HAR §13-183-83. Cementing requirements

(a) Cement used to plug any well, except that cement or concrete used for surface plugging, shall be placed in the hole by pumping through drill pipe or tubing. The cement shall contain a high temperature resistant admix unless this requirement is waived by the chairperson the particular circumstances existing in that well or 47 area. All open annuli shall be filled solid with cement to the surface. (b) One hundred lineal feet of cement shall be placed straddling the bottom of the conductor pipe and at the shoes of all casings. (c) Cement shall be placed solidly across geothermal zones and extending one hundred lineal feet above and below the zones, whether in uncased or cased (perforated) hole, except as follows: (1) One hundred lineal feet of cement shall be placed straddling casing stubs and laps. If unable to enter casing stubs or laps, one hundred lineal feet of cement shall be placed above the top of the stubs or laps. (2) If casing is collapsed, etc., cement shall be placed solidly in geothermal zones or perforated sections of casing and extending one hundred lineal feet above the zone or perforated section by squeezing with a retainer or braden head. (d) Fifty lineal feet of cement shall be placed above the top of casing liners. (e) A surface plug consisting of a minimum of fifty lineal feet of neat cement or ready mix concrete shall be placed below the surface of the well. (f) Where a well has been drilled with air, a bridge plug may be placed at the deepest cemented casing shoe and the bridge plug shall be capped with a minimum of two hundred lineal feet of cement. [Eff. JUN 22 1981] (Auth: HRS §182-14) (Imp: HRS §§178-3, 182-14) Subchapter 12. Drilling; Records and Reports of Wells