Full Text of SB0664 97th General Assembly
SB0664sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Michael W. Frerichs Filed: 3/2/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 664
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 664 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 6.5 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 725/6.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 6.5. Extraction of natural gas using hydraulic | 8 | | fracturing. | 9 | | (a) The Department shall adopt rules requiring each owner | 10 | | or operator that begins extracting natural gas from shale to | 11 | | report the information specified in subsections (b), (c), and | 12 | | (d) within 30 days after the beginning of extraction. The | 13 | | Director shall adopt rules that require, prior to such | 14 | | extraction, the owner or operator to perform a suitable | 15 | | mechanical integrity test of the casing or of the casing-tubing | 16 | | annulus or other mechanical integrity test methods using |
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| 1 | | procedures that are established by administrative rule. | 2 | | (b) The owner or operator shall provide geological names, a | 3 | | geological description, and the depth of the formation into | 4 | | which well stimulation fluids are to be injected. | 5 | | (c) The owner or operator shall provide detailed | 6 | | information to the Director concerning the base stimulation | 7 | | fluid source. The owner, operator, or service company shall | 8 | | also provide to the Director, for each stage of the well | 9 | | stimulation program, the following: | 10 | | (1) each stimulation fluid identified by additive | 11 | | type; | 12 | | (2) the chemical compound name and Chemical
Abstracts | 13 | | Service (CAS) number for each additive used; | 14 | | (3) the proposed rate or concentration for each
| 15 | | additive; | 16 | | (4) a copy of the contractor's proposed well | 17 | | stimulation program design; and | 18 | | (5) any other information requested by the Director. | 19 | | (d) The owner or operator shall also provide a detailed | 20 | | description of the proposed well stimulation design, which | 21 | | shall include: | 22 | | (1) the anticipated surface treating pressure range; | 23 | | (2) the maximum injection treating pressure; and | 24 | | (3) the estimated or calculated fracture length and | 25 | | fracture height. | 26 | | (e) The Department shall post the information that it |
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| 1 | | receives under subsections (b), (c), and (d) on its Internet | 2 | | website for a period of not less than 5 years. In the interest | 3 | | of public health and safety, such information may not be | 4 | | claimed as a trade secret under this or any other Act. | 5 | | (f) The injection of volatile organic compounds, such as | 6 | | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX | 7 | | compounds, or any petroleum distillates, into groundwater is | 8 | | prohibited without exception. The proposed use of volatile | 9 | | organic compounds, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and | 10 | | xylene, also known as BTEX compounds, or any petroleum | 11 | | distillates, for well stimulation into hydrocarbon bearing | 12 | | zones is only authorized with prior written approval of the | 13 | | Director. Produced water containing trace amounts of naturally | 14 | | occurring petroleum distillates may be used as a stimulation | 15 | | fluid in hydrocarbon-bearing zones. | 16 | | (g) In addition to any other information that it must | 17 | | provide, the owner, operator, or service company shall provide | 18 | | the Director the following post well stimulation detail: | 19 | | (1) the actual total well stimulation treatment volume | 20 | | pumped; | 21 | | (2) detail as to each fluid stage pumped, including | 22 | | actual volume by fluid stage, proppant rate or | 23 | | concentration, actual chemical additive name, type, | 24 | | concentration or rate, and amounts; | 25 | | (3) the actual surface pressure and rate at the end of
| 26 | | each fluid stage and the actual flush volume, rate, and |
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| 1 | | final pump pressure; and | 2 | | (4) the instantaneous shut-in pressure, and the actual
| 3 | | 15-minute and 30-minute shut-in pressures when these | 4 | | pressure measurements are available. | 5 | | (h) During the well stimulation operation, the owner or | 6 | | operator shall monitor and record the annulus pressure at the | 7 | | bradenhead. If intermediate casing has been set on the well | 8 | | being stimulated, the pressure in the annulus between the | 9 | | intermediate casing and the production casing shall also be | 10 | | monitored and recorded. A continuous record of the annulus | 11 | | pressure during the well stimulation shall be submitted. | 12 | | (i) If, during the stimulation, the annulus pressure
| 13 | | increases by more than 500 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) | 14 | | compared to the pressure immediately preceding the | 15 | | stimulation, the owner or operator shall verbally notify the | 16 | | Director as soon as practical but no later than 24 hours | 17 | | following the incident and must complete in a timely manner any | 18 | | corrective action identified by the Department. The owner or | 19 | | operator shall include a report containing all details | 20 | | pertaining to the incident, including corrective actions | 21 | | taken. | 22 | | (j) The owner or operator shall provide information to the | 23 | | Director as to the amounts, handling, and, if necessary, | 24 | | disposal at an identified appropriate disposal facility, or | 25 | | reuse of the well stimulation fluid load recovered during flow | 26 | | back, swabbing, or recovery from production facility vessels. |
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| 1 | | Storage of that fluid shall be protective of groundwater as | 2 | | demonstrated by the use of either tanks or lined pits. ".
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