26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.7

Current through October 10, 2024

Rule 26-3-1.7 - PROCEDURE FOR COMPLETION OF OIL AND GAS WELLS

1. Wellhead Equipment and Testing Procedures

A. Wellhead Equipment

All completed wells shall be equipped with casingheads, wellhead fittings, valves and connections with a rated working pressure equal to or greater than the surface shut-in pressure of the well. Connections and valves shall be designed and installed to permit fluid to be pumped between any two strings of casing. Two master valves shall be installed on the tubing in wells with a surface pressure in excess of 5,000 pounds per square inch. All wellhead connections shall be assembled and tested, prior to installation, by a fluid pressure which shall be equal to the rated test pressure of the fitting to be installed.

B. Testing Procedure

Any wells showing sustained pressure on the casinghead, or leaking gas or oil between the production casing and the next larger casing string, shall be tested in the following manner: The well shall be killed with water or mud and pump pressure applied. Should the pressure at the casinghead reflect the applied pressure, the casing shall be condemned. After corrective measures have been taken, the casing shall be tested in the same manner. This testing procedure shall be used when the origin of the pressure cannot be determined otherwise.

2. Storm Choke

All completed wells shall meet the requirements prescribed in Rule OS-6.

3. Procedures for Multiple or Tubingless Completions

A. Multiple Completions

The rules and regulations governing all multiple completions shall be the same as set forth in Statewide Rule 15, Multiple and Dual Completions, and any other applicable Statewide Rules, and shall include the following:

(1) Information shall be submitted on required form showing top and bottom of all zones proposed for completion or alternate completion, including a partial electric log and a diagrammatic sketch showing such zones and equipment to be used.

(2) When zones approved for multiple completion become intercommunicated the operator shall immediately repair and separate the zones after approval is obtained.

B. Tubingless Completions

(1) All tubing strings in a multiple completed well shall be run to the same depth below the deepest producible zone.

(2) The tubing string(s) shall be new pipe and cemented with a sufficient volume to extend a minimum of 500 feet above the uppermost producible zone.

(3) A temperature or cement bond log shall be run in all tubingless completion wells where lost circulation or other unusual circumstances occur during the cementing operations.

(4) Information shall be submitted on, or attached to, Form No. 3 showing the top and bottom of all zones proposed for completion or alternate completion, including a partial electric log and a diagrammatic sketch showing such zones and equipment to be used.

26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.7

MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)