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§ 1954. Tests.

14 CA ADC § 1954Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 14. Natural Resources
Division 2. Department of Conservation
Chapter 4. Development, Regulation, and Conservation of Oil and Gas Resources (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 4. State-Wide Geothermal Regulations
Article 5. Completion and Production
14 CCR § 1954
§ 1954. Tests.
Currentness
(a) Requirements. The Supervisor shall require such tests or remedial work as in his or her judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, to protect geothermal reservoirs from damage or to prevent the infiltration of detrimental substances into underground or surface water suitable for agricultural, industrial, municipal, or domestic purposes, to the best interest of the neighboring property owners and the public.
(b) Types of Tests.
(1) Casing Tests
(A) Spinner surveys
(B) Wall thickness
(C) Lap
(D) Pressure
(E) Radioactive tracer surveys
(2) Cementing Tests
(A) Cementing of casing
(B) Pumping of plugs
(C) Hardness of plugs
(D) Depths of plugs
(3) Equipment Tests
(A) Gauges
(B) Thermometers
(C) Surface facilities, lines, vessels, etc.
(D) Blowout-prevention equipment. BOPE inspections and/or tests are normally performed on all drilling wells. The Supervisor requires that the blowout-prevention equipment be tested prior to drilling out the shoe of the surface casing. A Division engineer must be contacted to witness a pressure test of each preventer of the well prior to drilling out the shoe of the surface casing.

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History
1. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 9-3-96 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 96, No. 36).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (b)(3)(D) filed 12-26-2006 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2006, No. 52).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 1954, 14 CA ADC § 1954
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