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TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8294, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY
CALLED THE "BAY DRILLING ORDINANCE ", REGULATING
OPERATIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS, SO AS TO
PROVIDE SAFER AND MORE POSITIVE CONTROL OF WELL
PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT PROCEDURES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. THAT SUBSECTION 19.10 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8294, AS AMENDED,
IS HEREBY AMENDED TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"19.10. WHENEVER ANY WELL IS ABANDONED, IT SHALL BE THE
OBLIGATION OF THE OPERATOR TO PLUG SUCH WELL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE RULES OF THE RAIL-
ROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS, THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN THIS
ORDINANCE, AND/OR ANY OTHER AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ABANDONMENT OR PLUGGING OF SUCH WELL.
THE OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE
TWENTY -FOUR (24) HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE PLUGGING OPERATION
A 'NOTICE OF INTENT TO PLUG AND ABANDON' WHICH WILL INCLUDE
THE ABANDONMENT PROGRAM AND REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF PERMIT.
WHENEVER A DRILLING OR REWORKING OPERATION HAS JUST BEEN
COMPLETED ON A WELL AND THE OPERATOR DESIRES TO PLUG AND
ABANDON SUCH WELL, THE TWENTY -FOUR (24) HOUR NOTICE SHALL
BE REDUCED TO NO LESS THAN A TWO (2) HOUR NOTICE.
A. WHERE ENOUGH OF THE PRODUCING OR PROTECTIVE CASING
HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WELL TO EXPOSE THE SHOE OF THE
SURFACE CASING THEN A ONE HUNDRED FOOT (100') CEMENT PLUG
SHALL BE PLACED OPPOSITE THE SHOE OF THE SURFACE CASING TO
EXTEND AT LEAST FIFTY FEET (50') DOWNWARD AND A SIMILAR FIFTY
FEET (50') UPWARDS FROM THE SHOE OF THE SURFACE CASING. SUF-
FICIENT TIME SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR THIS CEMENT TO HARDEN
ENOUGH SO THAT IT WILL SUSTAIN THE WEIGHT OF DRILL PIPE OR
TUBING TO THIS DEPTH. THE OPERATOR SHALL FEEL FOR THE TOP
C%j
OF THE PLUG TO DETERMINE THAT THE TOP IS AT LEAST FIFTY
FEET (50') ABOVE THE SHOE OF THE SURFACE CASING AND IS
OF SUFFICIENT HARDNESS TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE DRILL
PIPE OR TUBING TO THIS DEPTH. IN THE EVENT THE TOP OF
THE PLUG IS NOT FIFTY FEET (50') UPWARDS FROM THE SHOE,
THEN A SECOND CEMENT APPLICATION WILL BE REQUIRED AND
TESTED AS ABOVE. AFTER THE PLUG AT THE SHOE HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEN A MINIMUM FIFTY FOOT (50')
CEMENT PLUG SHALL BE SET AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE, AFTER
WHICH THE CASING SHALL BE CUT OFF A DEPTH PRESCRIBED BY
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS AND THE CORPS OF ENGIN-
EERS.
B. WHERE THE PROTECTIVE OR PRODUCING STRING OF
CASING TO BE LEFT IN THE WELL EXTENDS UPWARDS FROM THE
SHOE OF THE SURFACE CASING SO AS TO PREVENT THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED METHOD OF ABANDONMENT, THEN THE FOLLOWING PRO-
CEDURE WILL BE USED. A PACKER OR CAST IRON CEMENT RETAINER
SHALL BE SET IN THE SURFACE CASING FIFTY FEET (50') ABOVE
THE TOP OF ANY OTHER CASING WITHIN THE SURFACE CASING AND
SUFFICIENT CEMENT SHALL THEN BE SQUEEZED BELOW THE PACKER
OR RETAINER TO THEORETICALLY EXTEND TO ONE HUNDRED FEET
(100') BELOW THE SHOE OF THE SURFACE CASING AND FILL THAT
PORTION UP TO THE PACKER OR RETAINER WITH THE CEMENT. THE
PACKER OR RETAINER WILL BE LEFT IN THE WELL. ABANDONMENT
WILL THEN BE COMPLETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH 'A' OF THIS SUBSECTION 19.10.
C. WHENEVER OPERATIONS UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH 'A' AND 'B'
OF THIS SUBSECTION 19.10 ARE EMPLOYED THEN THE FOLLOWING
FURTHER REQUIREMENTS WILL BE COMPLIED WITH:
1. WHEN CASING IS TO BE SHOT OR CUT OFF AND PULLED
A BLOWOUT PREVENTER WITH PIPE AND BLANK RAMS
EQUIPPED TO CLOSE OFF AROUND THE CASING TO BE
PULLED SHALL BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO SHOOTING OR
CUTTING OFF THE CASING.
2. IN ALL CASES PRIOR TO CUTTING ANY CASING, THE
ANNULUS BETWEEN THE CASING TO BE RECOVERED AND
i'a
THE SURFACE STRING OF CASING WILL BE TESTED
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS ANNULUS IS DEAD
OR PRESSURED. IN THE EVENT IT IS PRESSURED
THEN NO CASING WILL BE RECOVERED UNTIL THIS
PRESSURE IS RELEASED TO ZERO AND THE ANNULUS
FILLED WITH 9.5# PER GALLON MUD LADEN FLUID.
3. THE WELL SHALL HAVE A SAFETY VALVE INSTALLED
ON THE TOP OF THE CASING STRING BEFORE ANY
CASING IS SHOT OR CUT OFF. THIS SAFETY VALVE
SHALL NOT BE REMOVED UNTIL THE FIRST JOINT OF
CASING HAS BEEN PULLED AND SHALL THEN BE KEPT
IMMEDIATELY AT HAND SO THAT IT MAY BED IF
NEEDED, REINSTALLED.
4. THE WELL SHALL BE COMPLETELY FILLED AT ALL
TIMES WITH MUD LADEN FLUID OF NOT LESS THAN
9.5# PER GALLON DURING ALL CASING AND TUBING
PULLING OPERATIONS. PERIODIC CHECKS WILL BE
MADE OF THE MUD FLUID WEIGHT DURING DISPLACING
OPERATIONS.
5. OPERATOR SHALL HAVE A COMPANY OR PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE
WELL SITE DURING THE SETTING AND TAGGING OF
CEMENT PLUGS AND DURING THE CASING PULLING
OPERATIONS, TO INSURE THAT THE PROCEDURES
OUTLINED IN THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO PLUG AND
ABANDON' FILED WITH THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF
TEXAS ARE COMPLIED WITH AND TO INSURE THAT
OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE COMPLIED
WITH.
D. WHERE WELL CONDITIONS PREVENT PLUGGING OF THE WELL
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ABOVE PARAGRAPHS 'A' AND IBI OF THIS
SUBSECTION 19.10, THE OPERATOR SHALL PLUG AND ABANDON SUCH
WELL USING ANY ALTERNATE METHOD WHICH MAY BE PROPOSED BY THE
OPERATOR AND APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
E. THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE SHALL WITNESS ALL
PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENTS AND CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT THE
ABANDONMENT WAS OR WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE
PROCEDURE. NO PERMIT WILL BE RELEASED WITHOUT CERTIFICATION
THAT THE PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE PROCEDURE."
SECTION 2. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE, OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID BY FINAL
JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID
PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO
WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL
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PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BY PUBLISHING THE CAPTION OF
THIS ORDINANCE, STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY TO MAKE THE HEREINABOVE AMENDMENT TO THE
BAY DRILLING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE No. 8294, AS AMENDED, CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE
CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE
DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION BUT THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ
AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED
SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION
OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE
OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE
DAY OF MARCH, 1972•
ATTEST:
1
CITY SECRETA MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
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4JDAY OF MARCH, 1972:
WA
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
e[cC:i.LI.DAY OF� , '19��
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
,RESP E'C•T FU 'L'Yy
MAYOR "TZ/
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
' GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT r
STATE OF TEXAS, les:
County of Nueces. J
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