sec.26Requirement to keep petroleum well pressure low when using well completion equipment

sec.26 Requirement to keep petroleum well pressure low when using well completion equipment

The operator of a drilling operating plant must ensure a flare line is used during the live completion of a petroleum well to keep the pressure in the well as low as reasonably practical until the production tubing hanger is secured and all wellhead equipment for the well is installed. using a flare line off the tubing spool However, if the operator complies with subsection (3) , the operator may allow the live completion of a petroleum well to be carried out— without using a flare line (an alternative method ); or without keeping the pressure as low as reasonably practical (also an alternative method ). The operator must ensure— the risks of using the alternative method are assessed in consultation with the persons supervising or involved in the live completion of the well; and the assessment shows the alternative method has a level of risk that is equal to or less than the level of risk from complying with subsection (1) ; and the following persons give the operator written approval for using the alternative method— the site safety manager for the drilling operating plant; the site safety manager for the petroleum well. In this section— flare line means a line connected to the rotating head of a drilling operating plant through which gas entering the annulus of the petroleum well is vented to the atmosphere and flared. live completion , of a petroleum well, means the insertion of well completion equipment into the petroleum well when petroleum is flowing or has the potential to flow from the petroleum well. (sec.26-ssec.1) The operator of a drilling operating plant must ensure a flare line is used during the live completion of a petroleum well to keep the pressure in the well as low as reasonably practical until the production tubing hanger is secured and all wellhead equipment for the well is installed. using a flare line off the tubing spool (sec.26-ssec.2) However, if the operator complies with subsection (3) , the operator may allow the live completion of a petroleum well to be carried out— without using a flare line (an alternative method ); or without keeping the pressure as low as reasonably practical (also an alternative method ). (sec.26-ssec.3) The operator must ensure— the risks of using the alternative method are assessed in consultation with the persons supervising or involved in the live completion of the well; and the assessment shows the alternative method has a level of risk that is equal to or less than the level of risk from complying with subsection (1) ; and the following persons give the operator written approval for using the alternative method— the site safety manager for the drilling operating plant; the site safety manager for the petroleum well. (sec.26-ssec.4) In this section— flare line means a line connected to the rotating head of a drilling operating plant through which gas entering the annulus of the petroleum well is vented to the atmosphere and flared. live completion , of a petroleum well, means the insertion of well completion equipment into the petroleum well when petroleum is flowing or has the potential to flow from the petroleum well.