sec.37Petroleum well or bore abandonment report

sec.37 Petroleum well or bore abandonment report

This section applies to a petroleum well or bore drilled under a petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority under the 2004 Act . If the tenure holder or authority holder plugs and abandons the petroleum well or bore after its rig release day, the tenure holder or authority holder must lodge a report about the abandonment (a petroleum well or bore abandonment report ). The report must be lodged within 6 months after the day the plugging and abandoning of the well or bore is completed. The report must contain the following information— the type and number of the tenure or authority; the identifying name of the well or bore; the name of the author of the report; the name of the tenure or authority holder; the name of the operator of the well or bore; a summary of the well or bore including the information for the well or bore required under the practice direction; the following information in relation to the completion or abandonment of the well or bore— a full description of all equipment, including prescribed equipment, left in the well or bore, 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 or batteries the surveyed location of any prescribed equipment; the method of the cementing operations carried out in or on the well or bore, 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 abandonment of the well or bore; any other data or information for the report 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 s 37 amd 2018 SL No. 135 s 183 ; 2020 SL No. 208 s 14 (sec.37-ssec.1) This section applies to a petroleum well or bore drilled under a petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority under the 2004 Act . (sec.37-ssec.2) If the tenure holder or authority holder plugs and abandons the petroleum well or bore after its rig release day, the tenure holder or authority holder must lodge a report about the abandonment (a petroleum well or bore abandonment report ). (sec.37-ssec.3) The report must be lodged within 6 months after the day the plugging and abandoning of the well or bore is completed. (sec.37-ssec.4) The report must contain the following information— the type and number of the tenure or authority; the identifying name of the well or bore; the name of the author of the report; the name of the tenure or authority holder; the name of the operator of the well or bore; a summary of the well or bore including the information for the well or bore required under the practice direction; the following information in relation to the completion or abandonment of the well or bore— a full description of all equipment, including prescribed equipment, left in the well or bore, 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 or batteries the surveyed location of any prescribed equipment; the method of the cementing operations carried out in or on the well or bore, 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 abandonment of the well or bore; any other data or information for the report required under the practice direction. (sec.37-ssec.5) 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