Bill Text: FL S0146 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Advanced Well Stimulation Treatment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Environment and Natural Resources [S0146 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0146-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 146 By Senator Stewart 13-00412-19 2019146__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to advanced well stimulation 3 treatment; amending s. 377.19, F.S.; defining the term 4 “advanced well stimulation treatment”; conforming a 5 cross-reference; creating s. 377.2405, F.S.; 6 prohibiting the performance of advanced well 7 stimulation treatments; clarifying that permits for 8 drilling or operating a well do not authorize the 9 performance of advanced well stimulation treatments; 10 providing applicability; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (32) of section 15 377.19, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2) 16 through (33), respectively, present subsection (5) of that 17 section is amended, and a new subsection (1) is added to that 18 section, to read: 19 377.19 Definitions.—As used in ss. 377.06, 377.07, and 20 377.10-377.40, the term: 21 (1) “Advanced well stimulation treatment” means all stages 22 of a well intervention performed by injecting fluids into a rock 23 formation: 24 (a) At a pressure that is at or exceeds the fracture 25 gradient of the rock formation and that has the purpose or 26 effect of fracturing the formation to increase production or 27 recovery from an oil or gas well, such as hydraulic fracturing 28 or acid fracturing; or 29 (b) At a pressure that is below the fracture gradient of 30 the rock formation and that has the purpose or effect of 31 dissolving the formation to increase production or recovery from 32 an oil or gas well, such as matrix acidizing. 33 34 The term does not include techniques used for routine well 35 cleanout work, well maintenance, or removal of formation damage 36 due to drilling or production, or acidizing techniques used to 37 maintain or restore the natural permeability of the formation 38 near the wellbore. 39 (6)(5)“Gas” means all natural gas, including casinghead 40 gas, and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection 41 (16)(15). 42 Section 2. Section 377.2405, Florida Statutes, is created 43 to read: 44 377.2405 Advanced well stimulation treatments.— 45 (1) BAN.—The performance of advanced well stimulation 46 treatments is prohibited in this state. A permit for drilling or 47 operating a well does not authorize the performance of advanced 48 well stimulation treatments. 49 (2) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies only to wells 50 regulated pursuant to this chapter. 51 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.