Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1107

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 14-8-2; IC 14-37-3-8.

Synopsis: Hydraulic fracturing treatments. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" and "base fluid" for purposes of the law concerning oil and gas wells. Requires the natural resources commission, in regulating oil and gas wells, to adopt rules for the reporting and disclosure of hydraulic fracturing treatments.

Effective: July 1, 2012.





Koch




    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1107



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 14-8-2-19.5; (12)IN1107.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 14-8-2-19.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 19.5. "Base fluid", for purposes of IC 14-37-3-8, means a fluid into which additives are mixed to form the hydraulic fracturing fluid that transports proppants into a geologic formation.
SOURCE: IC 14-8-2-128.4; (12)IN1107.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 14-8-2-128.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 128.4. "Hydraulic fracturing" means the process of pumping fluids into a closed wellbore with sufficient downhole pressure to crack or fracture the formation, allowing the injection of a proppant into the fractures, thereby creating a high-permeability plane through which fluids can flow.
SOURCE: IC 14-37-3-8; (12)IN1107.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 14-37-3-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 8. (a) The commission shall regulate the stimulation and treatment of wells.
    (b) The commission shall adopt rules for the reporting and

disclosure of information regarding hydraulic fracturing treatment, including:
        (1) the volume and source of base fluid used;
        (2) a description of each additive product used in a hydraulic fracturing treatment;
        (3) the volume of each additive product used in a hydraulic fracturing treatment expressed as a maximum percentage of the total fracturing fluid volume;
        (4) the maximum surface treating pressure and injection treating pressure; and
        (5) any other information the commission considers necessary.