Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
sec.56Additional safety requirements—requirement to fill wells, bores and voids etc.
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sec.56 Additional safety requirements—requirement to fill wells, bores and voids etc.
This section applies— if a petroleum well, bore or void is being plugged and abandoned at the operating plant; and in addition to the standard abandonment requirements for a petroleum well or bore. The operator of the operating plant must ensure— the petroleum well, bore or void is filled with cement from the bottom of the well, bore or void to the surface of the well, bore or void, unless the site senior executive otherwise agrees; and packers and fluids are not left in the well, bore or void. (sec.56-ssec.1) This section applies— if a petroleum well, bore or void is being plugged and abandoned at the operating plant; and in addition to the standard abandonment requirements for a petroleum well or bore. (sec.56-ssec.2) The operator of the operating plant must ensure— the petroleum well, bore or void is filled with cement from the bottom of the well, bore or void to the surface of the well, bore or void, unless the site senior executive otherwise agrees; and packers and fluids are not left in the well, bore or void.
- (a) if a petroleum well, bore or void is being plugged and abandoned at the operating plant; and
- (b) in addition to the standard abandonment requirements for a petroleum well or bore.
- (a) the petroleum well, bore or void is filled with cement from the bottom of the well, bore or void to the surface of the well, bore or void, unless the site senior executive otherwise agrees; and
- (b) packers and fluids are not left in the well, bore or void.