Full Text of SB0664 97th General Assembly
SB0664sam004 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Michael W. Frerichs Filed: 3/29/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 664
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 664, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 6.5 as follows: | 7 | | (225 ILCS 725/6.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 6.5. Extraction of natural gas from shale using | 9 | | hydraulic fracturing. | 10 | | (a) Each owner or operator that begins extracting natural | 11 | | gas from shale shall report to the Department the information | 12 | | specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d) within 30 days after | 13 | | hydraulic fracturing stimulation. The Director shall adopt | 14 | | rules that require, prior to such hydraulic fracturing, the | 15 | | owner or operator to perform a suitable mechanical integrity | 16 | | test of the casing or of the casing-tubing annulus or other |
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| 1 | | mechanical integrity test methods using procedures that are | 2 | | established by administrative rule. | 3 | | (b) The owner or operator shall provide geological names, a | 4 | | geological description, and the depth of the formation into | 5 | | which well stimulation fluids were injected. | 6 | | (c) The owner or operator shall provide detailed | 7 | | information to the Director concerning the base stimulation | 8 | | fluid source. The owner, operator, or service company shall | 9 | | also provide to the Director, for each stage of the well | 10 | | stimulation program, the following: | 11 | | (1) each stimulation fluid identified by additive | 12 | | type; and | 13 | | (2) the chemical compound name and Chemical
Abstracts | 14 | | Service (CAS) number for each additive used. | 15 | | (d) The owner or operator shall also provide a detailed | 16 | | description of the well stimulation design, which shall | 17 | | include: | 18 | | (1) the surface treating pressure range; | 19 | | (2) the maximum injection treating pressure; and | 20 | | (3) the estimated or calculated fracture length and | 21 | | fracture height. | 22 | | (e) The Department shall post the information that it | 23 | | receives under subsections (b), (c), and (d) on its Internet | 24 | | website for a period of not less than 5 years. | 25 | | (f) The injection of volatile organic compounds, such as | 26 | | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX |
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| 1 | | compounds, or any petroleum distillates, into an underground | 2 | | source of drinking water is prohibited without exception. The | 3 | | proposed use of volatile organic compounds, such as benzene, | 4 | | toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, also known as BTEX | 5 | | compounds, or any petroleum distillates, for shale gas | 6 | | extraction using hydraulic fracturing into hydrocarbon bearing | 7 | | zones is only authorized with prior written approval of the | 8 | | Director. Produced water containing trace amounts of naturally | 9 | | occurring petroleum distillates may be used as a stimulation | 10 | | fluid in hydrocarbon-bearing zones. Criteria for the | 11 | | authorization shall be established by the Department by rule. | 12 | | (g) In addition to any other information that it must | 13 | | provide, the owner, operator, or service company shall provide | 14 | | the Director the following post well stimulation detail: | 15 | | (1) the actual total well stimulation treatment volume | 16 | | pumped; | 17 | | (2) detail as to each fluid stage pumped, including | 18 | | actual volume by fluid stage, proppant rate or | 19 | | concentration, actual chemical additive name and type; | 20 | | (3) the actual surface pressure and rate at the end of
| 21 | | each fluid stage and the actual flush volume, rate, and | 22 | | final pump pressure; and | 23 | | (4) the instantaneous shut-in pressure, and the actual
| 24 | | 15-minute and 30-minute shut-in pressures when these | 25 | | pressure measurements are available. | 26 | | (h) During the well stimulation operation, the owner or |
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| 1 | | operator shall monitor and record the annulus pressure at the | 2 | | bradenhead. If intermediate casing has been set on the well | 3 | | being stimulated, then the pressure in the annulus between the | 4 | | intermediate casing and the production casing shall also be | 5 | | monitored and recorded. A continuous record of the annulus | 6 | | pressure during the well stimulation shall be submitted. | 7 | | (i) If, during the stimulation, the annulus pressure
| 8 | | increases by more than 500 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) | 9 | | compared to the pressure immediately preceding the | 10 | | stimulation, then the owner or operator shall verbally notify | 11 | | the Director as soon as practical but no later than 24 hours | 12 | | following the incident and must complete in a timely manner any | 13 | | corrective action identified by the Department. The owner or | 14 | | operator shall include a report containing all details | 15 | | pertaining to the incident, including corrective actions | 16 | | taken. | 17 | | (j) The owner or operator shall provide information to the | 18 | | Director as to the amounts, handling, and, if necessary, | 19 | | disposal at an identified appropriate disposal facility, or | 20 | | reuse of the well stimulation fluid load recovered during flow | 21 | | back, swabbing, or recovery from production facility vessels. | 22 | | Storage of that fluid shall be protective of an underground | 23 | | source of drinking water as demonstrated by the use of either | 24 | | tanks or lined pits. | 25 | | (k) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow the | 26 | | Director to require the disclosure of trade secrets as defined |
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| 1 | | in the Illinois Trade Secrets Act. | 2 | | (l) The Department shall adopt all rules necessary to | 3 | | enforce this Section. | 4 | | (m) This Section applies only to the extraction of natural | 5 | | gas from shale. ".
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