312 IAC 29-33-5 - Specifications for cement used in the plugging of wells

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3

Affected: IC 14-37

Sec. 5.

(a) Cement used in the plugging of wells under this rule shall:

(1) be Class A, C, or H, as described in the "Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing", American Petroleum Institute, API Specification 10A, Twenty-Fourth Edition (December 2010); and

(2) comply with "Standard Specification for Portland Cement", ASTM International, ASTM Standard C150/150M-11 (May 2011).

(b) The properties and types of cement used, including cement additives, shall be determined in accordance with commonly recognized industry standards and shall provide for the following:

(1) A minimum weight of thirteen (13) pounds per gallon, unless the cement contains additives that improve the ability of the cement to provide necessary protection and that maintains a minimum compressive strength of five hundred (500) pounds per square inch after seventy-two (72) hours.

(2) Isolating the well bore from underground sources of drinking water.

(3) Preventing the significant loss of cement into voids or lost-circulation zones.

(4) Preventing gas flow or movement of any fluids in the annulus or through cemented portions of a plugged well.

(5) Protecting commercially minable coal resources as required under 312 IAC 29-17.

Notes

312 IAC 29-33-5

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 29-33-5; filed 12/1/2017, 10:35 a.m.: 20171227-IR-312160230FRA Readopted filed 1/17/2023, 1:53 p.m.: 20230215-IR-312220328RFA