Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The permittee shall complete and submit
the intent to plug and abandon portion of Form 14 - Plugging and Abandonment,
at least 30 calendar days prior to the commencement of plugging and abandonment
operations. The permittee shall submit a fee in accordance with
G.S.
113-395(c) for plugging and
abandonment of any oil or gas well. The Department shall approve or deny Form
14 - Plugging and Abandonment in accordance with this Rule. Approved Plugging
and Abandonment forms shall remain valid for a period of 12 months. The
permittee shall include the following in the completed Form 14 - Plugging and
Abandonment:
(1) the permittee's name,
address, telephone number, fax number, and email address;
(2) the county and nearest city or town where
the oil or gas well is located;
(3)
the property street address, or nearest address to the ingress and egress point
leading from a public road to the well pad;
(4) the API number, the lease name, and the
oil or gas well name and number;
(5) the reason for abandonment;
(6) identification of casing that will be
removed from wellbore and depth below ground surface at which it will be
cut;
(7) the diameter of each
wellbore segment;
(8) the casing
grade, weight, outside diameter, and setting depth for each casing
string;
(9) elevation of cement top
and cement bottom for each casing string;
(10) identification of the cement type,
additives, density, yield, and estimated volume to be used for each
plug;
(11) the type of plug if
other than cement;
(12)
identification of non-cemented sections of casing that may be
perforated;
(13) the wellbore
diagrams depicting the current oil or gas well configuration;
(14) the wellbore diagrams depicting the
proposed oil or gas well configuration with cement plugs;
(15) the anticipated beginning and ending
date for plugging and abandonment activities; and
(16) identification of wireline and cementing
contractors.
(b) The
Department shall deny a request to plug and abandon an oil or gas well if the
request is in violation of any rule of this Subchapter or any of the following
requirements have not been met:
(1) the Form
14 - Plugging and Abandonment was not complete in accordance with Paragraph (a)
of this Rule; or
(2) the well
abandonment fee has not been paid.
(c) The permittee shall notify the Department
72 hours via telephone or email prior to commencement of plugging and
abandonment operations for all existing wells and eight hours for lost and dry
holes by submitting Form 11 - Required Notifications to the Department. The
contact information is set forth in Rule .0201 of this Subchapter. This
notification shall be submitted to the Department by mail, email, or fax within
five days of the telephone or email notice and shall include the following
information:
(1) the permittee's name,
address, telephone number, fax number, and email address;
(2) the county and nearest city or town where
the oil or gas well is located;
(3)
the property street address, or nearest address to the ingress and egress point
leading from a public road to the well pad;
(4) the API number, the lease name, and the
oil or gas well name and number; and
(5) the scheduled date and approximate time
of day for which the plugging and abandonment will be performed.
(d) No later than 90 days after
plugging and abandoning an oil or gas well, the permittee shall complete and
submit Form 14 - Plugging and Abandonment, to the Department. The permittee
shall include the following in the completed Form 14 - Plugging and
Abandonment, confirming that the plugging and abandonment operations were
conducted in accordance with the approved plan:
(1) the permittee's name, address, telephone
number, fax number, and email address;
(2) the county and nearest city or town where
the oil or gas well is located;
(3)
the property street address, or nearest address to the ingress and egress point
leading from a public road to the well pad;
(4) the API number, the lease name, and the
oil or gas well name and number;
(5) the reason for abandonment;
(6) the length and type of casing that was
removed from the wellbore and the top of each casing string remaining in the
wellbore;
(7) the diameter of each
wellbore segment;
(8) the casing
grade, weight, outside diameter, and setting depth for each casing
string;
(9) the elevation of cement
top and cement bottom for each casing string;
(10) the cement type, additives, density,
yield, and volume used for each plug;
(11) the type of plug if other than
cement;
(12) identification of the
non-cemented sections of casing that were perforated;
(13) the wellbore diagrams depicting the
pre-plugging oil or gas well configuration;
(14) the wellbore diagrams depicting the
final plugged oil or gas well configuration with cement plugs;
(15) the date plugging and abandonment
activities commenced and were completed;
(16) identification of wireline and cementing
contractors that were used; and
(17) a copy of wireline logs, cementing
tickets, and job summary reports as supplied by the wireline and cementing
contractors.
Authority
G.S.
113-391(a)(2);
113-395;
Eff. March
17, 2015.
