Maxwell _1 Well Plugging Project.pdf

Maxwell #1

WEST VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS

MAXWELL #1

PLUGGING PROJECT

API #47-017-00400

GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

1.0 AUTHORITY & DUTIES OF INSPECTORS

1.1 The Inspector, as the Director's authorized representative, is authorized to make minor field changes to the plans and specifications that do not involve an increase or decrease in the contract sum or an increase or decrease in the contract time. The Inspector shall be authorized to inspect all work done, all material furnished, payroll records of personnel, material invoices and relevant data and records of the work, and the preparation, fabrication, or manufacture of the materials to be used. The Inspector is not authorized to revoke, alter, or waive any requirements of the plans and specifications that result in an increase or decrease in the amount of compensation due the Contractor or an increase or decrease in the contract time. The Inspector is authorized to call to the attention of the Contractor any failure of the work or materials to conform to the plans and specifications. The Inspector shall have the authority to reject materials or suspend the work until any questions at issue can be referred to and decided by the Construction Administrator.

1.2 The Inspector shall in no case act as foreman or perform other duties for the

Contractor, nor interfere with the management of the work by the Contractor.

Any advice which the Inspector may give the Contractor shall in no way be construed as binding the Construction Administrator in any way, or releasing the Contractor from fulfilling all of the terms of the contract.

1.3 If the Contractor refuses to suspend operations on verbal order, the Inspector shall issue a written order giving the reason for ordering the work to stop. After placing the order in the hands of the person in charge, the Inspector shall immediately leave the job, and the Contractor shall cease all operations.

2.0 CLEANING & FINAL CLEAN-UP

2.1 Housekeeping - Periodic Cleaning

The Contractor shall at all times keep the construction site free of accumulations of waste materials and rubbish caused by its operations. Periodically during the progress of the work, and also when directed to do so by DEP, the Contractor shall remove, or cause to be removed by sub-contractors responsible, accumulated waste materials, rubbish, and debris, and leave the construction area in good order.

2.2 Final Clean-Up.

The Contractor at all times shall dispose of all debris and waste resulting from work at the Contractor's dump site. The Contractor shall not put or spill any materials into any drainage system which would pollute area streams or waterways. The Contractor shall be liable for any stream pollution caused directly or indirectly by its own employees or those of it sub-contractors.

2.3 DEP's Right to Clean-Up.

Should disputes arise between Contractor and separate contractors, or sub-contractors as to responsibilities for cleaning-up, and refusals to do so result therefrom, DEP may perform the clean-up and charge the cost thereof to the Contractor, the contractors, or sub-contractors responsible therefor, as DEP shall determine fair and just.

2.4 Waste Removal/Disposal

All disposed waste material (liquid or solid) must include manifest to be included with the final project invoice.

SCOPE OF WORK

The successful bidder shall provide appropriate equipment, materials, labor and professional services for the plugging of the oil and natural gas well(s) and the reclaiming of all land disturbed in association with the plugging operations in accordance with West Virginia

Code § 22-6. The General Performance Standards (GPS) shall apply to all items. The work necessary on this site will include the following items:

1) Rig should be of a modern type capable of pulling a minimum of 150 percent of the heaviest hook load anticipated. Rig should be equipped with both sand line and a drum line. Rig shall have the ability to use both cable tools and rotary type equipment. Rig will be equipped with a walking beam and cable tools such as stinger, drill stem, jars, bailers of various sizes, and an assortment of cable tool bits, and a sinker bar as part of rig price per hour. Rig crew will consist of a qualified rig operator and two hands.

2) Trucking will be used to mobilize and demobilize equipment to site. Will be used for transportation of supplies and water to site and for the disposal of fluids and cuttings and other waste associated with plugging and reclamation activities. Trucking rates will include qualified operators. All trucks are to be oil field equipped trucks. Bid will cover the following type trucks with qualified operators;

a. tandem truck with winch

b. flat bed with winch

c. tractor and trailer with winch

d. tractor and trailer without winch

e. vacuum truck minimum 70 barrels

f. pickup truck

3) Dozers with winches and tilt blades will be used for grading and the spotting of equipment. As needed and shall be in good working condition and sized as indicated on bid sheet with qualified operators.

4) Excavators and Backhoes shall be used on the construction on the access road and on the site, and should be of modern type and in good working conditions, will also be used in the moving of tools and equipment during the drilling operations. Size is indicated on bid sheet with qualified operator.

5) Power tongs are used to put tubulares and casings together and take apart. There will be a need for the following sizes. Power tongs are bid at a per day rate.

a. 4 ½ inches or smaller

b. Over 4 ½ inches up to 8 5/8 inches

6) Pipe cutting is the separation of tubing and casing found in the well bore. And may be accomplished in various ways. Cable tools with knife, or with log truck and shots, and rotary type cutting tools. And will be in various sizes as found in the well bore.

a. 4 ½ inches to 8 5/8 inches

b. 2 3/8 inches to 3 1/2 inches

7) Down hole camera is an instrument used in viewing down hole conditions. It aids in identifying conditions such as mis-aligned casing and pipe.

8) Casing and tubing purchase is necessary when casing and tubing must be left in the well bore when plugging is complete. In these instances we purchase these items at a per foot rate. Slips and elevators will be provided by the contractor.

a. 24” conductor casing

b. 5.50” pipe

9) Casing tubing and pipe rentals are needed when tubing and casings may be used in the well bore and recovered in such instances. We will rent these items from the contractor on a per foot rate. This will include various sizes that will be determined by the well bore

Slips and elevators will be provided by the contractor.

10) Trash pump is 3-inch and shall be of industrial grade with all hose and fittings included and shall be used to transfer water and other plugging fluids from place to place. Pump is bid at a per day rate.

11) Office Trailer/doghouse will be the central meeting place for personnel to meet and discuss well work and keep plans and other documents necessary. Will be bid at a weekly rate.

12) Water Tank shall be of 100 barrels or greater and will be used for the storage of fresh water use in the plugging operation.

13) Disposal of gel there are instances where gel fluids from the plugging operations may need to be disposed of in which case they should be hauled to a certified landfill and a copy of the manifest shall be provide to DEP this will be on a per barrel basis. Trucking is not included in price.

14) Salt water disposal are instances where salt water is returned to the surface due to the plugging operations and must be disposed of at an Underground Injection Control (UIC) well. The contactor will transport this to a UIC well for disposal at a per barrel rate.

Trucking will be included and the contractor will provide manifest and invoice to DEP.

15) Aqua gel will have dual use, it shall be used to increase the viscosity of the drill fluid and also as spacers between the cement plugs. Aqua Gel Mixed and Pumped will be bid per

50 pound sack and will include trucking and labor.

16) Cement mix and pumped shall be used to cement casing and tubular in the well bore and for cement plugs. Cement will be a portland Class A cement with no other additives.

Cement will be bid by the standard 94 pound sack and will include trucking and labor.

17) Gravel will be lime stone and size will be determined by the application it is being used for. Gravel will be bid by the ton and will include trucking and labor.

18) Steel mud pit will have a divider to expedite the settling of cuttings and debris flushed from the well bore. Steel mud pits may also be used to store plugging fluids from the well

The steel mud pit will be bid per pit needed.

19) Pit liner each in some instances a standard plastic pit liner will be used in earthen pits to contain cuttings and debris flushed from the well bore.

20) Lime will be a quality grade pelletized lime and will be used in the reclamation of the site and access roads. All disturbed areas will be treated at a rate of two tons per acre as a standard. Lime will be bid as a unit will consist of one 40# bag.

21) Fertilizer will be of agriculture grade 10-10-10 and will be 50 pound sacks and will be applied at a rate of 500 pounds per acre maximum.

22) Seed type and amounts will be determined by the DEP as per site location and will be listed on the plugging permit. Seed will be bid by the pound.

23) Mulch will be hay and will have a minimum of 90 percent cover type of mulch will be specified on bid and in plugging permit; straw and hay will be bid by the bale.

24) Brush/Roustabout crews will be utilized on site construction and reclamation and will include a pickup and hand tools.

25) Additional labor is general labor performing tasks that rig crew does not have time to do.

26) Silt Fence shall be the type sold in one hundred foot rolls with stakes pre attached and will be installed at the completion of construction silt fence will also be removed at the completion of reclamation.

27) Monument will be a minimum of 6 inch in O.D. and will be fifteen feet long and should be set in well bore so that on final grade will be a minimum of 30 inches above finial grade monument will have the API Number (example: 47- 017-01111) attached to monument.

28) Portable Toilet will be provided by the contractor for the site and will be responsible for the removal of the toilet at the completion of the project.

29) Welder/Cutting Torch the Contractor will provide all welding / cutting torch equipment on a Per hour basis with a qualified operator.

30) Blow Out Preventer is used in control of the well in case of a blow out size will be determined by the size of the well bore. (7 inch or smaller)

31) Oil Absorbent Supplies these items are used to absorb and contain oil as directed by the

DEP.

a. Booms will be per each (10 foot)

b. absorbent pads will be by bundle (2’ x 2’)

c. peat sorb will be by the 50# bag

32) Supervisor on site- The Contractor will provide a site supervisor to direct the work being done responsible for all safety procedures being followed. this person will report to the

DEP Site Supervisor as to status of supplies and progression of all work, and to see that all equipment is in good repair.

33) Junk Basket is part of the drill string used to catch junk metal too heavy to wash to the surface when drilling and cleaning the well bore will be bid per well.

34) Sand Pump 4 inch to 8 inch is a syringe type tool use to pump sand and cuttings from the well bore. Well bore size will determine the size of the sand pump used and will be bid per well.

35) Cherry Picker 4 inch to 8 inch is a tubular of 4 feet in length with a taper hole and a slot can be used to retrieve items from well bore and a good tool to drill wood plugs this tool is run on the stem and is used with jars. Well bore will determine the size of cherry picker

- per well.

36) Three Prong Grab 4 inch to 8 inch sometimes called the devil’s fork is used to retrieve junk from the well bore will normally be run on sand line, and well bore will determine size. will be bid per well.

37) Tubing Spear (1 inch to 3 1/2 inch ) are grapple tools that will go inside of tubing that are inside of the well bore size to be determine by tubing encountered tubing spear per well.

38) Casing spear is a grabbled tool used to fish casing left in the well bore casing spears size will be determined by the size of casing being fished.

39) Overshot (1 inch – 3 1/2 inch) this is a grapple tool used to fish tubular pipe and casing by going over the outside of item being fished per well size to be determined by the size of the fish. With all grapples and working components.

40) Overshot (4inch to 8 5/8 inch) this is a grapple tool used to fish tubular pipe and casing by going over the outside of item being fished per well size to be determined by the size of the fish. With all grapples and working components.

41) Center spear this tool is a expanding type spear that maximizes expansion tubing or casing will determine the size to be used per well.

42) Impression block is a lead block that goes on the bottom of the fishing to give you a impression of what is in the hole and you can then determine the best fishing tool size will be determine by well bore size per well.

43) Magnet (3 inch to 7 inch) magnetic tool used to fish metal objects from the well bore size may be determine by the well bore and the size of fish per well.

44) Mulcher Equipment used to spread mulch over reclaimed ground and should be bid day