sec.54Additional safety requirements—casing for petroleum wells and bores

sec.54 Additional safety requirements—casing for petroleum wells and bores

If the operating plant is being used to drill a petroleum well or bore in the overlapping area, the operator of the operating plant must ensure an approved casing is used to drill or complete the well or bore. If steel casing is used to drill or complete the petroleum well or bore, the operator must ensure— the resource authority holders for the overlapping area agree to the spacing and layout of the steel casing; and the steel casing is removed when the petroleum well or bore is abandoned unless the site senior executive agrees to the steel casing remaining in the well or bore. The resource authority holders must ensure an agreement under subsection (2) (b) is included in the joint development plan or the joint interaction management plan for the overlapping area. In this section— approved casing means a type of casing agreed to by the resource authority holders for the overlapping area. joint development plan see the Common Provisions Act , section 103 . (sec.54-ssec.1) If the operating plant is being used to drill a petroleum well or bore in the overlapping area, the operator of the operating plant must ensure an approved casing is used to drill or complete the well or bore. (sec.54-ssec.2) If steel casing is used to drill or complete the petroleum well or bore, the operator must ensure— the resource authority holders for the overlapping area agree to the spacing and layout of the steel casing; and the steel casing is removed when the petroleum well or bore is abandoned unless the site senior executive agrees to the steel casing remaining in the well or bore. (sec.54-ssec.3) The resource authority holders must ensure an agreement under subsection (2) (b) is included in the joint development plan or the joint interaction management plan for the overlapping area. (sec.54-ssec.4) In this section— approved casing means a type of casing agreed to by the resource authority holders for the overlapping area. joint development plan see the Common Provisions Act , section 103 .

• (a) the resource authority holders for the overlapping area agree to the spacing and layout of the steel casing; and
• (b) the steel casing is removed when the petroleum well or bore is abandoned unless the site senior executive agrees to the steel casing remaining in the well or bore.