Alabama Administrative Code Chapter 400-1-3 — Notification and Approval of Activities

400 State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-1-3-.01 Well Status Report

A status or progress report of operations being performed in association with well activities requiring permits in Rule 400-1-2-.01 shall be reported orally or in writing to the appropriate Board office by 10:00 a.m. on the first working day of each week.

History

• Author: State Oil and Gas Board
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§9-17-1, et seq.
• Filed September 30, 1982. Repealed and New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000;effective May 16, 2000.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-1-3-.02 Notice Of Activities

(1) Notification Prior to Performance of Activity. An operator shall notify theSupervisor prior to performing any of the following activities:

(a) Setting surface casing, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(b) Running intermediate or production casing, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(c) Perforating, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(d) Drillstem testing, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(e) Wireline logging or surveying, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(f) Coring, see Rule 400-1-4-.03(1);

(g) Pressure testing, see Rule 400-1-4-.09(4) or Rule 400-4-2-.01(2)(d);

(h) Cleaning tanks, see Rule 400-1-6-.12;

(i) Turnaround operations for processing facilities, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(2)(c);

(j) Turnaround operations for plants, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(3)(d); and

(k) Initiating a gathering line construction operation, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(5)(a).

(2) Witness of Activities. The Supervisor may send a duly authorized representative tothe location to witness activities in section (1) above.

(3) Notification Subsequent to Occurrence of Activity. An operator shall notify theSupervisor when the following occurs:

(a) Sale, assignment, or acquisition of any well and associated facilities, see Rule400-1-2-.05;

(b) Loss of a radioactive logging source, see Rule 400-1-4-.05(1);

(c) Encountering unexpected wellbore conditions during recompletion or reworking, seeRule 400-1-6-.06(2);

(d) Repairing or replacing damaged gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(5)(a);

(e) Fire, spill, leak, or blow out, see Rule 400-1-9-.01; and

(f) Hydrogen sulfide concentration reaches fifty (50) parts per million in air, see Rule400-1-9-.02(4)(d)3.

History

• Author: State Oil and Gas Board
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§9-17-1, et seq.
• Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: Filed September 6, 1985; January 6, 1988;October 12, 1989. Repealed and New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000; effective May 16, 2000.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-1-3-.03 Approval Of Activities

(1) An operator shall obtain approval of the Supervisor for:

(a) Initiating drilling, converting, or reentering a well, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(2);

(b) Deepening, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(3);

(c) Directionally drilling or sidetracking, see Rule 400-1-2-.01(4);

(d) Change of operator, see Rule 400-1-2-.05;

(e) Plan of abandonment of a radioactive logging source, see Rule 400-1-4-.05(3);

(f) Plan of operation for reentering, converting, recompleting, or reworking a well containing a radioactive logging source, see Rule 400-1-4-.05(7);

(g) Radioactive surveys, see Rule 400-1-4-.06;

(h) Chemical treatment or fracturing, see Rule 400-1-4-.07;

(i) Construction of any pit, see Rule 400-1-4-.10;

(j) Disposal of pit fluids, see Rule 400-1-4-.11;

(k) Plugging and abandonment, see Rule 400-1-4-.14;

(l) Restoration of location, see Rule 400-1-4-.16;

(m) Initial request for temporary abandoned or shut-in status, see Rule 400-1-4-.17;

(n) Production testing, see Rule 400-1-5-.03;

(o) Temporary test allowables, see Rule 400-1-5-.04;

(p) Multiple completions, see Rule 400-1-5-.05;

(q) Recompletion or reworking, see Rule 400-1-6-.06(1);

(r) Construction and operation of a sour gas production facility, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(1);

(s) Design, construction, and operation of a processing facility, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(2);

(t) Design, construction, and operation of a plant and placing a plant into service, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(3);

(u) Modifications to sour gas production facilities, processing facilities, and plants, see Rule 400-1-7-.01(4);

(v) Transportation of oil, gas, condensate, or plant products, see Rule 400-1-8-.01;

(w) Construction and operation of gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(2);

(x) Modifications to gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-8-.03(2)(b)4;

(y) Operations involving hydrogen sulfide, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(8)(c);

(z) Modification of existing hydrogen sulfide operations or facilities, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(8)(e);

(aa) Hydrogen sulfide monitoring system and test equipment prior to initial test production, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(f);

(bb) Construction and maintenance of sour flowlines and sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(a);

(cc) Modifications to sour flowlines and sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(b)1;

(dd) Repairing or replacing damaged sour flowlines or sour gathering lines, see Rule 400-1-9-.02(11)(b)2;

(ee) Transportation of wastes, see Rule 400-1-9-.03(1)(a); and

(ff) Modification of transportation of wastes procedures, see Rule 400-1-9-.03(1)(b).

(2) Witness of Activities. The Supervisor may send a duly authorized representative to the location to witness activities in section (1) above.

History

• Author: State Oil and Gas Board
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§9-17-1, et seq.
• Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: Filed October 31, 1984; Filed May 5, 1993.Repealed and New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000; effective May 16, 2000.
• Editor's note: Previous Chapter 400-1-3 (Rules 400-1-3-.01 through 400-1-3-.13) Repealed and New Chapter (Rules 400-1-3-.01 through 400-1-3-.03) adopted in lieu thereof: Filed April 11, 2000.