PART IVE+W+S WELLS

Provision of drilling etc. informationE+W+S

19.—(1) Where an operation to which this paragraph applies is being carried out on a well the well-operator shall cause to be sent to the Executive, at such intervals as may be agreed or, failing agreement, at intervals of one week calculated from its commencement, a report comprising the following information—

(a)the identifying number, and any slot number, of the well;

(b)the name of any installation or vessel involved;

(c)a summary of the activity in the course of the operation since its commencement, or the previous report;

(d)the diameter and true vertical and measured depths of—

(i)any hole drilled; and

(ii)any casing installed;

(e)the drilling fluid density immediately before making the report; and

(f)in the case of an existing well, its current operational state.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)a drilling operation;

(b)a workover operation;

(c)an abandonment operation;

(d)an operation consisting in the completion of a well;

(e)any other operation of a kind involving substantial risk of the unplanned escape of fluids from a well.