La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-1909

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-1909 - Additional Specifications

A. When the pools covered by this order have had four wells drilled to and completed therein or after one year has elapsed from the completion of the first well in the field, whichever occurs first, the operator of wells in the field shall petition the Commissioner of Conservation for a public hearing for the purposes of establishing field rules and regulations and the creation of drilling units for the pools in the field. The right is reserved, however, to any party in interest to apply for a hearing at an earlier date: and if the commissioner finds from an examination of the information furnished in connection with any application for a drilling permit that an earlier hearing should be held to establish rules and drilling units, the commissioner may impose a condition in the drilling permit that such an application be filed within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commissioner, after the successful completion of the well in the horizon to which it is projected.

B. This order is intended only to regulate the spacing of wells prior to the establishment of special rules and regulations and the creation of drilling units, and it should not be construed as having the effect of unitizing separate ownerships or of creating drilling or spacing units.

C. This order also is not intended to eliminate pools shallower than 3,000 feet from appropriate rules and regulations, including spacing regulations after notice and public hearing. After sufficient geological and engineering evidence is available with respect to these pools found at depths of 3,000 feet or less subsea then the operator or operators owning wells therein are required to petition the Commissioner of Conservation for a public hearing for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations and the creation of drilling units for each such pool.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-1909

Adopted by the Department of Conservation, August 1, 1957, amended September 1, 1957.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.