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Home My WebLink About10759 ORD - 03/22/19723/20/72 Mc 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 -3- I J 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: 7 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 �y PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT r STATE OF TEXAS, les: County of Nueces. J Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ... ............................... Leland G. Barnes .......•..., who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the Glas.xi.Aed . 1` Tanager-. ------- --- ------ ------- ----- --- ---- -- of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, ........ ........................... 33Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of tiJLeaa1 - iNotice of passage-of otdinance'no: 10759 - -- amending ordinaxce no. ! .� =- Bay "DriTlirig'Ufd -IW rice_- regulaiEirig•operatfon for proaiiction•of o -1T -anii i of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ---- the --- Ume .. - -• on the.Utih day of- .......... March ............... 19..7. 2.,s ad- oaee,each ............................ *APea# tea €er............................ ee Heew......................................................... ..OrM ..................... Times. � $...5..19 ...................... ...t ... _....._... Leland G. Barnes; Cl. 4)dv. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... . -.. -.. y of -- -..-.. .._�g�eh .. .... ... ... .. ..... .... 19..2..... -. Louise Vick .........._. �........_.. tary Public, Nueces County, Texas '10 -------- - - - - - - - - - - - ')