A. A person who drills, deepens, changes well status, or completes a well after the effective date of this ordinance, shall keep and preserve at the well, during drilling, deepening, changes in well status, or completion operations, accurate records recording all geologic strata penetrated, casing and cement used, and other information as may be requested by the city engineer in connection with the drilling of the well.
B. When requested by the city engineer, an operator of a well shall file a copy of service company records, including records of all the following:
1. Mudding, cementing, and squeeze operations;
2. Acidizing;
3. Perforating;
4. Fracturing.
5. Shooting;
6. Temperature surveys;
7. Bond logs;
8. Caliper surveys; and
9. Wireline borehole and strata evaluation logs.
The city engineer may request the records directly from the service company.
C. An operator of a well shall make all such records and information available to the city engineer at all times. An operator shall protect the records from damage or destruction due to a preventable cause. All well data provided to the city engineer, as required by these rules, shall be held confidential commencing with the receipt of a written request from the operator, and shall remain confidential to the extent allowed by law for ninety days after drilling completion. Information on volumes, concentrations, and times of releases, spills, or leaks of gas, brine, crude oil, oil or gas field waste, or products and chemicals used in association with oil and gas exploration, production, disposal, or development is not subject to confidentiality. (Ord. 449 (part), 2003)