Bill Text: FL S0200 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Advanced Well Stimulation Treatment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology [S0200 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0200-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 200 By Senator Montford 3-00108A-20 2020200__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to advanced well stimulation 3 treatment; amending s. 377.19, F.S.; defining the 4 terms “high-pressure well stimulation” and “matrix 5 acidization”; creating s. 377.2405, F.S.; prohibiting 6 the performance of high-pressure well stimulation or 7 matrix acidization; providing that permits for 8 drilling or for operating a well do not authorize the 9 performance of high-pressure well stimulation or 10 matrix acidization; providing applicability; providing 11 an effective date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1. Present subsections (6) through (10) and (11) 16 through (32) of section 377.19, Florida Statutes, are 17 redesignated as subsections (7) through (11) and (13) through 18 (34), respectively, new subsections (6) and (12) are added to 19 that section, and subsection (5) of that section is amended, to 20 read: 21 377.19 Definitions.—As used in ss. 377.06, 377.07, and 22 377.10-377.40, the term: 23 (5) “Gas” means all natural gas, including casinghead gas, 24 and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection (17) 25(15). 26 (6) “High-pressure well stimulation” means all stages of a 27 well intervention performed by injecting fluids into a rock 28 formation at a pressure that equals or exceeds the fracture 29 gradient of the rock formation and the purpose or effect is to 30 fracture the formation to increase production or recovery from 31 an oil or gas well, such as in hydraulic fracturing or acid 32 fracturing. 33 (12) “Matrix acidization” means all stages of a well 34 intervention performed by injecting fluids into a rock formation 35 at a pressure below the fracture gradient of the rock formation 36 and the purpose or effect is to dissolve the formation to 37 increase production or recovery from an oil or gas well. The 38 term does not include techniques used for routine well cleanout 39 work, well maintenance, removal of formation damage due to 40 drilling or production, or acidizing techniques used to maintain 41 or restore the natural permeability of the formation near the 42 wellbore. 43 Section 2. Section 377.2405, Florida Statutes, is created 44 to read: 45 377.2405 Advanced well stimulation treatments.— 46 (1) PROHIBITION.—The performance of high-pressure well 47 stimulation or matrix acidization is prohibited in this state. A 48 permit for drilling or operating a well does not authorize the 49 performance of high-pressure well stimulation or matrix 50 acidization. 51 (2) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies only to wells 52 regulated pursuant to this chapter. 53 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.