Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XVII - Office of Conservation-Injection and Mining
Subpart 7 - Statewide Order No. 29-M-5
Chapter 37 - Storage Wells in Solution-Mined Salt Dome Cavities
Section XVII-3733 - Operating Reports

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XVII-3733

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Operating reports shall be submitted quarterly to the Office of Conservation no later than 15 days following the end of the reporting period.

B. Reports shall be submitted electronically on the appropriate Form (Form UIC-50 or successor document) and reference the operator name, well name, well number, well state serial number, salt dome name, and contain the following minimum information acquired weekly during the reporting quarter:

1. maximum wellhead pressures (PSIG) on the hanging string;

2. maximum wellhead pressure (PSIG) on the hanging string/casing annulus;

3. description of any event resulting in noncompliance with these rules that triggered an alarm or shutdown device and the response taken;

4. description of any event that exceeds operating parameters for annulus pressure or injection pressure as may be specified in the permit;

5. volume, density and type of fluids released from inactive caverns due to pressure build-up.

C. Upon emergency declaration by the commissioner pursuant to R.S. 30:6 the inventory of stored production the cavern shall be reported. Report volumes in:

1. barrels (42-gallon barrels) at standard temperature and pressure for liquid or liquefied storage; or

2. thousand cubic feet (MCF) at standard temperature and pressure for gas storage.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq. and R.S. 30:23 et seq.

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