Office of Conservation
Bayou Corne Field Update
Feb. 14, 2013 Activities
Texas Brine Operations
Oxy 3-A Cavern Well –
Crew tagging depth to cavern floor – Casing Pressure: 600 psi
Texas Brine Facility Vent Well to Top of Aquifer (RW 1 on Oxy 2 well pad) –
Flaring gas at 19.5 mcf/day
Texas Brine Facility Geophone Well (Between Oxy 2 & original Oxy 3 well pads) –
Ongoing monitoring for seismic activity, data available at http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_temp/
ORW 13 Vent Well (Near Oxy 9 well pad)–
Shut in, awaiting work
ORW 14 Vent Well (Near Oxy 10 well pad)–
Shut in, awaiting work
ORW 15 Vent Well (North of Hwy 70)–
Awaiting completion operations
Texas Brine Facility Shallow Pressure Monitoring (TBC 1-3)
TBC 1 (Original Oxy 3 well pad)
Tubing Pressure: 34 psig
Casing Pressure: 18 psig
TBC 2 (Original Oxy 3 well pad)
Tubing Pressure: 19 psig
Casing Pressure: 14 psig
TBC 3 (Oxy 1 well pad)
Tubing Pressure: 0 psig
Casing Pressure: 0 psig
Sinkhole Site –
Monitoring status of sinkhole area
ORW 1 Vent Well (North of Hwy 70)–
Flaring gas at 2.65 mcf/day
ORW 2 Vent Well (North of Hwy 70)
Flaring gas at 4.68 mcf/day
ORW 4 Vent Well (South of Hwy 70) –
Shut in, awaiting work – 188 mcf removed to date
ORW 12 Vent Well (Oxy 3 well pad) –
Flaring gas – tied in to multi-well flare stack, flow rate not established
ORW 14 Vent Well (Oxy 10 well pad)
Flaring gas at 15.6 mcf/day
ORW 15 Vent Well (North of Hwy 70) –
Flaring gas – tied in to multi-well flare stack, flow rate not established
ORW 22 Vent Well (Well road east of Gumbo St.)
Flaring gas at 15.6 mcf/day
ORW 23 Vent Well (Well road east of Gumbo St.) –
Flaring gas – tied in to multi-well flare stack, flow rate not established
ORW 24 Vent Well (Well road east of Gumbo St.) –
Flaring gas – tied in to multi-well flare stack, flow rate not established
Bayou Corne Community
Bayou Corne Community Aquifer Monitoring Well
BC 2
Tubing Pressure: 56 psi
Casing Pressure: 10 psi
Other Actions in Near-Term on Office of Conservation Directives
In status updates to Office of Conservation, Texas Brine reports:
Work continues on Rig Road improvements west of sinkhole to southern end of containment – initial southern berm 90 percent complete, initial northern berm 60 percent complete
Drilling of deep geophone well on Rig Road (G 03, south of Hwy. 70) has reached 1,100 feet, preparing to install casing
Perforating ORW 8 (Rig Road west of sinkhole)
Completing well pad for ORW 7 (west of Rig Road near Florida Gas Pipeline route)
Well access road construction begun for vent wells ORW 6 and ORW 9 (west of Rig Road near Florida Gas Pipeline route)
53 indoor air monitors (LEL and H2S monitors) installed in 21 Bayou Corne community structures to date
Field surveying and land access for 3-D seismic ongoing, surveying is 27 percent complete
Assumption Parish Police Jury 