Site work for a development in Beattyville, Kentucky. Completed plans call for site work for a development.

The Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program (KASTOW) project involves the reclamation of sites in Lee County under the ORPHAN WELL PACKAGE - LEE #003. The Kentucky Division of Oil and Gas (Division) is soliciting bids under the Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program (KASTOW) to plug and reclaim orphan well sites. Contractor shall properly plug, site remediate, and reclaim the orphan wells identified above in compliance with KRS Chapter 353.562-564 and 805 KAR 1:060. Each well shall be plugged in accordance with attached plugging plan (Attachment K) under the direction of Division inspectors. Contractorshall remove associated aboveground flowlines and production infrastructure at the wellsite (storage tanks are excluded from this contract scope, to be addressed separately). Any flowlines extending underground and not removed shall be properly plugged and cut off below grade as required in 805 KAR 1:190 (Section 13). Disturbed areas shall be reclaimed by implementing best management practices to achieve approved vegetative cover and proper site drainage with erosion control. Sites must exhibit a permanent vegetative cover with effective drainage for one year before sites will receive final acceptance and payment. (See Attachment L) 1. Prior to commencing site preparation or working access road to wellsite, contractor must contact landowner, as identified by the Division, to discuss the work plan and address any areas of owner concern regarding ingress/egress of equipment or other impacts. (If any orphan well site is in a cropland area, contractor site work must plan to work around their crop planting and harvest schedules to avoid damage.) 2. Contractor is encouraged to make reasonable accommodations to the landowner during site work/access road construction. 3. Attachment L provides project requirements for site preparation, revegetation, reclamation, and Best Management Practices for stable site drainage with erosion prevention and sedimentation controls. 4. Construction of access road should include water bars, ditches or culverts (as necessary) and any other best management practice deemed necessary by the Inspector. (Any cleared brush shall be windrowed, legally burned, or hauled away for proper disposal - depending upon landowner preference.) 5. Site preparation shall include identifying surface waterways and potential conduits to groundwater (i.e. sinkholes) and then implementing best management practices to prevent groundwater degradation. 6. Contractor shall construct a temporary pit, and install a minimum 6-mil liner for fluids containment. 7. Contractor shall disconnect all wellhead connections to flowlines, meters, separators or tanks (without creating leakage or spillage) and permanently secure all buried lines 24 inches below ground level by placement of bull plugs. 8. If the wellhead is equipped with a pump jack and connected to tubing/rods assembly downhole, the extracted tubing and rods from the wellbore shall be scanned with a Ludlum Model 19 Micro R meter (or equivalent) for TENORM (Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) which typically is deposited as scale. Same procedure applies to any flow lines, loose pipe or metal about the wellsite, or metal from associated structures being reclaimed. If the meter scan detects a measurement in microroentgen per hour (uR/hr) equal to or exceeding double the background radiation, a disposal procedure compliant with KRS Chapter 211 and 902 KAR 100.180 shall be required. Approved disposal of TENORM material will require material chainof-custody, an approved disposal site and full documentation submitted to the Division. Contractor shall submit invoice for cost of TENORM disposal plus 10% for administration costs, which shall be approved upon presentation of required shipment manifests, full cost documentation and proof of proper disposal. 9. Measurement of wellhead methane emissions may be performed by an authorized representative of the Division prior to plugging operations 10. Contractor shall rig up on the wellhead and run tools downhole to confirm total depth or establish total depth (Inspector must approve alternative downhole measures such as perforating, setting of plugs or cutting casing if required variant from Attachment K) 11. Should an obstruction in the wellbore be encountered at a depth less than total depth, the plugging contractor shall notify the Division inspector of the obstruction depth to determine if the depth is sufficient to properly isolate and protect fresh water zones and coal seams by the emplacement of cement slurry circulated to surface. It shall be the contractors obligation to pursue clearing the downhole obstruction encountered to a depth acceptable to the on site inspector to assure full protection of freshwater and coal seams. Contractor should be prepared to fish, spear, mill out, or take any other corrective measures necessary to achieve an acceptable depth for plugging. 12. Contractor shall run tubing in the wellbore and Class A Cement slurry mixed at a minimum weight of 14 lb/gal shall be displaced using balance method at pre-determined depths as described further in Attachment K. Zones or intervals that require isolation by cement plugs under state statute include: a. Fresh Water Zones: b. Coal Seams: c. Producing Intervals: d. Potential Future Production Zones: e. Casing shoes (specifically intermediate and surface casing strings) 13. After properly plugging the well to surface, all casing shall be cut off three (3) feet below surface. 14. Contractor shall remove from the site all aboveground wellhead equipment, flowlines, meters and separators and permanently secure all buried lines 24 inches below ground level by installing bull plugs. 15. Measurement of wellhead methane emissions may be performed by an authorized representative of the Division at the completion of plugging operations 16. Contractor shall remove and properly dispose of all fluids from pit, then back-fill and reclaim in accordance with Attachment L. 17. Contractor is responsible to properly handle and dispose of oil or brine contaminated soil removed in accordance with KRS 353.562(6) (c) and site reclamation procedures described in Attachment L. All material leaving the site must be properly documented, and a complete manifest of transport and final disposal actions shall be provided to the Division prior to project completion. 18. Access roadways adjacent to the site, if they are dirt/farm roads degraded by the work activity should be graded, straw covered, and seeded. If access roads used were prior gravel surface roads, contractor shall gravel to restore original condition. Site shall be seeded with seed mixture to the extent practical as requested by landowner 19. Following site closure, Contractor shall submit for each well a PLUGGING AFFIDAVIT FORM (OG-38), properly completed front and back, signed by the Contractor and the on-site Division Inspector (Attachment N) 20. Contractor will be required to use specific invoice format as per Attachment O billing associated with this project, submitting it to the Division of Oil & Gas. 21. Contractor shall provide a weekly report to the Division that includes daily notes of the work performed on the project. Information should include dates, permit numbers, details of the work performed at the site and issues that arose throughout the process. The report should be emailed to the Project Manager on a weekly basis each Monday. EAST CENTRAL KY-BIG SINKING FIELD (Bath, Carter, Elliott, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe) Wells with TD at 1500' or shallower o Confer with Division Inspector, assure landowner access is approved o Construct access road to well o Dig pit and line with 6 mil liner o Remove brush from location o If tubing & rods remain in well, extract same from the hole and trip out o Any free casing (annulus not cemented) shall be removed. If no records are available to determine Top of Cement (TOC), a bond log may be required/ and or perforations o Move In, Rig up and run in well with tools to determine or establish TD o Trip in hole w/tubing to TD- Hard tag o If casing is not cemented or unknown; perforate casing from 600' to 100'; (50' increments) o Circulate Class A, Class L, or Type 1L cement to Surface, plug solid o Cut off all casing 3 ft. below Surface the next day to ensure no fall back has occurred o Monitor cement level and top off as needed o Remove fluids from pit, properly dispose of same, and backfill pit o Properly grade, stabilize, and fully reclaim wellsite as outlined in Scope of Work Wells with TD deeper than 1500' o Confer with Division Inspector, assure landowner access is approved o Construct access road to well o Dig pit and line with 6 mil liner o Remove brush from location, rig-up service rig o If tubing & rods remain in well, extract same from the hole and trip out o Any free casing (annulus not cemented) shall be removed. If no records are available to determine Top of Cement (TOC), a bond log may be required o Run in well with tools to check/establish TD o Load well with minimum 5 barrels of 6% Gel, not to exceed 25 barrels o Trip in well w/ tubing to TD, Pump 200' Class A or Class L cement plug o Pull up above TOC, wash out, tag bottom plug o Pump fluid 6% gel/water spacer o Spot Class A, Class L, or Type 1L cement plug 50' below deepest perforation to 50' above shallowest perforation (or production zones if open hole), across any and all perforations (or production zones in open hole) not covered by bottom plug o Pump fluid 6% gel/water spacer o Pump Class A or Class L cement plug from Surface Casing shoe (or, if casing shoe depth is unknown or not present, deepest freshwater depth assigned by KYDOG) to surface to isolate coal seams and fresh water zones o Monitor cement level and top off as needed o Cut off all casing 3 ft. below surface the next day to ensure no fall back has occurred o Remove fluids from pit, properly dispose of same, and backfill pit o Properly grade, stabilize, and fully reclaim wellsite as outlined in Scope of Work. Question Deadline 01/16/2026 at 4:00 PM ET Email all questions to Kristi.sharp@ky.gov