Full Text of SB0664 97th General Assembly
SB0664ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson Filed: 5/11/2011
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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 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; | 12 | | (2) the chemical compound name and Chemical
Abstracts | 13 | | Service (CAS) number for the main ingredient of each | 14 | | additive used and all other Material Safety Data Sheets | 15 | | (MSDS) constituents; and | 16 | | (3) any other chemical additives by name or type. | 17 | | (d) The owner or operator shall also provide a detailed | 18 | | description of the well stimulation design, which shall | 19 | | include: | 20 | | (1) the surface treating pressure range; | 21 | | (2) the maximum injection treating pressure; and | 22 | | (3) the estimated or calculated fracture length and | 23 | | fracture height. | 24 | | (e) The Department shall post the information that it | 25 | | receives under subsections (b), (c), and (d) on its Internet | 26 | | website for a period of not less than 5 years. |
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| 1 | | (f) The injection of the volatile organic compounds | 2 | | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX | 3 | | compounds, or diesel, into an underground source of drinking | 4 | | water is prohibited without exception. The proposed use of the | 5 | | volatile organic compounds benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and | 6 | | xylene, also known as BTEX compounds, or diesel for shale gas | 7 | | extraction using hydraulic fracturing into hydrocarbon bearing | 8 | | zones is only authorized with prior written approval of the | 9 | | Director. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | 10 | | prohibit or to require prior approval for the use of produced | 11 | | water or other stimulation fluids containing trace amounts of | 12 | | BTEX in hydrocarbon bearing zones. Criteria for the | 13 | | authorization shall be established by the Department by rule. | 14 | | (g) In addition to any other information that it must | 15 | | provide, the owner, operator, or service company shall provide | 16 | | the Director the following post well stimulation detail: | 17 | | (1) the actual total well stimulation treatment volume | 18 | | pumped; | 19 | | (2) detail as to each fluid stage pumped, including | 20 | | actual volume by fluid stage, proppant rate or | 21 | | concentration, actual chemical additive name and type; | 22 | | (3) the actual surface pressure and rate at the end of
| 23 | | each fluid stage and the actual flush volume, rate, and | 24 | | final pump pressure; and | 25 | | (4) the instantaneous shut-in pressure, and the actual
| 26 | | 15-minute and 30-minute shut-in pressures when these |
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| 1 | | pressure measurements are available. | 2 | | (h) During the well stimulation operation, the owner or | 3 | | operator shall monitor and record the annulus pressure at the | 4 | | bradenhead. If intermediate casing has been set on the well | 5 | | being stimulated, then the pressure in the annulus between the | 6 | | intermediate casing and the production casing shall also be | 7 | | monitored and recorded. A continuous record of the annulus | 8 | | pressure during the well stimulation shall be submitted. | 9 | | (i) If, during the stimulation, the annulus pressure
| 10 | | increases by more than 500 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) | 11 | | compared to the pressure immediately preceding the | 12 | | stimulation, then the owner or operator shall verbally notify | 13 | | the Director as soon as practical but no later than 24 hours | 14 | | following the incident and must complete in a timely manner any | 15 | | corrective action identified by the Department. The owner or | 16 | | operator shall include a report containing all details | 17 | | pertaining to the incident, including corrective actions | 18 | | taken. | 19 | | (j) The owner or operator shall provide information to the | 20 | | Director as to the amounts, handling, and, if necessary, | 21 | | disposal at an identified appropriate disposal facility, or | 22 | | reuse of the well stimulation fluid load recovered during flow | 23 | | back, swabbing, or recovery from production facility vessels. | 24 | | Storage of that fluid shall be protective of an underground | 25 | | source of drinking water as demonstrated by the use of either | 26 | | tanks or lined pits. |
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| 1 | | (k) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require | 2 | | or allow disclosure of trade secrets or commercial information | 3 | | that is exempt from inspection or copying when provided to the | 4 | | Department together with a claim made pursuant to subsection | 5 | | (g) of Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act that such | 6 | | information is proprietary, privileged, or confidential and | 7 | | that disclosure may cause competitive harm to the person or | 8 | | business. | 9 | | (l) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary to | 10 | | enforce this Section. | 11 | | (m) This Section applies only to the extraction of natural | 12 | | gas from shale. ".
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