Rep. David Reis
Filed: 3/31/2011
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2808
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2808 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 from shale using | ||||||
8 | hydraulic fracturing. | ||||||
9 | (a) Each owner or operator that begins extracting natural | ||||||
10 | gas from shale shall report to the Department the information | ||||||
11 | specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d) within 30 days after | ||||||
12 | hydraulic fracturing stimulation. The Director shall adopt | ||||||
13 | rules that require, prior to such hydraulic fracturing, the | ||||||
14 | owner or operator to perform a suitable mechanical integrity | ||||||
15 | test of the casing or of the casing-tubing annulus or other | ||||||
16 | mechanical integrity test methods using procedures that are |
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1 | 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 were 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; and | ||||||
12 | (2) the chemical compound name and Chemical
Abstracts | ||||||
13 | Service (CAS) number for each additive used. | ||||||
14 | (d) The owner or operator shall also provide a detailed | ||||||
15 | description of the well stimulation design, which shall | ||||||
16 | include: | ||||||
17 | (1) the surface treating pressure range; | ||||||
18 | (2) the maximum injection treating pressure; and | ||||||
19 | (3) the estimated or calculated fracture length and | ||||||
20 | fracture height. | ||||||
21 | (e) The Department shall post the information that it | ||||||
22 | receives under subsections (b), (c), and (d) on its Internet | ||||||
23 | website for a period of not less than 5 years. | ||||||
24 | (f) The injection of volatile organic compounds, such as | ||||||
25 | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX | ||||||
26 | compounds, or any petroleum distillates, into an underground |
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1 | source of drinking water is prohibited without exception. The | ||||||
2 | proposed use of volatile organic compounds, such as benzene, | ||||||
3 | toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX | ||||||
4 | compounds, or any petroleum distillates, for shale gas | ||||||
5 | extraction using hydraulic fracturing into hydrocarbon bearing | ||||||
6 | zones is only authorized with prior written approval of the | ||||||
7 | Director. Produced water containing trace amounts of naturally | ||||||
8 | occurring petroleum distillates may be used as a stimulation | ||||||
9 | fluid in hydrocarbon-bearing zones. Criteria for the | ||||||
10 | authorization shall be established by the Department by rule. | ||||||
11 | (g) In addition to any other information that it must | ||||||
12 | provide, the owner, operator, or service company shall provide | ||||||
13 | the Director the following post well stimulation detail: | ||||||
14 | (1) the actual total well stimulation treatment volume | ||||||
15 | pumped; | ||||||
16 | (2) detail as to each fluid stage pumped, including | ||||||
17 | actual volume by fluid stage, proppant rate or | ||||||
18 | concentration, actual chemical additive name and type; | ||||||
19 | (3) the actual surface pressure and rate at the end of
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20 | each fluid stage and the actual flush volume, rate, and | ||||||
21 | final pump pressure; and | ||||||
22 | (4) the instantaneous shut-in pressure, and the actual
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23 | 15-minute and 30-minute shut-in pressures when these | ||||||
24 | pressure measurements are available. | ||||||
25 | (h) During the well stimulation operation, the owner or | ||||||
26 | operator shall monitor and record the annulus pressure at the |
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1 | bradenhead. If intermediate casing has been set on the well | ||||||
2 | being stimulated, then the pressure in the annulus between the | ||||||
3 | intermediate casing and the production casing shall also be | ||||||
4 | monitored and recorded. A continuous record of the annulus | ||||||
5 | pressure during the well stimulation shall be submitted. | ||||||
6 | (i) If, during the stimulation, the annulus pressure
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7 | increases by more than 500 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) | ||||||
8 | compared to the pressure immediately preceding the | ||||||
9 | stimulation, then the owner or operator shall verbally notify | ||||||
10 | the Director as soon as practical but no later than 24 hours | ||||||
11 | following the incident and must complete in a timely manner any | ||||||
12 | corrective action identified by the Department. The owner or | ||||||
13 | operator shall include a report containing all details | ||||||
14 | pertaining to the incident, including corrective actions | ||||||
15 | taken. | ||||||
16 | (j) The owner or operator shall provide information to the | ||||||
17 | Director as to the amounts, handling, and, if necessary, | ||||||
18 | disposal at an identified appropriate disposal facility, or | ||||||
19 | reuse of the well stimulation fluid load recovered during flow | ||||||
20 | back, swabbing, or recovery from production facility vessels. | ||||||
21 | Storage of that fluid shall be protective of an underground | ||||||
22 | source of drinking water as demonstrated by the use of either | ||||||
23 | tanks or lined pits. | ||||||
24 | (k) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow the | ||||||
25 | Director to require the disclosure of trade secrets as defined | ||||||
26 | in the Illinois Trade Secrets Act. |
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1 | (l) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary to | ||||||
2 | enforce this Section. | ||||||
3 | (m) This Section applies only to the extraction of natural | ||||||
4 | gas from shale. ".
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