La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-813

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XIX-813 - All Other Applications

A. All applications for permits to rework, repair (except ordinary maintenance operations), abandon (plug and abandon), acidize, deepen, perforate, perforate and squeeze, plug (plug back), plug and perforate, plug back and sidetrack, plug and squeeze, pull casing, side-track, squeeze, squeeze and perforate, workover, cement casing or liner as workover feature, or when a well is to be killed or directionally drilled, shall be made to the district office on Form DM-4R, as revised or replaced, and a proper permit shall be received from the district manager before work is started. Upon permit approval and prior to performing any permitted work activities, the well operator shall provide written notification of the permitted activity to the departments Environmental Division. A description of the work done under the above cited work permits shall be furnished on the reverse side of the Well History and Work Resume Report (Form WH), which form shall be filed with the departments district office in which the well is located within 20 days after the permitted work activity is completed. At least 12 hours prior notice of the proposed operations shall be given the district manager and/or an offset operator in order that one of them may witness the work. If the district manager fails to appear within 12 hours, the work may be witnessed by the offset operator, but failing in this, the work need not be held up longer than 12 hours. This Rule shall not deter an operator from taking immediate action in an emergency to prevent damage.

B. When a service company, other than the drilling contractor, cements, perforates or acidizes, either before or after completion of an alternative source well, the service company shall furnish the district manager with legible exact copies of reports furnished the owner of the well.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-813

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 45577 (4/1/2019).

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