Section 534B.165 - Prevention of blowout; testing of blowout prevention equipment; recording of results in well log; submission of test data and supporting information to Division1. The operator shall ensure that blowout prevention equipment is installed on any dissolved mineral resource exploration well where temperatures may exceed 200 degrees Fahrenheit.2. An operator and well driller shall take all necessary precautions to keep a dissolved mineral resource exploration well under control and operating safely at all times. Well control and wellhead assemblies used in any dissolved mineral resource exploration well must meet the minimum specifications for assemblies prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute, or its successor organization, in Standard 53, "Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells," Fourth Edition, which is available by mail from Global Engineering Documents, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, Colorado 80112-5776, by telephone at (800) 854-7179 or at the Internet address http://global.ihs.com, for the price of $155.3. Blowout prevention equipment capable of shutting in a dissolved mineral resource exploration well during any operation must be installed on the surface casing and be maintained in good operating condition at all times. Such equipment must have a rating for pressure greater than the maximum anticipated pressure at the wellhead.4. An operator shall: (a) Test the blowout prevention equipment under pressure. The results of each test must be recorded by the well driller in the well log.(b) Submit, on a form designated by the Division, the pressure data and supporting information for the blowout prevention equipment as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the test conducted pursuant to paragraph (a).Nev. Admin. Code § 534B.165
Added to NAC by Comm'n on Mineral Resources by R109-17AP, eff. 5/16/2018Section 20 of Assembly Bill No. 52, chapter 507, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 3414 (NRS 534B.120)