25 Pa. Code § 78.122 - Well record and completion report
(a)
For each well that is drilled or altered, the operator shall keep a detailed
drillers log at the well site available for inspection until drilling is
completed. Within 30 calendar days of cessation of drilling or altering a well,
the well operator shall submit a well record to the Department on a form
provided by the Department that includes the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the
permittee.
(2) Permit number, and
farm name and number.
(3) Township
and county.
(4) Date drilling
started and completed.
(5) Method
of drilling.
(6) Size and depth of
conductor pipe, surface casing, coal protective casing, intermediate casing,
production casing and borehole.
(7)
Type and amount of cement and results of cementing procedures.
(8) Elevation and total depth.
(9) Drillers log that includes the name and
depth of formations from the surface to total depth, depth of oil and gas
producing zone, depth of fresh water and brines and source of
information.
(10) Certification by
the operator that the well has been constructed in accordance with this chapter
and any permit conditions imposed by the Department.
(11) Other information required by the
Department.
(b) Within 30
calendar days after completion of the well, the well operator shall submit a
completion report to the Department on a form provided by the Department that
includes the following information:
(1) Name,
address and telephone number of the permittee.
(2) Name, address and telephone number of the
service companies.
(3) Permit
number and farm name and number.
(4) Township and county.
(5) Perforation record.
(6) Stimulation record which includes the
following:
(i) A descriptive list of the
chemical additives in the stimulation fluid, including any acid, biocide,
breaker, brine, corrosion inhibitor, crosslinker, demulsifier, friction
reducer, gel, iron control, oxygen scavenger, pH adjusting agent, proppant,
scale inhibitor and surfactant.
(ii) The percent by volume of each chemical
additive in the stimulation fluid.
(iii) A list of the chemicals in the Material
Safety Data Sheets, by name and chemical abstract service number, corresponding
to the appropriate chemical additive.
(iv) The percent by volume of each chemical
listed in the Material Safety Data Sheets.
(v) The total volume of the base
fluid.
(vi) A list of water sources
used under an approved water management plan and the volume of water used from
each source.
(vii) The total volume
of recycled water used.
(viii) The
pump rate and pressure used in the well.
(7) Actual open flow production and shut in
surface pressure.
(8) Open flow
production and shut in surface pressure, measured 24 hours after
completion.
(c) When the
well operator submits a stimulation record, it may designate specific portions
of the stimulation record as containing a trade secret or confidential
proprietary information. The Department will prevent disclosure of the
designated confidential information to the extent permitted under the
Right-to-Know Law (65 P.S. §§
67.101-67.3103).
(d) In addition to submitting a stimulation
record to the Department under subsection (b), and subject to the protections
afforded for trade secrets and confidential proprietary information under the
Right-to-Know Law, the operator shall arrange to provide a list of the chemical
constituents of the chemical additives used to hydraulically fracture a well,
by chemical name and abstract service number, unless the additive does not have
an abstract service number, to the Department upon written request by the
Department.
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