Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
404 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
2 CCR 404-1 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 414 - FORM 5, DRILLING COMPLETION REPORT
Universal Citation: 2 CO Code Regs 404-1 ยง 414
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
a. Form 5, Preliminary Drilling Completion Report.
(1) If drilling is suspended prior to
reaching total depth and does not recommence within 90 days, an Operator will
submit a Form 5, Preliminary Drilling Completion Report within the next 10
days.
(2)
Information
Requirements. The Form 5, Preliminary Drilling Completion Report will
include the following information:
A. The date
drilling activity was suspended;
B.
The reason for the suspension;
C.
The anticipated date and method of resumption of drilling; and
D. The details of all work performed to date,
including all the information required in Rule 414.b.(2) that has been
obtained.
(3) A Form 5,
Final Drilling Completion Report will be submitted after reaching total depth
as required by Rule 414.b.
b. Form 5, Final Drilling Completion Report.
(1) A Form 5, Final Drilling
Completion Report will be submitted within 60 days of rig release after
drilling, sidetracking, or deepening a Well to total depth. In the case of
continuous, sequential drilling of multiple Wells on a pad, the Form 5, Final
Drilling Completion Report will be submitted for all the Wells within 60 days
of rig release for the last Well drilled on the pad.
(2)
Information Requirements.
The Form 5, Final Drilling Completion Report will include the following
information:
A. A cement job summary for every
casing string set or required by permit conditions will be attached to the
form. The cement summary report will include cement reports and charts related
to cement placement, which will include:
i.
Daily operations summary; and
ii.
Cement verification reports from the cementing contractor.
B. All Logs run, open-hole and cased-hole,
electric, mechanical, mud, or other, will be reported and submitted as
specified here:
i. A digital image file (PDF,
TIFF, PDS, or other format approved by the Director) of every Log run will be
attached to the form. The digital image file of the cement bond Log will
include a variable density display.
ii. A digital data file (LAS, DLIS, or other
format approved by the Director) of every Log run, with the exception of mud
Logs and cement bond Logs, will be attached to the form.
C. All drill stem tests will be reported and
test results will be attached to the form.
D. All cores will be reported and the core
analyses attached to the form. If core analyses are not yet available, the
Operator will note this on the Form 5 and provide a copy of the analyses as
soon as it is available, via a Form 4.
E. Any directional survey will be attached to
the form and will meet the requirements set forth in Rule 410.
F. The latitude and longitude coordinates of
the as drilled Well location will be reported on the form. The latitude and
longitude coordinates will be in decimal degrees to an accuracy and precision
of five decimals of a degree using the North American Datum ("NAD") of 1983
(e.g., latitude 37.12345, longitude -104.45632). If GPS
technology is utilized to determine the latitude and longitude, all GPS data
will meet the requirements set forth in Rule 216. The Operator will report the
accuracy value expressed in meters and the date of the GPS measurement on the
Form 5.
G. The Bradenhead pressure
action threshold, which is calculated as 30% of the TVD in feet of the surface
casing shoe expressed in psig.
(3) The Operator will submit a Form 5 within
30 days of the completion of Well operations in which the casing or cement in
the wellbore is changed. Changes to the wellbore casing or cement configuration
include, but are not limited to, the operations listed in Rule 408.e.(5). The
Form 5 will include the information required by Rule 414.b.(2). The form will
include the following attachments:
A. Daily
operations summary;
B. Cement
verification reports from the contractor; and
C. Cement bond Log(s) if run by Rule, choice,
or as a required condition of the repair approval, submitted pursuant to Rule
414.b.(2).B.
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