Don't handle pipeline noncompliance this way

Protect yourself - Read his rejected submission

Pipeline noncompliance notices happen all the time. Right this minute there are over 2000 noncompliance notices outstanding. To get back in compliance, sometimes all that is needed is an application. To reduce noncompliance pain, check out others applications.

After receiving a pipeline noncompliance notice, one operator submitted an application to get back into compliance. But his application was refused by the regulator. The regulator sent him a lengthy email explaining the problem with his application.

You can learn more from this one closed application than by reading 20 approved applications. You can read his application and learn what he learned in right now by ordering his application from AppIntel. Just visit our self serve application portal.

Will it make a difference?

How would it help if you could shorten the time to get back into compliance by seeing the experience of others?  If you could shorten a field shut in order by 30 days, it would save you $1.8 MM. (20 wells x 30 bopd per well x 30 days x $100/bbl)

To get your application approved you need to read closed applications

Closed applications are like a treasure chest of hope. Seeing the wreckage of others' applications helps you avoid the same mistakes.

The discussion with the regulator is recorded in the application documents. It helps you mark the "Go/No Go" line clearly.

Closures signal regulatory changes

When a large number of application closures occur, it lets you know that there is a significant regulator change involved.

We've noticed over time that a big change is always accompanied by lots of application closures. Such closures signal a watershed regulatory decision that deeply affects industry.

Such a signal occurred just a few months ago. In August 2016, over 40% of the well licence applications were refused. The reason for the closures? Preparation for NALA - New Activity Lifecycle Approach. If you don't know what that is, you'll learn about it the hard way very soon.

AppIntel: the easiest, quickest and best source of application documents

When you need to find an application, closed or approved, you can get it quickest from AppIntel. AppIntle has better search capabilities, quicker delivery, more information about the application.

AppIntel's search functions are quicker than any other search engine. You can search by area, application type, date or just key in natural language search as if it was google.

And AppIntel's collection of historic applications is much larger than any in-house collection we've seen. We have over a million application documents.

AppIntel adds search by UWI for applications that don't even have a UWI.

AppIntel costs less than a quarter of one person's salary. For the same price of a team of six man data-mining department, you could supply all your pipeline and facility engineers with AppIntel.

Protect yourself - Read others' applications

If you don't have time to read others' applications before you submit, you should really budget longer approval time to fix the application later.

AppIntel is the fastest and easiest way to find similar applications to the one you're considering.

You can use AppIntel's google-like natural language search to find comparable applications.

AppIntel costs less than a quarter of one person's salary. For the same price of a team of six man data-mining department, you could supply all your flood engineers with AppIntel.

You can also set area alerts to ensure you get your competitor's applications fresh the day they're submitted.

Tags: Closure, Facilities, AI return on investment

Granger Low   Updated 9 Jul 2025

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