Current through December 31, 2024
Section 534A.550 - Filing of report of completion and well logs1. Within 30 days after the completion of the construction of a well, the owner of the geothermal resource or the operator shall file with the Division: (a) A report setting forth the manner in which the well was completed on a form designated by the Division;(b) For a directionally drilled well, a directional survey, which must include, without limitation, a plat obtained by the method used to survey the well;(c) A lithologic log, which must include the lithologic characteristics and depths of the formations, the depths and temperatures of water-bearing and steam-bearing strata and the temperatures, chemical compositions and other characteristics of fluids encountered during drilling; and(d) The following well logs, if applicable: Well Log Type | Industrial or Commercial Production Well | Industrial or Commercial Injection Well | Geothermal Domestic Well | Thermal Gradient Well |
Gamma or similar log | Required | Required | Submit if run | Submit if run |
Cement bond log | Submit if run | Submit if run | Submit if run | Submit if run |
Temperature log | Required | Required | Required | Required |
Other logs | Submit if run | Submit if run | Submit if run | Submit if run |
2. Within 30 days after the well is plugged, the operator shall file with the Division a well plugging report on a form designated by the Division.3. The survey and well logs filed pursuant to subsection 1 must include two paper copies, one digital copy and for any electric logs, one copy in LASer (LAS) file format.4. The Division shall file one set of the well logs filed pursuant to subsection 1 with the Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada.Nev. Admin. Code § 534A.550
Added to NAC by Comm'n on Mineral Resources, eff. 11-12-85; A 12-16-92; A by R032-19A, eff. 12/16/2019