R 299.2367 Well records; service company records; confidentiality.

Rule 2367. (1) A person who drills, deepens, changes well status, or completes a well as required by these rules, shall keep and preserve at the well, during drilling, deepening, changes in well status, or completion operations, all of the following: (a) Accurate records recording all geologic strata penetrated. (b) Casing and cement used. (c) Other information as may be required by the supervisor of mineral wells in connection with the drilling of the well. (2) If requested by the supervisor of mineral wells or authorized representative of the supervisor of mineral wells, a permittee of a well shall file a copy of service company records, including records of all of the following services that have been performed: (a) Mudding, cementing, and squeeze operations. (b) Acidizing. (c) Perforating. (d) Fracturing. (e) Shooting. (f) Temperature surveys. (g) Bond logs. (h) Caliper surveys. (i) Wireline borehole and strata evaluation logs. The supervisor of mineral wells may request the records directly from the service company. (3) A permittee of a well shall make all records and information available to the supervisor of mineral wells or authorized representative of the supervisor of mineral wells at all times. A permittee shall protect the records from damage or destruction due to a preventable cause. Records shall be kept confidential as follows: (a) A log of a brine or test well shall be kept confidential for 11 years after well completion, except as otherwise released by the owner. (b) A log of a brine or test well drilled for exploratory purposes shall be kept confidential until released by the owner or operator or until the owner is no longer an active producer, mineral lease holder, or owner of mineral lands in the state. (c) If a brine or test well is converted to a new use allowed under this part, or under another part of the act, or under another act, a log of the well shall no longer be held confidential and shall be open for public inspection. All the information pertaining to the application for and issuance of a permit for the well shall no longer be held confidential and shall be open for public inspection.