained by any
of the Commission's Rules;
(2) All
reports required by the Commission's Rules to be filed with the Director or
Commission;
(3) Natural gas meter
calibration reports;
(4) Oil meter
calibration reports;
(5) Well
Records; and
(6) All such records
and reports related to Oil and Gas Operations regulated by the Commission as
may be requested by the Director or the Commission.
c. Well Records will show all the formations
penetrated, the content and quality of oil, gas, or water in each formation
tested, the grade, weight, size, and setting depth of casing, the type and
volume of cement used in drilling the Well, and any other information obtained
in the course of a Well operation.
(1)
Well Records Confidentiality. An Operator may request
confidentiality for a Wildcat (Exploratory) Well by submitting a Form 4, Sundry
Notice. If the Director determines that the Well qualifies as a Wildcat
(Exploratory) Well, the Form 5, Drilling Completion Report, Form 5A, Completed
Interval Report, Form 7, Operator's Monthly Report of Operations, and all logs
run will be considered confidential geological or geophysical data pursuant to
§
24-72-204(3)(a)(IV),
C.R.S., and will be kept confidential for 6 months after the date of Well
completion, unless the Operator gives written permission to release the
information at an earlier date.
d.
Chemical Inventories.
(1) Operators will maintain a Chemical
Inventory for each Chemical Product used or stored on an Oil and Gas Location,
including but not limited to use in or storage for downhole drilling,
completion, Stimulation, workover operations, and production operations, during
a quarterly reporting period, organized by Well Site, in an amount exceeding
500 pounds.
(2) The 500 pound
reporting threshold in Rule 206.d.(1) is based on the cumulative maximum amount
of a Chemical Product present at the Oil and Gas Location during the quarterly
reporting period. Entities maintaining Chemical Inventories under this section
will update these inventories quarterly throughout the life of the Well
Site.
(3) Operators will maintain
the records covered by Rule 206.d in a readily retrievable format at the
Operator's local field office.
e.
Transfer of Records. All
records and reports required by the Commission's Rules will be transferred to
and maintained by any subsequent Operator.
f. Maintenance of Records.
(1) Unless otherwise specified by the
Commission's Rules, Operators will maintain and keep all records, reports, and
underlying data required by the Commission's Rules for a period of 5
years.
(2) Operators will maintain
and keep Chemical Inventories and Well Records for 5 years after the plugging
and abandonment of the applicable Well.
(3) Operators will maintain and keep Chemical
Inventories for 5 years after the closure of an Oil and Gas Location.
