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36.22.1015    DISCLOSURE OF WELL STIMULATION FLUIDS

(1) The owner or operator of a well shall, upon completion of the well, provide the board, on its Form No. 4 for a new well or Form No. 2 for an existing well:

(a) a description of the interval(s) or formation treated;

(b) the type of treatment pumped (acid, chemical, fracture stimulation); and

(c) the amount and type(s) of material pumped and the rates and maximum pressure during treatment.

(2) For hydraulic fracturing treatments the description of the amount and type of material used must include:

(a) a description of the stimulation fluid identified by additive type (e.g. acid, biocide, breaker, brine, corrosion inhibitor, crosslinker, demulsifier, friction reducer, gel, iron control, oxygen scavenger, pH adjusting agent, proppant, scale inhibitor, surfactant); and

(b) the chemical ingredient name and the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry number, as published by the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society (www.cas.org), for each ingredient of the additive used. The rate or concentration for each additive shall be provided in appropriate measurement units (pounds per gallon, gallons per thousand gallons, percent by weight or percent by volume, or parts per million).

(3) To comply with the requirements of this section, the owner or operator may submit:

(a) the service contractor's job log;

(b) the service company's final treatment report (without any cost/pricing data);

(c) an owner or operator's well treatment job log; or

(d) other report providing the above required information.

(4) The administrator may waive all or a portion of the requirements in (2) or (3) of this rule if:

(a) the owner or operator demonstrates that it has posted the required information to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission/Groundwater Protection Council hydraulic fracturing web site (FracFocus.org); or

(b) a successor web site to FracFocus.org or other publically accessible Internet information repositories that the board may choose to accept.

History: 82-11-111, MCA; IMP, 82-11-111, MCA; NEW, 2011 MAR p. 1686, Eff. 8/26/11.

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