532275_CRPC_OG
Summary
SCH Number
2024101119
Public Agency
California Department of Conservation
(DOC)
Document Title
532275_CRPC_OG
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/25/2024
Document Description
The approved project consists of pulling production equipment; pressure testing casing, with the contingency to cement squeeze casing leaks and/or run an inner liner and cement to surface if casing will not pass test; selectively perforate; and re-run production equipment and return to production. This well is located on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land with federal surface and mineral ownership.
Temporary equipment such as pumps and return bins may be needed. No permanent facilities will be constructed. No expansion of associated facilities will be required. Various mobile temporary equipment will be used including, but not limited to, workover rig, etc., and vehicles to transport personnel and materials to/from the site. There will not be new ground surface disturbance associated with this project. Any waste materials will be properly disposed of in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
The proposed project consists of CalGEM approving one permit for California Resources Production Corporation to rework the oil and gas production well listed below, in the Belgian Anticline Oil Field.
API # Well Name
0402925801 Midway-McKittrick A 21-A-30
Contact Information
Name
Nicole Trezza
Agency Name
Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division
Job Title
CEQA Program Contractor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide, Statewide
Township
30S
Range
22E
Section
30
Base
MD
Other Location Info
Belgian Anticline Oil Field
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1: California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1 applies to the proposed project. Class 1 consists of the “operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration” of existing facilities involving “negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing previously.” (§ 1684.1.) The project involves the maintenance of a production well and does not include modifications or changes to an existing use. The well is and will remain a production well and will generally have the same production capacity. The proposed activity involves perforating the well into the same formation with a contingency to cement squeeze casing leaks or run inner liner. The operator indicates that no permanent facilities would be constructed, and the project would not involve any new ground surface disturbance, including no new roads or other corridors. Therefore, there is no expansion of use beyond that previously existing.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2: California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15302
Reasons for Exemption
Class 2 applies to the proposed activities. Class 2 includes the “replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity.” This is a rework that involves perforating the well into the same formations with a contingency to cement squeeze casing leaks or run inner liner and does not propose changes to the structure of the well (the wellbore). The location of the well would not change, nor would the underground structure of the well (the wellbore), nor would the purpose of the well, which is production. After the rework, the well would have substantially the same capacity.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4: California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Class 4 applies to the proposed activities. Class 4 “consists of drilling operations that result in only minor alterations with negligible or no permanent effects to the existing condition of the land, water, air, and/or vegetation.” The project would be conducted entirely on an existing pad of sufficient space to contain all equipment and existing roads to the pad would be utilized with no new disturbance. No impacts to biological resources are expected. The project would not disturb any undisturbed areas. The project would not add facilities and would be conducted in order to maintain level of service. Therefore, the project would result in only minor alterations with negligible or no permanent effects to the land, water, air, or vegetation.
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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