Regulation 19 Provision of drilling etc. informationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

(1)

Where an operation to which this paragraph applies is being carried out on a well the well-operator shall cause to be sent to the Department, at such intervals as may be agreed or, failing agreement, at intervals of one week calculated from its commencement, a report comprising the following information—

(a)

the identifying number, and any slot number, of the well;

(b)

the name of any installation or vessel involved;

(c)

a summary of the activity in the course of the operation since its commencement, or the previous report;

(d)

the diameter and true vertical and measured depths of—

(i)

any hole drilled; and

(ii)

any casing installed;

(e)

the drilling fluid density immediately before making the report; and

(f)

in the case of an existing well, its current operational state.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)

a drilling operation;

(b)

a workover operation;

(c)

an abandonment operation;

(d)

an operation consisting in the completion of a well;

(e)

any other operation of a kind involving substantial risk of the unplanned escape of fluids from a well.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 19 in operation at 21.7.1996, see reg. 1