S-34.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting petroleum exploration, production and storage in a body of water

Section 136 Disposition versions

2018-09-20

136. The authorization holder must install a conductor casing if

(1)  the surface casing is laid at a true vertical depth exceeding 650 m;

(2)  it is foreseeable that a petroleum zone will be intersected before reaching the laying depth of the surface casing; and

(3)  an adjacent wellbore encountered groundwater flow on the surface.

The conductor casing must be set in a competent formation.

If a shallow aquifer presents artesian pressure conditions, the conductor casing must be set directly above the aquifer.

O.C. 1251-2018, s. 136.

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In force: 2018-09-20

136. The authorization holder must install a conductor casing if

(1)  the surface casing is laid at a true vertical depth exceeding 650 m;

(2)  it is foreseeable that a petroleum zone will be intersected before reaching the laying depth of the surface casing; and

(3)  an adjacent wellbore encountered groundwater flow on the surface.

The conductor casing must be set in a competent formation.

If a shallow aquifer presents artesian pressure conditions, the conductor casing must be set directly above the aquifer.

O.C. 1251-2018, s. 136.