Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)RegulationsAmendment Regulations to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2020Chapter 10 : Well Suspension and Decommissioning131. Suspended well integrity management |
| (1) | A holder must ensure that management standards and procedures are in place for monitoring wells that are in suspension phase following drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations, prior to development phase, including the status of the equipment and any annulus pressure. |
| (2) | Procedures must take account of the specific circumstances of the well and must include the reporting criteria for any anomaly and a risk assessment of the anomaly. |
| (3) | The suspension of a well— |
| (a) | must be effected in such a way that the well can be re-entered safely and secured using pressure control equipment, without compromising the barriers in place; and |
| (b) | may not jeopardise the future final abandonment of the well. |
[Regulation 131 inserted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 466 dated 3 June 2015]