USA/1250
WTO/TBT
US Etats-Unis d'Amérique
  • 75 - Industrie du pétrole et technologies associées
2017-02-17
2017-01-09

Underground natural gas storage facilities

Extraction and processing of petroleum and natural gas (ICS: 75.020), Equipment for petroleum and natural gas industries (ICS: 75.180)

Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities (14 pages, in English)

This interim final rule (IFR) revises the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address critical safety issues related to downhole facilities, including wells, wellbore tubing, and casing, at underground natural gas storage facilities. This IFR responds to Section 12 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016, which was enacted following the serious natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon facility in California on 23 October 2015. This IFR incorporates by reference two American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practices (RP): API RP 1170, "Design and Operation of Solution-mined Salt Caverns used for Natural Gas Storage, "issued in July 2015; and API RP 1171, "Functional Integrity of Natural Gas Storage in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Aquifer Reservoirs", issued in September 2015.