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Jul
12
Written by:
news editor
7/12/2012 1:00 AM
Today Gov. Kasich signed Executive Order 2012-09K which authorizes ODNR to require additional testing and safeguards as part of the permitting process for an injection well.
Read Executive Order 2012-09K here
Summary of Governor John Kasich’s Executive Order Amending Rules 1501:9-3-06 and 1501:9-3-07 of the Ohio Administrative Code regarding the regulation of oil and gas injection wells.
Governor Kasich’s Executive Order gives ODNR immediate authority to:
1. Outline the tests that an applicant may be required to complete a permit to drill and operate an underground injection control well.
2. State clearly that the chief of ODNR’s Oil and Gas division may withhold authority to inject fluids if the results of required tests are negative.
3. Allow the chief to set a graduated maximum allowable injection pressure based upon data obtained throughout the permitting process.
4. Allow the chief to require the installation of an automatic shut-off device if the permitted maximum allowable injection pressure is exceeded; and require continuous monitoring of the annulus between the casing and tubing in a well.
Specifically, the Executive Order amends the Ohio Administrative Code to allow the following:
• Provides the chief of Oil and Gas immediate authority to require the following tests or evaluations of a proposed brine injection well, in any combination deemed necessary:
• Pressure fall-off testing;
• Geological investigation of potential faulting within the immediate vicinity of the proposed injection well location, which may include seismic surveys or other methods determined by the chief to assist in identifying potential faulting within the immediate vicinity of the proposed injection well;
• Submittal of a plan for monitoring seismic activity;
• Testing and recording the original bottom-hole injection interval pressure;
• Gamma ray, compensated density-neutron, and resistivity geophysical logging suite on all newly drilled injection wells. All geophysical logs shall be submitted to the division within 60 days of completion of well drilling;
• Radioactive tracer or spinner survey; and
• Any such other tests that the chief deems necessary. The applicant may request a meeting with the chief to discuss any test deemed necessary.
• Requires well operators to halt the injection of any fluid into the injection well, if the Oil and Gas chief requires the performance of tests or evaluations of a proposed injection well. The chief shall have the right to withhold authority to inject fluids based upon the results of the tests performed, and may order the plugging of the well if it is deemed necessary.
• Provides the Oil and Gas chief the authority to implement, at his discretion, graduated maximum allowable injection pressure requirements based upon data provided in the permitting process and any applicable testing requirements.
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