Full Text of HB2808 97th General Assembly
HB2808ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. David Reis Filed: 3/31/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2808
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2808 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 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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