Sandra,
Years ago when I was a supervisor for the Houston office of a very large
natural gas pipeline company (based in Chicago), we had thousands of
well logs and soil samples. They well logs (a single natural gas well
log can be dozens of feet long) were filed into special "pocket files,"
and carried a permanent retention period as did the soil samples we had.
We kept them onsite in our Greenway Plaza area fileroom until the well
was abandoned, and then sent them offsite for permanent retention.
As I remember it (you should know that this was many years ago and as I
am on the other side of 50 now, the mind isn't the "steel clamp" that it
once was) we cited both the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), and the
Code of Federal Regulations (Title 18 I think...) for these records.
;)
Good luck.
Earl
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Earl Johnson, Jr.
Records Management Specialist (Contractor)
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL
Office: (561) 682-2834
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From: Moo, Sandra [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:32 PM
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Subject: Introduction
Hello listservers,
The purpose of this email, hence the subject line, is to firstly
introduce myself and in the absence of the listserv archives ask a
question that may already have been asked before.
I'm an Aussie living in Houston for a couple of years (transferred with
husband and kids). I completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Records
Management) with a major in Information Systems from Curtin University,
Western Australia, last year as a mature age student. I'm working for
oil and gas company implementing a RM system - hard copy to start with
and electronic module to follow. As yet there are no policies,
procedures, retention etc.
This leads to my question. The company is expanding and is reorganizing
file storage space into offices. They are therefore looking to reduce
paper records by storing offsite and disposing where appropriate. My
question is specifically about paper well logs and core samples.
Can anyone tell me retention periods for these types of information and
what legislation I can link retention periods?
I'd be extremely grateful for any information.
Cheers
Sandra Moo
Records Management Project Co-ordinator
Santos USA Corp
10111 Richmond Avenue
Houston TX 77042-4207
Phone: 713-986-1700
Fax: 713-986-4200
Santos Ltd A.B.N. 80 007 550 923
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