sec.30CSG well abandonment report

sec.30 CSG well abandonment report

This section applies to the holder of a coal or oil shale mining lease or transitional lease in relation to the drilling of a CSG well under the lease if— the CSG well is used for mining coal seam gas for a purpose mentioned in section 318CN (2) or 318CNA (2) of the Act ; and the CSG well is plugged and abandoned after the rig release day for the CSG well. The holder of the lease must lodge a report (an abandonment report ) about the abandonment of the CSG well within 6 months after the CSG well is abandoned. The abandonment report must contain the following— the number of the lease; the identifying name of the CSG well; the name of the holder of the lease; the name of the operator of the CSG well; the name of the author of the report; a summary of the CSG well stating the information for the well required under the practice direction; the following information in relation to the abandonment of the CSG well— a full description of all equipment, including prescribed equipment, left in the CSG well, including the size and nature of the equipment and any features of the equipment that may cause a hazard to coal mining operations; aluminium, electronics and batteries the surveyed location of any prescribed equipment; the method of the cementing operations carried out in or on the CSG well, including the location and type of plugs, the intervals covered by the operations, the volume and type of cement used, any losses of cement due to voids or permeable strata, and the methods used to overcome losses of cement; the method, materials and volume of cement used to cement voids; a description of procedures or activities undertaken for the abandonment of the CSG well; any other data or information required under the practice direction. In this section— coal mining operations see the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 , schedule 3 . prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and other equipment that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. drilling equipment and geophysical logging tools (sec.30-ssec.1) This section applies to the holder of a coal or oil shale mining lease or transitional lease in relation to the drilling of a CSG well under the lease if— the CSG well is used for mining coal seam gas for a purpose mentioned in section 318CN (2) or 318CNA (2) of the Act ; and the CSG well is plugged and abandoned after the rig release day for the CSG well. (sec.30-ssec.2) The holder of the lease must lodge a report (an abandonment report ) about the abandonment of the CSG well within 6 months after the CSG well is abandoned. (sec.30-ssec.3) The abandonment report must contain the following— the number of the lease; the identifying name of the CSG well; the name of the holder of the lease; the name of the operator of the CSG well; the name of the author of the report; a summary of the CSG well stating the information for the well required under the practice direction; the following information in relation to the abandonment of the CSG well— a full description of all equipment, including prescribed equipment, left in the CSG well, including the size and nature of the equipment and any features of the equipment that may cause a hazard to coal mining operations; aluminium, electronics and batteries the surveyed location of any prescribed equipment; the method of the cementing operations carried out in or on the CSG well, including the location and type of plugs, the intervals covered by the operations, the volume and type of cement used, any losses of cement due to voids or permeable strata, and the methods used to overcome losses of cement; the method, materials and volume of cement used to cement voids; a description of procedures or activities undertaken for the abandonment of the CSG well; any other data or information required under the practice direction. (sec.30-ssec.4) In this section— coal mining operations see the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 , schedule 3 . prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and other equipment that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. drilling equipment and geophysical logging tools