Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Regulations

Amendment Regulations to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2020

Chapter 9 : Operations and Management

Management of operations

116. Management of flowback and produced fluids

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(1)A holder must manage flowback and produced fluids in accordance with the approved waste management plan referred to in regulation 125.

 

(2)A holder must, within 7 days after it becomes available, disclose to the designated agency and the department responsible for water affairs, the following information regarding flowback and produced fluids:
(a)The actual volume of fluids to be recovered during flow-back;
(b)the water quality balance of additives not recovered;
(c)the actual rates, pressures and temperatures of fluids recovered and produced;
(d)the flowback and produced fluids compositional analysis;
(e)any identified contamination issues; and
(f)any radioactive contaminated fluids.

 

[Regulation 116 inserted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 466 dated 3 June 2015]