312 IAC 29-20-4 - Specifications for cement
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) Whenever
any activity specified in this rule provides for the placement of cement, an
owner or operator must satisfy this section.
(b) The cement shall comply with:
(1) "Specification for Cements and Materials
for Well Cementing", American Petroleum Institute, API Specification 10A,
Twenty-Fourth Edition (December 2010); and
(2) "Standard Specification for Portland
Cement", ASTM International, ASTM Standard C150/150M-11 (May 2011).
(c) Cement used for cementing well
casing under this rule must be class A, C, or H, as described in the
"Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing" referenced in
subsection (b)(1). The properties and types of cement used, including any
cement additives, shall be determined in accordance with commonly recognized
industry standards and shall provide for the following:
(1) Securing the casing in the well
bore.
(2) Isolating the well bore
from underground sources of drinking water.
(3) Containing any pressure from drilling,
completion, hydraulic fracturing, and production operations.
(4) Preventing the significant loss of cement
into voids or lost-circulation zones.
(5) Protecting the casing from corrosion or
degradation resulting from geochemical, lithologic, or physical conditions of
the strata surrounding the casing.
(6) Protecting the integrity of the cement
when cementing casing through formations known to contain elevated sulfate
concentrations or other geochemical constituents with the potential to
adversely affect the integrity of the cement, such as coal seams and associated
strata.
(7) Preventing gas flow in
the annulus. In areas of known shallow gas or coal bed methane producing zones,
gas block additives and low fluid loss slurries shall be used.
(8) Preventing the movement of any liquid in
the annulus.
(9) Protecting
commercially minable coal resources as required under
312 IAC 29-17.
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