OAR 632-020-0157
Injection Well Construction, Protection and Mechanical Integrity

(1)

Injection wells must be constructed in compliance with the standards set in OAR 632-020-0095 (Casing Requirements) and 632-020-0125 (Proper Completion, Plugging, and Decommissioning).

(2)

Special standards may be required by the department to allow for corrosive effects of injected fluids, precipitation of dissolved minerals, more extensive cementing of casings, specifications for tubing packers and casing packers, or other construction practices generally accepted by the industry.

(3)

All wells for injection must be tested for mechanical integrity at least once every five years to determine that there is no leak in the casing and that there is no fluid movement into an underground source of water other than that from which the fluid was produced, unless otherwise approved by the department.

(4)

Acceptable tests include pressure build-up profiles, pressure testing, and casing thickness logs to demonstrate integrity of the casing.

(5)

The department may, on a case-by-case basis, approve tracer surveys, noise logs, temperature logs, spinner surveys, or other methods to detect water movement adjacent to the wellbore and seismic monitoring.

(6)

The department must be notified two weeks before any mechanical integrity test. The results must be submitted within 60 days.

Source: Rule 632-020-0157 — Injection Well Construction, Protection and Mechanical Integrity, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=632-020-0157.

632‑020‑0005
Jurisdiction and Authority 632‑020‑0010
Definitions 632‑020‑0015
Inspection and Supervision 632‑020‑0020
General Rules 632‑020‑0025
Supremacy of Special Rules 632‑020‑0028
Permit Required 632‑020‑0030
Application for Geothermal or Prospect Well 632‑020‑0031
Annual Permit Fees 632‑020‑0032
Permit Conditions 632‑020‑0035
Drilling Financial Security 632‑020‑0040
Assignment, Transfers of Ownership 632‑020‑0060
Filing of Well Records, Confidentiality 632‑020‑0065
Applications to Modify 632‑020‑0070
Well Designations 632‑020‑0090
Noise Abatement 632‑020‑0095
Casing Requirements 632‑020‑0100
Removal of Casings 632‑020‑0105
Directional Drilling 632‑020‑0110
Serving Orders 632‑020‑0115
Measurement of Geothermal Resources 632‑020‑0117
Spacing Plan 632‑020‑0120
Production Reports 632‑020‑0125
Proper Completion, Plugging, and Decommissioning 632‑020‑0130
Subsequent Decommissioning Report 632‑020‑0134
Naming of Fields 632‑020‑0135
Well Spacing 632‑020‑0138
Unit Agreements 632‑020‑0140
Commingling Production 632‑020‑0145
Pits or Sumps 632‑020‑0150
Disposal of Solid and Liquid Wastes 632‑020‑0151
Handling of Test Fluids 632‑020‑0154
Injection and Conservation 632‑020‑0155
Application to Inject 632‑020‑0156
Permit for Injection 632‑020‑0157
Injection Well Construction, Protection and Mechanical Integrity 632‑020‑0158
Wellhead Equipment, Injection Wells 632‑020‑0159
Monitoring Injection 632‑020‑0165
Judicial Review of Board Actions 632‑020‑0170
Environmental Protection 632‑020‑0175
Blowout Prevention for Geothermal Wells and Prospect Wells 2,000 Feet or More in Depth 632‑020‑0180
Blowout Prevention Rules for Prospect Wells Less than 2,000 Feet in Depth
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 632-020-0157’s source at or​.us