| Engineer | Form: (06)
401953966
03/04/2019 | 1)Provide 48 hour notice of plugging MIRU via electronic Form 42.
2)Operator shall implement measures to control unnecessary and excessive venting and to ensure that vapors and odors from well plugging operations do not constitute a nuisance or hazard to public welfare.
3)Properly abandon flowlines as per Rule 1105. File electronic Form 42 once abandonment complete. Within 30 days of an operator completing abandonment requirements for an off-location flowline or crude oil transfer line the operator shall submit a Flowline Report, Form 44.
4)Prior to killing the well, measure the surface casing pressure (Braden Head) and perform a Braden Head test. Report results on a Form 17. If pressure is greater than 20 psi contact COGCC area engineer.
a.Continue to monitor the surface casing pressure throughout the PA
b.Check for gas venting outside the surface casing (use gas monitor or flood the cellar with water and look for bubbles)
5)Pressure test casing.
6) Cement is required from 50’ below the surface casing shoe to surface
7)Do not install surface casing shoe plug unless the surface casing pressure is zero. If there is pressure, additional deeper plug(s) will be required to ensure no surface casing pressure.
PA marker
8)Discuss the type of PA marker with the landowner (welded plate or post)
9)The PA marker shall be inscribed with the well’s legal location, well name and number, and API Number.
10)Leave a vent hole in casing/marker to avoid trapping any potential residual pressure in the casing(s)
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