| Engineer | Form: (06)
400902886
10/02/2015 | emailed operator with a few concerns, will wait PASSing until the concerns are addressed.
opr responded 10/2: provided updated plugging procedure. COGCC revised one step of (revised) procedure:
#5 -- Rule 319.a dictates minimum 100' plug length (not 50'). Place balanced 100' (min) plug across the DV @ 3047', 25 sacks. |
| Engineer | Form: (04)
401014420
04/28/2016 | Warning Letter #2193175 required WPX Energy Rocky Mountain LLC ("Operator") to pass a mechanical integrity test (MIT) or plug and abandon the DOE #1-M-8 well (API# 045-06900) and file appropriate paperwork no later than 4/30/2016. Operator requests a Corrective Action Deadline extension to 5/31/2016 in email correspondence on 4/28/2016 after filing this form. Operator's request for additional time to resolve the delinquent MIT issue cited in COGCC's Warning Letter, and referenced in this Form 4 #401014420 is granted with approval of this form. Approval of this form also provides written confirmation of verbal approval of the time extension provided by Stuart Ellsworth, COGCC Engineering Manager on 4/27/2016. Work must be completed by 5/31/2016, and associated paperwork must be submitted by 7/1/2016 (see Conditions of Approval on this form).
As noted in the COGCC Warning Letter, Operator shall consider the following rules:
Rule 316B requires notice to the Director on a Form 42 at least ten (10) days prior to performance of conducting an MIT and submission of MIT results on a Form 21, within thirty (30) days after the test. A pressure chart shall accompany this Form 21 report.
Rule 311 requires Director approval of a Form 6 – Well Abandonment Report as a Notice of Intent to Abandon prior to performing the plugging and abandonment work and a second Form 6 – Well Abandonment Report as a Subsequent Report of Abandonment upon completion.
If Operator fails to complete the required Corrective Actions and provide documentation to the COGCC by the new requested deadline, staff will proceed to issue a Notice of Alleged Violation and pursue penalties for the issues cited in the Warning Letter. |
| Engineer | Form: (04)
401014420
04/28/2016 | 1) According to the operator's wellbore diagram, the top of cement in this well is 1310'. Suspected casing leaks are in a previously-cemented interval of this well, and COGCC's well file CBL, Document No. 430786 is not legible. Operator shall provide a new copy of the existing CBL for this well or run a post-cementing CBL to document cement coverage in the well. The CBL shall be submitted with a Form 5, which shall also document the repair work.
2) This work is considered a planned casing repair, per Rule 317.e.(1)B. A new Form 5 is required within 30 days of completing the work, per Rule 317.e.(3) and Rule 308A.b.(3).
3) Contingent upon a successful post-remediation MIT, this continued Temporary Abandonment approval will be valid for a period of 12 months, expiring on 4/29/2017. |
| Engineer | Form: (06)
401685527
07/12/2018 | 1) Provide 48 hour notice of plugging MIRU via electronic Form 42.
2) Check bradenhead pressure and perform a bradenhead test prior to MIRU. Submit results electronically on a Form 17.
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) This well has federal minerals. Operator shall notify COGCC engineering staff of any plugging changes required by the BLM or unexpected conditions in the field as soon as feasible. |