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| Country: United States | |
| State: Ohio | |
| County: Belmont | |
| Municipality: Smith Township | |
| Operator Name: RICE DRILLING D LLC | |
| Well Pad ID: US-OH-001043 | |
| Farm/Lease Name: SON-UVA DIGGER | |
| License Status: Producing | |
| License Date: 2016-10-17 | |
| Spud Date: 2017-01-20 | |
| Spud Drilling Contractor: NOMAC DRILLING CORP | |
| Final Drill Date: 2017-03-20 | |
| Well Total Depth: 23008.00 ft | |
| Configuration: Horizontal | |
| Latitude: 40.010000 | |
| Longitude: -80.950000 |
For data sources see[1]
| Well Status | Well Status Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| APP | 2016-06-20 | Proposed Formations:UTICA THRU POINT PLEASANT, Issued Date:6/20/2016, Expired Date:6/20/2018 12:00:00 PM, Drilling unit acres:0, Proposed Well Type:ST, Proposed Well Class:STRT |
| APP | 2016-10-17 | Proposed Formations:UTICA THRU POINT PLEASANT, Issued Date:10/17/2016, Expired Date:10/17/2018 12:00:00 PM, Drilling unit acres:345.094, Proposed Well Type:OG, Proposed Well Class:POOL |
| Reached Total Depth | 2017-03-20 | |
| Correction to Well | 2017-06-30 | UPDATED TARGET/TAKE PER AS-DRILLED RCVD 5-22-17 ALE. |
| Completion Report Received | 2017-11-01 | |
| Record Last Modified | 2017-12-22 | |
| Correction to Well | 2017-12-29 | UPDATE TAKEPOINT PER FINAL AS-DRILLED PLAT |
| Construction Permit Expires | 2018-10-17 |
For data sources see[2]
| Perforation Date | Interval Top (ft) | Interval Base (ft) | Number of Shots |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-22 | 9886 | 10022 | 0 |
| 2017-11-22 | 22829 | 22925 | 0 |
| 22829 | 22925 | 0 | |
| 9886 | 10022 | 0 | |
| 9886 | 10022 | 0 |
For data sources see[3]
| Stimulation Date | Chemical Agent | Chemical Agent Concentration (%) | Fracking Fluid Volume | Mass of Proppant Used (lb) | Fracking Company | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-06 | H2O | 15 | 9477 Bbl | 503170 | STAGE 77 OF 77 SEE IMAGES FOR STAGES 2-76 | |
| 2017-05-21 | H2O | 15 | 14605 Bbl | 442400 | STAGE 1 OF 77 |
For data sources see[4]
| Period | Operator Name | Gas Quantity (mcf) | Oil Quantity (bbl) | Production Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | 1614438 | 0 | 81 |
| 2018 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | 7511940 | 0 | 362 |
| 2019 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | 1820431 | 0 | 89 |
| Period | Operator Name | Waste Type | Quantity (bbl) | Production Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | Brine | 22281 | 81 |
| 2018 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | Brine | 139365 | 362 |
| 2019 | RICE DRILLING D LLC | Brine | 22204 | 89 |
| Inspection ID | Inspection Date | Inspection Type | Inspection Result | Inspection Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1092123189 | 2017-1-11 0:00: | DD | No Violations | 0.50 |
| -1553899490 | 2018-8-13 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 10.00 |
| -1791175580 | 2018-11-21 0:00 | PW | No Violations | 0.50 |
| -1830612557 | 2017-6-15 0:00: | CT | No Violations | 0.50 |
| -1988041722 | 2018-8-13 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 6.50 |
| -41597789 | 2018-8-23 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 0.50 |
| 0009633648 | 2017-02-21 | Drill / Deepen / Reopen | No Violations | Drilling ahead at 390 in the 24 surface hole. Checked the water in the NW corner of the location near the production tanks and got a Cl- reading of 5500 ppm Cl-. A subsequent major rain event diluted the reading to 162 ppm Cl-. The operator was to remove all the water from the containment. |
| 0041597789 | 2018-08-23 | Production Wells | No Violations | Compliance notice # -1988041722 and follow up inspection to a spill that occurred on the well pad on or before 08/14/2018 found the (2) 500 barrel fluid volume tanks and the containment they were place in has been removed off site. The earthen material identified by the company as affected during the incident has been removed from the surface and placed in portable container boxes. The area off pad has not been addressed and the Division has requested a remediation plan. |
| 0703668293 | 2018-08-15 | Production Wells | No Violations | On the day of my inspection I witnessed that Fluid Delivery Systems was on location and had pumped the contaminated pond down to approximately 3 inches of water and it was no longer running through the spillway. At the time of my inspection there were no EQT Environmental or Ohio EPA employees on location. I spoke with Caleb Sterling an operator with EQT who was currently overseeing a tank rod being replaced. At the time of my inspection no one was sure if soil samples had been processed or if there was a plan put in place for remediating the pollution and contamination. |
| 0841735638 | 2018-07-10 | Production Wells | No Violations | On the day of my inspection I witnessed that the well was equipped with a three-string casing design with surface, intermediate and 5.5 inch diameter production casing, the well was currently in flow back operations. Annular pressure monitoring was in place, the 9.625-inch diameter intermediate casing gauge read 1005 pounds per square inch, the 13.375 inch diameter surface casing gauge read 20 pounds per square inch. Production equipment included an individual Gas Processing unit. Shared production equipment included a dehydrator, 2 phase separators, contact tower, and 3- 400-barrel purge tanks shared with 34013207790000, 34013207780000, 34013210780000, 34013210790000, 34013208700000. The well pad and all equipment were contained in an earthen dike with secondary containment around the production tanks. There were multiple Emergency Shutoff Devices on location, Identification tags were present, and production was up to date. |
| 1092123189 | 2017-01-11 | Drill / Deepen / Reopen | No Violations | I met with Clay, a representative with Rice Energy, and he advised me that Rice has elected to not start conductor work on this pad until further notice. |
| 1430118206 | 2017-01-21 | Casing String Witnessed | No Violations | |
| 1488457714 | 2017-03-01 | Casing String Witnessed | No Violations | On location to witness the cementing of the 20 surface casing. The rig ran 20 casing with all the required float equipment to 530. O-tex Pumping cemented it with 800 sacks of Class H cement. 36 bbls of good cement were returned to the surface. The pressure test of the casing passed. The floats did not hold so the well was shut in with 320 psig on the casing. |
| 1534266475 | 2018-08-14 | Production Wells | No Violations | Follow up inspection to violation # -1988041722 issued on 08/14/2018. Upon inspection it was observed that crews were on site recovering fluid from a pond area next to the well pad entrance. The fluid entered the pond from the well site sometime between 08/10/2018 and when I discovered it on 08/14/2018. The fluid appeared to of leaked from (2) 500 barrel capacity fluid storage tanks that were situated on the well pad between the well head and the production tanks. The tanks were on location and used during the initial production flow back operation stages. The initial product identified on the well pad by visual site by the company was recovered by a mini excavator and skid steer loader. The product is being stored on site until it can be tested properly. The Division has appointed hydrologist Scott Schiner as the contact point lead man to work with the company and address the remediation-clean up and testing process. |
| 1536774144 | 2018-09-12 | Production Wells | No Violations | Follow up inspection to violation # -1988041722 issued on 08/14/2018. it was observed that a excavation company identified as Ten Mile was on site remediating the West slope of the well pad that was affected by the release on 08/14/2018. A third party contractor identified as Steve Garrison with SE Technologies was directing the clean up efforts and monitoring the area with a soil probe. The work started on 09/11/2018 and a total of 900 tons of soil has been removed to a EPA approved landfill identified as Kimball Landfill. Crews are also on site recovering all water from a pond area below the area that is being remediated. |
| 1537982753 | 2018-09-26 | Production Wells | No Violations | On site inspection follow up to violation # -1988041722 issued on 08/14/2018 found the company has made attempt to recover any affected material both on and off the well pad. A material modification including a engineered stamp has been received by the Division. On this day I spoke with John Ellinder with EQT and indicated that the language in the violation l issued requested the company construct a berm at the well pad perimeter entrance.. There is a third party contractor on site recovering water from a pond area located just off the well pad limits of disturbance on the West side of the well pad entrance road. |
| 1542941587 | 2017-01-10 | Drill / Deepen / Reopen | No Violations | I received a call from Clay with Rice Energy to notify me that Rice anticipates to spud pad on 01/11/2017. |
| 1551895857 | 2019-03-06 | Production Wells | No Violations | Compliance notice # -1988041722 follow up inspection found the company has addressed the area of the spill that was discovered on 08/13/2018 by remediating the area affected by the spill. Erosion control is in place and vegetation has been established. Crews are on site on the well pad removing the last of the plastic containment that was placed under the 500 barrel tanks used to hold the fluid recovered from the site during the event. Addressing the well status- during the last phase of drilling on the pad (3) wells were drilled and completed identified as the #2 -#4 and #6 wells. All 3 wells are producing off the 5.5 diameter production casing through the (2) primary master valves set on the B section well head during the completion process. The company has also installed 2 diameter riser pipes onto the well head A&B sections, the riser pipes are equipped with valves and both electronic and manual gauges for the purpose of annular pressure monitoring. All (3) wells are selling through gas processing units. The production fluid facility consists of (3) steel 400 barrel tanks situated inside a polymer lined steel containment dike area. |
| 1553899490 | 2018-08-13 | Production Wells | No Violations | On the day of my inspection accompanied by ODNR inspector Bill Stolarik I witnessed that the well was currently in initial production through two master valves and was open flowing through the 5.5-inch diameter casing. There was pollution and contamination on the well pad that appeared to be coming from secondary containment of two 500-barrel portable fluid storage tanks. The contamination had reached a catch basin and flowed off site. There was a vegetation kill at the end of the drain and approximately 200 feet down the south side of the lease road. There was a pond down slope from the catch basin drain and on first inspection, contamination had reached the pond and was flowing through the spillway at approximately 1 gallon per minute. Bill Stolarik contacted Trisha Cartmell who notified the emergency response duty officer. Jason Blocker was contacted and mobilized to location and performed conductivity test and determined that the pond and stream below had been contaminated. Field titrate tests were performed at multiple sites using Quantab Chloride test strips levels at the spill site exceeded the Quantab high levels of 6208 ppm. There were titration tests done on the north side of the pond and chloride levels were exceeded the high levels of 6208 on the test strips. A titration test was also performed approximately 50 feet below the spillway from the pond and chloride levels were at 1524 parts per million. A titration test was taken approximately 250 feet from the pond spillway and chloride levels were at 254 parts per million. The Ohio EPA, Ohio Division of Wildlife and ODNR Radiological Safety Department were also on location performing their inspections. |
| 1568740567 | 2019-9-17 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 0.40 |
| 1588167763 | 2020-4-29 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 1.50 |
| 1791175580 | 2018-11-21 | Production Wells | No Violations | Compliance notice # -1988041722 follow up inspection found the company has addressed the area of the spill by removing the affected soil, the soil removed was hauled to an EPA approved landfill. The company does still have contractors removing water from the area of the pond outside the well pad perimeter. The Division Hydrologist are working with the company regarding fluid recovery -sampling and results. The notice will remain open until the fluid monitoring and recovery efforts are no longer needed and the impacted area has been remediated and vegetation has been established. My requests in the initial violation regarding the company add a berm at the well pad entrance point has not been addressed. The well is in production with annular pressure monitoring in place. |
| 1830612557 | 2017-06-15 | Completion Testing | No Violations | An onsite inspection, accompanied by Emergency Response Coordinator Trish Cartmell, revealed that the completion operations were underway and they anticipate to be completed by July. |
| 1988041722 | 2018-08-13 | Production Wells | Violations Noted | On site inspection accompanied on this day by ODNR Inspector Ryan Armstrong. The well pad was equipped with 6 wells total all wells are currently in production. 3 wells were recently drilled and completed and 3 wells were drilled and completed 2014. The said well is producing off the 5.5 production casing through 2 primary master valves. Supportive equipment on site includes 3 gas processing units with 2 sand trap separators at each unit. The production fluid area consists of 3 steel construction 400 barrel fluid volume tanks situated inside a polymer lined steel containment dike area. The well recently was in the initial flow back operation stages and 2 steel construction 500 barrel capacity tanks were still situated on location between the well head and the production tanks. The tanks were placed inside a polymer lined area. While conducting my inspection I noticed that a reddish colored liquid that was on the well pad surface around the 2- 500 barrel tanks, the fluid appeared to be leaking from under the liner the tanks were situated inside of. Also noted was the containment around the tanks also had a reddish colored fluid inside it. The fluid near the tanks was then field titrate tested for chlorides with both low and high level Quantab Chloride strip tests with the results showing chlorides exceeding the low range strip test above a level of 637 parts per million and also exceeding a high level strip test of 6,208 parts per million chlorides. A red cast was also visible in a depressed ditch line on the well pad surface. That depressed ditch area was followed a measured distance of 153 to a catch basin on the North West corner of the well pad. The catch basin had a 12 diameter drain pipe that traveled a measured distance of 100 and exited on the west side of the well pad. Also noted is the drain system supporting the catch basing has no shut off valve and the North side of the well pad has no earthen berm. At the exit point of the 12 pipe stressed vegetation |
| 703668293 | 2018-8-15 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 0.50 |
| 833149420 | 2020-3-3 0:00:0 | PW | No Violations | 0.20 |
| 841735638 | 2018-7-10 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 0.50 |
| 903581108 | 2019-8-27 0:00: | PW | No Violations | 0.30 |
| 9633648 | 2017-2-21 0:00: | DD | No Violations |
| Inspection ID | Violation ID | Violation Date | Violation Code | Violation Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988041722 | US-OH-120144 | 2018-08-15 | Well operation causing pollution and contamination | |
| 1988041722 | US-OH-120145 | 2018-08-15 | General Safety | |
| 1988041722 | US-OH-120146 | 2018-08-15 | Dike or pit not able to prevent escape of brine or other wastes | |
| 1988041722 | US-OH-120147 | 2018-08-15 | Failure to keep dike or pit free of brine or other wastes |
For data sources see[9]