State Plugging Standards RIG Scoresheet.xlsx

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Overview

Scoring Sheet
Statements

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Sheet 1: Scoring Sheet

OMB No. 1093-0012 Expires: XX/XX/XXXX Category or Subcategory		Criteria 1 Plugging standards and procedures in effect when the State submits its application, even if they were also in effect prior to the 10-Year Application Period (YES / NO) (Up to 94 points)	Criteria 2 Improvements to plugging standards and procedures that the State made during the 10-Year Application Period (YES or NO) (Up to 160 points)		State or Agency Submitting Scoresheet	State
					Point of Contact	First Last phone email
Category 1: Drilling well construction																								Select
	A. Logging and reporting	YES	YES		Total Plugging Standards RIG Eligibility	$20,000,000																		YES
	B. Casing centralization	YES	NO																					NO
	C. Minimum cementing	YES	YES		Score below a total of 95 points	No Award Amount Eligiblity
					Score at or above 95 points, but less than 127 points	Partial Award Amount Eligibility
Category 2: Well control equipment					Score at or above 127 points	Full Grant Award Amount Eligibility
	Well control equipment	YES	YES
					Total Points Available	254
Category 3: Barrier types					Total Points Earned from Criteria 1	50
	A. Cement	YES	YES		Total Points Earned from Criteria 2	80
	B. Sealants other than cement	YES	YES		Total Points Earned	130
	C. Bridge plugs	YES	YES		% of Total Available Points Earned	51.1%
	D. Cement retainers	YES	YES
	E. Packer	YES	NO
Category 4: Barrier placement locations
Uncased Hole
	A. Open-hole sections of the wellbore	YES	YES																							3	3
	B. Hydrocarbon bearing, injection, or disposal zones	YES	YES																					5		3	3
	C. Potential cross flow zones	YES	YES																					5		1	1
	D. Lost circulation zones	YES	YES																					2		1	1
	E. Protected water zones or other geological zones (e.g., coal seams, salt caverns)	YES	YES																					2		3	3
	F. At the surface (uncased hole)	YES	YES																					5		3	3
																								5
Cased Hole
	G. Perforated or producing, injection or disposal casing intervals	YES	YES																							3	3
	H. Known holes or casing integrity	YES	YES																					5		3	3
	I. Removed casing locations	YES	YES																					5		3	3
	J. Casing shoe locations	YES	YES																					5		3	3
	K. Liner tops	YES	YES																					5		1	1
	L. Open uncemented annulus outside casing	YES	NO																					2		3	3
	M. At the surface (cased hole)	NO	NO																					5		0	3
																								5
Horizontal
	N. Barrier type or location	NO	NO																							0	3
	O. Casing or liner hanger and shoes	NO	NO																					5		0	1
																								2
Category 5: Barrier placement techniques
	A. Balanced technique	NO	NO																							0	2
	B. Cement retainer technique	NO	NO																					3		0	2
	C. Dump bailer technique	NO	NO																					3		0	2
	D. Squeeze cement technique	NO	NO																					3		0	2
																								3
Category 6: Wellbore and barrier integrity and verification
	A. Casing pressure test	NO	NO																							0	2
	B. Barrier verification	NO	NO																					3		0	2
																								3
Category 7: Spacer between barriers
	Spacer between barriers requirements	NO	NO																							0	2
																								3
Category 8: Wellbore Capping
	A. Below ground marker	YES	YES																							1	1
	B. Above ground marker	YES	YES																					2		1	1
	C. Marker installation timing	NO	NO																					2		0	1
																								2
Category 9: Pre-approval, procedure changes, post-reporting
	A. Plugging procedure approval requirements	NO	NO																							0	3
	B. Plugging procedure changes for previously approved procedures	NO	NO																					5		0	3
	C. Plugging operations notification requirements	NO	NO																					5		0	2
	D. Post-plugging reporting requirements	NO	NO																					3		0	2
	E. Established criteria or process to address alternative material or methods not meeting the prescriptive requirements outlined in the regulations	NO	YES																					4		0	2
																								4
Category 10: State plugging inspection, oversight, and long-term monitoring
	A. State inspector certification	NO	NO																							0	2
	B. Contractor approval/certification	NO	NO																					4		0	2
	C. Inspection, witnessing, monitoring, and documentation	NO	NO																					4		0	3
	D. Plugged well certification	NO	NO																					5		0	1
	E. Long-term monitoring	NO	NO																					2		0	2
																								4		32	76
																								130

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Sheet 2: Statements

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT: An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number and expiration date. The OMB control number for this template is 1093-0012 (expiration date: XX/XX/XXXX).

BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT: Public reporting for this form is estimated to average 24 hours per response.  Please direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection to: U.S. Department of the Interior Information Collection Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., N.W., Washington, DC 20240.

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