DRILLING OPERATIONS. 24.01 Lessee shall submit to Department and to District Forester for their approval as to location, a plat showing the location of each well before drilling is commenced, and no well shall be commenced until a permit has been issued by Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Oil and Gas Management. 24.02 A legible sign listing the name and address of the well operator, the permit number, the farm name, and well number shall be placed in a conspicuous place near where the access road enters the well location. In addition, a legible sign listing the name of the operator and well number shall be attached or painted on the pumping unit, wellhead or meter box of each well. 24.03 Except where Lessee intentionally drills a deviated well to a bottomhole location not vertically beneath the well site, Lessee shall drill a straight hole to the best of its ability. The maximum 24.04 Lessee shall run a device for measuring deviation from the vertical periodically during the drilling of the well and at the total depth, if requested by Department. 24.05 After the completion of an intentionally deviated well, a complete angular deviation and directional survey of the well obtained by an approved well surveying company and certified as to correctness shall be furnished to Department. 24.06 Lessee shall maintain, at all times, the casing control equipment in such condition that will effectively control any oil, gas, or water encountered during operations in a well being drilled, tested, completed, or reconditioned. All drilling ▇▇▇▇▇ which are shallower than ten-thousand (10,000) feet shall be equipped with working blowout control equipment tested to twice normal hydrostatic pressure for the depth drilled, and tested to at least ten-thousand (10,000) psia for ▇▇▇▇▇ deeper than ten-thousand (10,000) feet that will completely close off the open hole and that will completely close off around any equipment being employed in the well and will be equipped with a bleed-off valve of the proper size and working pressure. If the blowout preventer is hydraulically operated, adequate pressure shall, at all times, be available for efficient operations. Blowout control equipment must be capable, in case of an emergency, to shut in the well at a point at least fifty (50) feet from the wellhead. For ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced, blowout protection equipment shall be of sufficient capacity to control pressures and flow rates measured in the ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced. 24.07 All ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be equipped with casing heads of rated working pressure not less than twenty-eight percent (28%) greater than the maximum rock pressure anticipated or rated to withstand test pressure exceeding by ten percent (10%) the maximum well treatment or stimulation pressure anticipated, whichever is highest, with adequate connections and valves available to permit pumping mud-laden fluid between any two strings of casing at the surface. Reconditioning shall be required on any well showing pressure on the casing head, or leaking oil or gas between the producing string or next larger size casing string when such pressure or leakages assume hazardous proportions or indicate the existence of underground waste. No casing shall be perforated until adequate control equipment has been installed and is in good working order. Such control equipment shall consist of a Master Valve and Lubricator, or their equivalent. The entire equipment shall be in good working order and condition at all times. 24.08 Lessee shall test control equipment daily, to the extent possible, without causing premature removal of drill pipe from the hole while drilling, and record the results of such tests daily. 24.09 Whenever an inspection shows that the casing or control equipment at a well is not adequate, Department may prescribe remedial measures which shall be complied with before any further drilling. 24.10 Drilling mud or salt water of sufficient weight to prevent oil, gas, or water blowouts, or flows to the surface, shall be mixed and ready to use in ▇▇▇▇▇ prior to drilling any reservoir deemed by Department to be capable of flowing liquid or gas to the surface. 24.11 All casing, tubing, and equipment used in the drilling and completion of a well should be in good condition and adequate in strength for the depths to be drilled and the pressures that may be encountered. 24.12 Lessee shall use a casing program which complies with oil and gas statutes, and rules and regulations of the Commonwealth, and which prevents the escape of oil, gas, or water out of one stratum into another, the pollution of fresh water supplies, and blowouts. 24.13 The surface casing shall extend from the surface to a depth below all fresh water zones known to exist in the field and adjacent area to protect them from contamination. 24.14 The production casing shall be of new or reconditioned pipe of a grade and weight designed to withstand the greater of the following pressures to which the casing is planned to be stressed: (a) The maximum anticipated rock pressure, at any point in the casing string, shall not stress the casing in yield greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the pipe at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, dated April, 1972, or later amendments. (b) If the well is to be fractured, the casing shall be designed so that the fracture pressure anticipated, at any point in the casing, does not exceed the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the casing at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, or later amendments. 24.15 After cementing and before perforating or drilling-in, the casing shall be tested by pump pressure at the wellhead to a pressure twenty percent (20%) greater than the anticipated maximum pressure at the wellhead. If, at the end of thirty (30) minutes, pressure shows a drop of fifty (50) pounds per square inch or more, the casing shall be repaired sufficiently to withstand the pressure test described herein. After corrective operation, the casing shall again be tested in the same manner. 24.16 All surface casing and production casing shall be cemented in the ground with good quality cement equaling or exceeding A.P.I. specification in the manner hereinafter described. 24.17 Cementing of all casing strings shall be accomplished by pump and plug or another method approved by Department. Sufficient centralizers shall be attached to the casing to keep it centered in the hole during cementing. 24.18 An attempt shall be made to circulate the cement to the surface in cementing the surface casing. In cementing the surface casing, cement of sufficient quantity shall be used to fill the calculated annular space plus twenty percent (20%) back of the casing shoe to the surface. In the event that the cement cannot be circulated to the surface, due to the presence of fractures or other lost circulation zones, Lessee shall determine, as accurately as possible, the depth of the top of the cement in the annular space behind the surface casing and record it on the well record. 24.19 In ▇▇▇▇▇ where cement has not been circulated to the surface, there must be sufficient good quality cement in place in the annular space behind the casing to tightly hold the casing in place so that the escape of oil, gas, or water from one stratum to another, or to the surface, does not occur behind the casing. 24.20 Cement shall be allowed to stand a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours before drilling the plug or initiating tests. The waiting period for cement to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be reduced from twenty-four
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Oil and Gas Lease, Oil and Gas Lease, Oil and Gas Lease
DRILLING OPERATIONS. 24.01 Lessee shall submit to Department and to District Forester for their approval as to location, a plat showing the location of each well before drilling thereof is commenced, and no well shall be commenced until a permit has been issued by Department of Environmental Protection Protection’s Bureau of Oil and Gas Management.
24.02 A legible sign listing the name and address of the well operator, the permit number, the farm name, and well number shall be placed in a conspicuous place near where the access road enters the well location. In addition, a legible sign listing the name of the operator and well number shall be attached or painted on the pumping unit, wellhead or meter box of each well.
24.03 Except where Lessee intentionally drills a deviated well to a bottomhole location not vertically beneath the well site, Lessee shall drill a straight hole to the best of its ability. The maximum
24.04 Lessee shall run a device for measuring deviation from the vertical periodically during the drilling of the well and at the total depth, if requested by Department.
24.05 After the completion of an intentionally deviated well, a complete angular deviation and directional survey of the well obtained by an approved well surveying company and certified as to correctness shall be furnished to Department.
24.06 Lessee shall maintain, at all times, the casing control equipment in such condition that will effectively control any oil, gas, or water encountered during operations in a well being drilled, tested, completed, or reconditioned. All drilling ▇▇▇▇▇ which are shallower than ten-thousand (10,000) feet shall be equipped with working blowout control equipment tested to twice normal hydrostatic pressure for the depth drilled, and tested to at least ten-thousand (10,000) psia for ▇▇▇▇▇ deeper than ten-ten- thousand (10,000) feet that will completely close off the open hole and that will completely close off around any equipment being employed in the well and will be equipped with a bleed-off valve of the proper size and working pressure. If the blowout preventer is hydraulically operated, adequate pressure shall, at all times, be available for efficient operations. Blowout control equipment must be capable, in case of an emergency, to shut in the well at a point at least fifty (50) feet from the wellhead. For ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced, blowout protection equipment shall be of sufficient capacity to control pressures and flow rates measured in the ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced.
24.07 All ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be equipped with casing heads of rated working pressure not less than twenty-eight percent (28%) greater than the maximum rock pressure anticipated or rated to withstand test pressure exceeding by ten percent (10%) the maximum well treatment or stimulation pressure anticipated, whichever is highest, with adequate connections and valves available to permit pumping mud-laden fluid between any two strings of casing at the surface. Reconditioning shall be required on any well showing pressure on the casing head, or leaking oil or gas between the producing string or next larger size casing string when such pressure or leakages assume hazardous proportions or indicate the existence of underground waste. No casing shall be perforated until adequate control equipment has been installed and is in good working order. Such control equipment shall consist of a Master Valve and Lubricator, or their equivalent. The entire equipment shall be in good working order and condition at all times.
24.08 Lessee shall test control equipment daily, to the extent possible, without causing premature removal of drill pipe from the hole while drilling, and record the results of such tests daily.
24.09 Whenever an inspection shows that the casing or control equipment at a well is not adequate, Department may prescribe remedial measures which shall be complied with before any further drilling.
24.10 Drilling mud or salt water of sufficient weight to prevent oil, gas, or water blowouts, or flows to the surface, shall be mixed and ready to use in ▇▇▇▇▇ prior to drilling any reservoir deemed by Department to be capable of flowing liquid or gas to the surface.
24.11 All casing, tubing, and equipment used in the drilling and completion of a well should be in good condition and adequate in strength for the depths to be drilled and the pressures that may be encountered.
24.12 Lessee shall use a casing program which complies with oil and gas statutes, and rules and regulations of the Commonwealth, and which prevents the escape of oil, gas, or water out of one stratum into another, the pollution of fresh water supplies, and blowouts.
24.13 The surface casing shall extend from the surface to a depth below all fresh water zones known to exist in the field and adjacent area to protect them from contamination.
24.14 The production casing shall be of new or reconditioned pipe of a grade and weight designed to withstand the greater of the following pressures to which the casing is planned to be stressed:
(a) The maximum anticipated rock pressure, at any point in the casing string, shall not stress the casing in yield greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the pipe at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, dated April, 1972, or later amendments.
(b) If the well is to be fractured, the casing shall be designed so that the fracture pressure anticipated, at any point in the casing, does not exceed the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the casing at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, or later amendments.
24.15 After cementing and before perforating or drilling-in, the casing shall be tested by pump pressure at the wellhead to a pressure twenty percent (20%) greater than the anticipated maximum pressure at the wellhead. If, at the end of thirty (30) minutes, pressure shows a drop of fifty (50) pounds per square inch or more, the casing shall be repaired sufficiently to withstand the pressure test described herein. After corrective operation, the casing shall again be tested in the same manner.
24.16 All surface casing and production casing shall be cemented in the ground with good quality cement equaling or exceeding A.P.I. specification in the manner hereinafter described.
24.17 Cementing of all casing strings shall be accomplished by pump and plug or another method approved by Department. Sufficient centralizers shall be attached to the casing to keep it centered in the hole during cementing.
24.18 An attempt shall be made to circulate the cement to the surface in cementing the surface casing. In cementing the surface casing, cement of sufficient quantity shall be used to fill the calculated annular space plus twenty percent (20%) back of the casing shoe to the surface. In the event that the cement cannot be circulated to the surface, due to the presence of fractures or other lost circulation zones, Lessee shall determine, as accurately as possible, the depth of the top of the cement in the annular space behind the surface casing and record it on the well record.
24.19 In ▇▇▇▇▇ where cement has not been circulated to the surface, there must be sufficient good quality cement in place in the annular space behind the casing to tightly hold the casing in place so that the escape of oil, gas, or water from one stratum to another, or to the surface, does not occur behind the casing.
24.20 Cement shall be allowed to stand a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours before drilling the plug or initiating tests. The waiting period for cement to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be reduced from twenty-four
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Lease Agreement
DRILLING OPERATIONS. 24.01 Lessee shall submit to Department and to District Forester for their approval as to location, a plat showing the location of each well before drilling thereof is commenced, and no well shall be commenced until a permit has been issued by Department of Environmental Protection Protection’s Bureau of Oil and Gas Management.
24.02 A legible sign listing the name and address of the well operator, the permit number, the farm name, and well number shall be placed in a conspicuous place near where the access road enters the well location. In addition, a legible sign listing the name of the operator and well number shall be attached or painted on the pumping unit, wellhead or meter box of each well.
24.03 Except where Lessee intentionally drills a deviated well to a bottomhole location not vertically beneath the well site, Lessee shall drill a straight hole to the best of its ability. The maximummaximum point at which a well penetrates a producing formation shall not vary unreasonably from the vertical drawn from the center of the hole at the surface. Minor deviations will be permitted for short distances to straighten the hole, to sidetrack junk, or to correct other mechanical difficulties.
24.04 Lessee shall run a device for measuring deviation from the vertical periodically during the drilling of the well and at the total depth, if requested by Department.
24.05 After the completion of an intentionally deviated well, a complete angular deviation and directional survey of the well obtained by an approved well surveying company and certified as to correctness shall be furnished to Department.
24.06 Lessee shall maintain, at all times, the casing control equipment in such condition that will effectively control any oil, gas, or water encountered during operations in a well being drilled, tested, completed, or reconditioned. All drilling ▇▇▇▇▇ which are shallower than ten-thousand (10,000) feet shall be equipped with working blowout control equipment tested to twice normal hydrostatic pressure for the depth drilled, and tested to at least ten-thousand (10,000) psia for ▇▇▇▇▇ deeper than ten-ten- thousand (10,000) feet that will completely close off the open hole and that will completely close off around any equipment being employed in the well and will be equipped with a bleed-off valve of the proper size and working pressure. If the blowout preventer is hydraulically operated, adequate pressure shall, at all times, be available for efficient operations. Blowout control equipment must be capable, in case of an emergency, to shut in the well at a point at least fifty (50) feet from the wellhead. For ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced, blowout protection equipment shall be of sufficient capacity to control pressures and flow rates measured in the ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced.
24.07 All ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be equipped with casing heads of rated working pressure not less than twenty-eight percent (28%) greater than the maximum rock pressure anticipated or rated to withstand test pressure exceeding by ten percent (10%) the maximum well treatment or stimulation pressure anticipated, whichever is highest, with adequate connections and valves available to permit pumping mud-laden fluid between any two strings of casing at the surface. Reconditioning shall be required on any well showing pressure on the casing head, or leaking oil or gas between the producing string or next larger size casing string when such pressure or leakages assume hazardous proportions or indicate the existence of underground waste. No casing shall be perforated until adequate control equipment has been installed and is in good working order. Such control equipment shall consist of a Master Valve and Lubricator, or their equivalent. The entire equipment shall be in good working order and condition at all times.has
24.08 Lessee shall test control equipment daily, to the extent possible, without causing premature removal of drill pipe from the hole while drilling, and record the results of such tests daily.
24.09 Whenever an inspection shows that the casing or control equipment at a well is not adequate, Department may prescribe remedial measures which shall be complied with before any further drilling.
24.10 Drilling mud or salt water of sufficient weight to prevent oil, gas, or water blowouts, or flows to the surface, shall be mixed and ready to use in ▇▇▇▇▇ prior to drilling any reservoir deemed by Department to be capable of flowing liquid or gas to the surface.
24.11 All casing, tubing, and equipment used in the drilling and completion of a well should be in good condition and adequate in strength for the depths to be drilled and the pressures that may be encountered.
24.12 Lessee shall use a casing program which complies with oil and gas statutes, and rules and regulations of the Commonwealth, and which prevents the escape of oil, gas, or water out of one stratum into another, the pollution of fresh water supplies, and blowouts.
24.13 The surface casing shall extend from the surface to a depth below all fresh water zones known to exist in the field and adjacent area to protect them from contamination.
24.14 The production casing shall be of new or reconditioned pipe of a grade and weight designed to withstand the greater of the following pressures to which the casing is planned to be stressed:
(a) The maximum anticipated rock pressure, at any point in the casing string, shall not stress the casing in yield greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the pipe at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, dated April, 1972, or later amendments.
(b) If the well is to be fractured, the casing shall be designed so that the fracture pressure anticipated, at any point in the casing, does not exceed the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the casing at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, or later amendments.
24.15 After cementing and before perforating or drilling-in, the casing shall be tested by pump pressure at the wellhead to a pressure twenty percent (20%) greater than the anticipated maximum pressure at the wellhead. If, at the end of thirty (30) minutes, pressure shows a drop of fifty (50) pounds per square inch or more, the casing shall be repaired sufficiently to withstand the pressure test described herein. After corrective operation, the casing shall again be tested in the same manner.
24.16 All surface casing and production casing shall be cemented in the ground with good quality cement equaling or exceeding A.P.I. specification in the manner hereinafter described.
24.17 Cementing of all casing strings shall be accomplished by pump and plug or another method approved by Department. Sufficient centralizers shall be attached to the casing to keep it centered in the hole during cementing.
24.18 An attempt shall be made to circulate the cement to the surface in cementing the surface casing. In cementing the surface casing, cement of sufficient quantity shall be used to fill the calculated annular space plus twenty percent (20%) back of the casing shoe to the surface. In the event that the cement cannot be circulated to the surface, due to the presence of fractures or other lost circulation zones, Lessee shall determine, as accurately as possible, the depth of the top of the cement in the annular space behind the surface casing and record it on the well record.
24.19 In ▇▇▇▇▇ where cement has not been circulated to the surface, there must be sufficient good quality cement in place in the annular space behind the casing to tightly hold the casing in place so that the escape of oil, gas, or water from one stratum to another, or to the surface, does not occur behind the casing.
24.20 Cement shall be allowed to stand a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours before drilling the plug or initiating tests. The waiting period for cement to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be reduced from twenty-four
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Lease Agreement
DRILLING OPERATIONS. 24.01 Lessee shall submit to Department and to District Forester for their approval as to location, a plat showing the location of each well before drilling thereof is commenced, and no well shall be commenced until a permit has been issued by Department of Environmental Protection Protection’s Bureau of Oil and Gas Management.
24.02 A legible sign listing the name and address of the well operator, the permit number, the farm name, and well number shall be placed in a conspicuous place near where the access road enters the well location. In addition, a legible sign listing the name of the operator and well number shall be attached or painted on the pumping unit, wellhead or meter box of each well.
24.03 Except where Lessee intentionally drills a deviated well to a bottomhole location not vertically beneath the well site, Lessee shall drill a straight hole to the best of its ability. The maximummaximum point at which a well penetrates a producing formation shall not vary unreasonably from the vertical drawn from the center of the hole at the surface. Minor deviations will be permitted for short distances to straighten the hole, to sidetrack junk, or to correct other mechanical difficulties.
24.04 Lessee shall run a device for measuring deviation from the vertical periodically during the drilling of the well and at the total depth, if requested by Department.
24.05 After the completion of an intentionally deviated well, a complete angular deviation and directional survey of the well obtained by an approved well surveying company and certified as to correctness shall be furnished to Department.
24.06 Lessee shall maintain, at all times, the casing control equipment in such condition that will effectively control any oil, gas, or water encountered during operations in a well being drilled, tested, completed, or reconditioned. All drilling ▇▇▇▇▇ which are shallower than ten-thousand (10,000) feet shall be equipped with working blowout control equipment tested to twice normal hydrostatic pressure for the depth drilled, and tested to at least ten-thousand (10,000) psia for ▇▇▇▇▇ deeper than ten-ten- thousand (10,000) feet that will completely close off the open hole and that will completely close off around any equipment being employed in the well and will be equipped with a bleed-off valve of the proper size and working pressure. If the blowout preventer is hydraulically operated, adequate pressure shall, at all times, be available for efficient operations. Blowout control equipment must be capable, in case of an emergency, to shut in the well at a point at least fifty (50) feet from the wellhead. For ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced, blowout protection equipment shall be of sufficient capacity to control pressures and flow rates measured in the ▇▇▇▇▇ being serviced.
24.07 All ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be equipped with casing heads of rated working pressure not less than twenty-eight percent (28%) greater than the maximum rock pressure anticipated or rated to withstand test pressure exceeding by ten percent (10%) the maximum well treatment or stimulation pressure anticipated, whichever is highest, with adequate connections and valves available to permit pumping mud-laden fluid between any two strings of casing at the surface. Reconditioning shall be required on any well showing pressure on the casing head, or leaking oil or gas between the producing string or next larger size casing string when such pressure or leakages assume hazardous proportions or indicate the existence of underground waste. No casing shall be perforated until adequate control equipment has been installed and is in good working order. Such control equipment shall consist of a Master Valve and Lubricator, or their equivalent. The entire equipment shall be in good working order and condition at all times.
24.08 Lessee shall test control equipment daily, to the extent possible, without causing premature removal of drill pipe from the hole while drilling, and record the results of such tests daily.
24.09 Whenever an inspection shows that the casing or control equipment at a well is not adequate, Department may prescribe remedial measures which shall be complied with before any further drilling.
24.10 Drilling mud or salt water of sufficient weight to prevent oil, gas, or water blowouts, or flows to the surface, shall be mixed and ready to use in ▇▇▇▇▇ prior to drilling any reservoir deemed by Department to be capable of flowing liquid or gas to the surface.
24.11 All casing, tubing, and equipment used in the drilling and completion of a well should be in good condition and adequate in strength for the depths to be drilled and the pressures that may be encountered.
24.12 Lessee shall use a casing program which complies with oil and gas statutes, and rules and regulations of the Commonwealth, and which prevents the escape of oil, gas, or water out of one stratum into another, the pollution of fresh water supplies, and blowouts.
24.13 The surface casing shall extend from the surface to a depth below all fresh water zones known to exist in the field and adjacent area to protect them from contamination.
24.14 The production casing shall be of new or reconditioned pipe of a grade and weight designed to withstand the greater of the following pressures to which the casing is planned to be stressed:
(a) The maximum anticipated rock pressure, at any point in the casing string, shall not stress the casing in yield greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the pipe at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, dated April, 1972, or later amendments.
(b) If the well is to be fractured, the casing shall be designed so that the fracture pressure anticipated, at any point in the casing, does not exceed the A.P.I. specified internal yield pressure of the casing at minimum yield, as shown in A.P.I. Bulletin 5-C-2, or later amendments.
24.15 After cementing and before perforating or drilling-in, the casing shall be tested by pump pressure at the wellhead to a pressure twenty percent (20%) greater than the anticipated maximum pressure at the wellhead. If, at the end of thirty (30) minutes, pressure shows a drop of fifty (50) pounds per square inch or more, the casing shall be repaired sufficiently to withstand the pressure test described herein. After corrective operation, the casing shall again be tested in the same manner.
24.16 All surface casing and production casing shall be cemented in the ground with good quality cement equaling or exceeding A.P.I. specification in the manner hereinafter described.
24.17 Cementing of all casing strings shall be accomplished by pump and plug or another method approved by Department. Sufficient centralizers shall be attached to the casing to keep it centered in the hole during cementing.
24.18 An attempt shall be made to circulate the cement to the surface in cementing the surface casing. In cementing the surface casing, cement of sufficient quantity shall be used to fill the calculated annular space plus twenty percent (20%) back of the casing shoe to the surface. In the event that the cement cannot be circulated to the surface, due to the presence of fractures or other lost circulation zones, Lessee shall determine, as accurately as possible, the depth of the top of the cement in the annular space behind the surface casing and record it on the well record.
24.19 In ▇▇▇▇▇ where cement has not been circulated to the surface, there must be sufficient good quality cement in place in the annular space behind the casing to tightly hold the casing in place so that the escape of oil, gas, or water from one stratum to another, or to the surface, does not occur behind the casing.
24.20 Cement shall be allowed to stand a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours before drilling the plug or initiating tests. The waiting period for cement to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be reduced from twenty-four
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Lease Agreement