OAR 632-010-0194
Water Injection and Water Flooding of Oil and Gas Properties

(1)

Application and Approval: The permittee of a well may inject water under pressure into the formation containing oil or gas for the purpose of obtaining oil or gas from the reservoir, upon application to and approval by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. No water injection or water flooding program may be instituted until it has been authorized by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

(2)

Casing and Cement: Wells used for the injection of water into the producing formation or repressuring wells must be cased with sound casing so as not to permit leakage, and the casing must be cemented in a manner such that damage will not be caused to oil, gas, or freshwater resources.

(3)

Application, Contents, Notice, Objection, Hearing, and Approval:

(a)

An application for use of water injection must be verified and filed with the department and include:

(A)

The location of the injection well;

(B)

The location of all oil and gas wells, including any wells and dry holes, and the names of mineral rights owners within one-half mile of the injection well;

(C)

The formations from which wells are producing or have produced;

(D)

The name, description, and depth of the formations to be injected;

(E)

The elevations of the top of the oil- or gas-bearing formation in the injection well and the wells producing from the same formation within one-half mile radius of the injection well;

(F)

The log of the injection well or similar available information;

(G)

Description of the injection well casing;

(H)

Description of the liquid, stating the kind, where obtained, and the estimated amounts to be injected daily;

(I)

The names and addresses of the permittees; and

(J)

Other information as the department may require to ascertain whether the injection or flooding may be safely and legally made.

(b)

Applications may be made to include the use of more than one injection well on the same spacing unit, or on more than one spacing unit;

(c)

Applications must be executed by all permittees who are to participate in the proposed water injection or water flooding plan.

(4)

Notice of Commencement and Discontinuance of Water Injection or Water Flooding Operations:

(a)

Immediately upon the commencement of water injection or water flooding operations, the applicant must notify the department;

(b)

Within 10 days after the discontinuance of water injection or water flooding operations, the permittee must notify the department of the date of discontinuance and the reasons for the discontinuance; and

(c)

Before any injection well is decommissioned, the permittee must submit an application to the department, per OAR 632-010-0198 (Abandonment, Unlawful Abandonment, Suspension, Well Plugging).

(5)

Records. The permittee must keep the following records and make them available to the department:

(a)

The amount of water injected into the injection wells;

(b)

The total amount of water produced; and

(c)

The total amount of oil or gas produced from the area flooded.

Source: Rule 632-010-0194 — Water Injection and Water Flooding of Oil and Gas Properties, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=632-010-0194.

632‑010‑0002
General Rules 632‑010‑0004
Supremacy of Special Rules 632‑010‑0008
Definitions 632‑010‑0010
Application and Permit to Drill, Redrill, Deepen, Alter Casing, or Rework 632‑010‑0011
Active Permits 632‑010‑0012
Modifications to Drilling Permits 632‑010‑0014
Drilling Practices 632‑010‑0015
Down Hole Loss and Decommissioning of a Radioactive Source 632‑010‑0016
Enclosure and Identification of Wells, Tanks, and Other Oil Measuring Devices 632‑010‑0017
Well Records (Logs) 632‑010‑0018
Organization Reports 632‑010‑0020
Surface Equipment 632‑010‑0128
Boiler or Light Plant 632‑010‑0130
Rubbish or Debris 632‑010‑0132
Tubing 632‑010‑0134
Chokes 632‑010‑0136
Separators 632‑010‑0138
Fire Walls 632‑010‑0140
Reserve Pits, Sumps, and Above-Ground Tanks 632‑010‑0142
Directional Drilling 632‑010‑0144
Report of Perforating or Well Stimulation Treatment 632‑010‑0146
Vacuum Pumps Prohibited 632‑010‑0148
Production Practice 632‑010‑0150
Removal Of Casing 632‑010‑0151
Notification of Fire, Breaks, Leaks, or Blowouts 632‑010‑0152
Multiple Completion of Wells 632‑010‑0154
Determining and Naming Fields and Pools 632‑010‑0156
Spacing Units, Notification 632‑010‑0157
Exceptions to Special Rules 632‑010‑0159
Underground Reservoirs for Natural Gas Storage 632‑010‑0161
Compulsory Integration Orders 632‑010‑0162
Illegal Production 632‑010‑0163
Limitation of Production 632‑010‑0164
Commingling of Production Prohibited 632‑010‑0165
Allocation of Gas Pursuant to Special Pool Rules 632‑010‑0166
Reports by Purchasers and Producers 632‑010‑0167
Maximum Efficient Rate Hearings 632‑010‑0168
Use of Earthen Reservoirs 632‑010‑0170
Reservoir Surveys 632‑010‑0172
Operators to Assist in Reservoir Surveys 632‑010‑0174
Measurement of Potential Open-Flow of Gas Wells 632‑010‑0176
Supervision of Open-Flow and Pressure Tests 632‑010‑0178
Duration of Tests 632‑010‑0182
Gas to Be Metered 632‑010‑0184
Direct Well Pressure 632‑010‑0186
Gas-Oil Ratio 632‑010‑0188
Gas-Oil Ratio Surveys and Reports 632‑010‑0190
Gas Utilization 632‑010‑0192
Disposal of Brine or Salt Water 632‑010‑0194
Water Injection and Water Flooding of Oil and Gas Properties 632‑010‑0196
Gas Injection of Oil and Gas Properties 632‑010‑0198
Abandonment, Unlawful Abandonment, Suspension, Well Plugging 632‑010‑0205
Drilling Surety Bond 632‑010‑0210
Disposal of Solid and Liquid Wastes 632‑010‑0220
Measurement of Oil 632‑010‑0225
Spacing Plan 632‑010‑0230
Location of Wells 632‑010‑0235
Exceptions
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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