c. Saltwater disposal facilities (7-10 days) 



1) Gathering lines - see steps III. A. 2. a 



2) Booster pump station - see steps III.A.l.b.l to III.a.l.b.7 

 depending on size of tank and pumps 



3) Treatment facilities 



a) Land site - see steps III. A. I.e. 3 



b) Water site - see steps III. A. 2. b. 3 



4) Electric lines or gas lines to pumps 



a) Electric lines - see step II. c. 4 



b) Gas lines - see step III. A. 2. a 



5) Preparation of disposal well 



a) Land disposal well location - see steps II. A. I.e. 5 



b) Marine disposal well location 

 (1) New well (10-30 days) 



(a) Floating rig placement - see steps II. D. 2 



(b) Injection well drilling operations - see 

 steps lI.E.l, II.E.2.a, to II. E. 7 



(c) Dry well or abandoned well - note: the opera- 

 tions here will vary greatly with circumstance 

 of wellhead, casing, etc. and may range from 

 no activity to steps III. A. 2. c. 5. b (0-10 

 days) 



Operation of production facility - note: operations will be nearly 

 identical for land and marine production facilities except that access 

 will be by road for land operations and by boat or barge for some of 

 the marine operations. 



1. Start-up production (5-10 days) 



a. Vehicle and/or equipment access 



b. Well completion - contain and dispose of materials from 

 logging, recasing, cementing, perforation - see steps 

 II. E. 4, II. E. 5 



c. Well treatment - contain and dispose of materials from 

 acidizing, fracturing, chemical treatment, pumping, and 

 testing - see steps II. E, 4, II. E. 5 



2. Continuous operation procedures (years to decades) 

 a. Production equipment 



1) Frequent checking, inspection, and gauging - vehicle 

 movement 



2) Periodic minor maintenance to equipment - vehicle 

 movement 



a) Disposal of used or waste materials from produc- 

 tion processors 



(1) Sand 



(2) Chemicals, salt 



(3) Solids (filter) 



b) Clean - maintain lines, valves, chokes, gauges 



(1) Replace defective equipment 



(2) Remove scale - dispose 



3) Site maintenance 



a) Mowing or herbicide control of vegetation 



b) Sandblasting, scraping, painting - disposal of 

 wastes 



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