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IN Code § 14-38-1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-14. Consideration for Leases

Sec. 14. (a) A petroleum lease may not be issued on land that has not been classified by the commission as proven territory. With regard to proven territory to which no permit holder is entitled to a lease, the commission shall, in areas to be determined by the commission, lease any of the land in the proven territory to the responsible person offering the greatest consideration for the lease if the person files with the commission five (5) days before:(1) the opening of the sealed bids; or(2) the auction;as provided in this chapter, a bid bond in an amount fixed by the commission to guarantee the posting of a performance bond if the person is the successful bidder.(b) To obtain the best possible consideration for a lease the commission may offer leases under the following conditions:(1) The commission may call for competitive offers by prospective lessees as to the royalty rate to be included as a term of the lease. The commission may call for sealed bids as to the leases, but may temporarily reject all sealed bids and immediately offer the property for competitive bidding at public auction. If none of the bids received at public auction exceed the highest sealed bid received by the commission, the lease shall immediately be granted to the responsible person making the highest sealed bid.(2) The commission may, with regard to any lease the commission offers, set a minimum acceptable royalty rate, which may not be less than twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) and call for competitive offers by prospective lessees for cash bonuses in addition to the set royalty provision. This competition may be conducted in the alternative manners provided for in subdivision (1).(3) A permittee who qualifies for a lease of one (1) section, or an equivalent area, of the land embraced by the permittee's prospecting permit has a preferential right to leases on the remainder of the land embraced by the permittee's prospecting permit upon meeting the highest bid for royalty or bonus that the commission receives. The commission may reject any bid if the rejection of the bid of a permittee, if the permittee would otherwise be the successful bidder, is accompanied by a statement to the permittee of the reasons for the rejection.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-10.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-15. Cancellation of Permit or Lease

Sec. 15. (a) The commission may cancel any permit or lease issued under this chapter for:(1) nonpayment of royalties; or(2) nonperformance by the permittee or lessee of any provision or requirement of the permit or lease;if before the cancellation the commission mails to the permittee or lessee by registered mail, addressed to the post office address of the permittee or lessee shown by the records of the office of the commission, a notice of intention to cancel the permit or lease specifying the default for which the permit or lease is subject to cancellation.(b) If not later than thirty (30) days after the mailing of the notice to the permittee or lessee the permittee or lessee remedies the default specified in the notice, the commission may not cancel the permit or lease.(c) If a cancellation occurs, all rights of the permittee or lessee under the permit or lease automatically terminate.(d) Failure to pay fees required under a permit within the time prescribed automatically and without notice works a forfeiture of the permit and of all rights under the permit.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-11.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-16. Issuance of New Permit Following Expiration or Forfeiture

Sec. 16. Upon the expiration or forfeiture of a permit, a new permit covering the banks or any of the banks embraced by the expired or forfeited permit may not be issued for thirty (30) days following the date of expiration or forfeiture. If more than one (1) application for a permit covering any of the land is made during the thirty (30) day period, the commission shall issue a permit to the land to the person offering the greatest cash bonus for a permit at a public auction to be held at the time and place and in the manner that the commission prescribes by rule. The auction shall be held at any time after the expiration of the thirty (30) day period and the only notice is the entering in a book kept at the office of the commission for the purpose, date, place, and hour of the holding of the auction. The book is a public record.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-12.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-17. Agreement for Production From Same Petroleum Field

Sec. 17. (a) If the commission finds it is in the best interest of the state for the production of petroleum, the state, a permittee, a lessee, an operator, or any person owning or controlling royalty or other interest in separate properties of the same producing or prospective petroleum field may enter into agreement among each other, subject to the approval of the commission, for the following purposes:(1) Cooperative exploration, development, and operation of all or a part of the field or exploration, development, or operation of all or part of the field as a pool or unit.(2) Fixing the time, location, and manner of drilling.(3) Regulating the location, sequence, and number of exploratory wells required for permits under unit operations and leases.(4) Operating wells for the exploration of petroleum on state and private land.(5) The apportionment of the petroleum between the state and the owners of land embraced within the field placed in the pool, taking into consideration the following:(A) The relative character and geological nature of the tracts of land as far as the character and nature is reasonably ascertainable.(B) The apparent probability of producing petroleum from all or any part of the land.(6) All other apparent factors that tend to aid in arriving at a fair, just, and equitable participation by the state and the owners in the apportionment and distribution of the petroleum that is recovered and saved.(b) The purpose of this section is to encourage the development and exploration of petroleum upon state land by and through the unit plan of development. If it is in the best interests of the state, the commission shall compel the adoption of unit plans of operation if state land is included in a productive pool. If the permittee or lessee of the land fails to agree upon a plan of unit operation acceptable to the commission, the commission may fix the terms of the unit plan. A permittee or lessee affected who fails to abide by the plan forfeits the permit or lease upon notice as provided in this chapter.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-13.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-18. Terms for Protection of Rights

Sec. 18. The commission may insert in a permit or lease issued under this chapter the terms that are customary and proper for the protection of the rights of:(1) the state;(2) the permittee or lessee; and(3) the owner of the surface of the leased land;not in conflict with this chapter.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-14.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-19. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 19. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-15.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-20. Well Not to Be Drilled Within 330 Feet of Property Boundaries

Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to the following:(1) Shore lands.(2) River beds.(3) Lake beds.(4) Submerged land.(b) A lease of land containing petroleum made or issued under this chapter must contain a condition that a well may not be drilled within three hundred thirty (330) feet of any of the outer boundaries of the land held under permit or lease unless the right to petroleum in adjoining land is vested in private ownership.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-16.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-21. Right-of-Way Grants

Sec. 21. A person granted a permit or lease under this chapter has a right-of-way over public land, as provided by law, when necessary for the drilling, recovering, saving, and marketing of petroleum. Before a right-of-way grant becomes effective, the following must occur:(1) A written application for and a plat showing the location of the right-of-way and the land necessary for the well site and drilling operations, with reference to adjoining land, must be filed with the commission.(2) The commission shall appraise the timber on the right-of-way and the land necessary for the drilling operation and the person to whom the permit or lease is granted must pay for the timber.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-17.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-22. Development Considerations

Sec. 22. (a) After the issuance of a petroleum lease the lessee shall proceed to develop the petroleum in the land through the drilling of the wells that will efficiently extract the petroleum. The development must take into account the following:(1) The productiveness of the producing horizon.(2) The depth at which the producing horizon occurs.(3) The average cost of wells.(4) The market requirements obtaining at any given time.(5) The maintenance of proper oil and gas ratios.(b) The commission shall determine, either by rule or by inclusion in the terms of a lease, the rapidity and extent of development of the oil, gas, or other petroleum field covered by the lease.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-18.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-23. Offset Well

Sec. 23. (a) A lease must provide that the lessee shall drill an offset well to a well on adjoining land that:(1) is within three hundred thirty (330) feet of an outer boundary of the land covered by the lease; and(2) is producing petroleum in paying quantities and draining the land covered by the lease.(b) The offset must be:(1) started within ninety (90) days from the completion of the adjoining well; and(2) drilled with due diligence to completion.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-19.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-24. Prospecting Permits or Leases

Sec. 24. (a) This section applies to an application for prospecting permits or leases for the following:(1) Shore lands.(2) River beds.(3) Lake beds.(b) The owner of the right to prospect for and develop and produce petroleum from the abutting land has a preferential right for thirty (30) days after the owner has received notice from the commission of the application for:(1) a prospecting permit; or(2) if petroleum has been discovered in commercial quantities in a structure underlying the abutting land, a lease;for the part of the shore land, river bed, and lake bed that adjoins the abutting land upon the terms and conditions provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any acreage limitations provided in this chapter for permits and leases.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-20.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-25. Withholding Land for Prospecting or Lease

Sec. 25. This chapter does not require the commission to offer a tract of land for prospecting or lease. The commission may withhold a tract from prospecting or leasing for petroleum purposes if in the commission's judgment the best interest of the state will be served by so doing.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-21.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-26. Royalties

Sec. 26. (a) This section applies when a royalty is required to be paid under this chapter:(1) for oil, at the option of the commission:(A) at the mouth of the wells into tanks provided by the commission; or(B) into the pipeline with which the wells are connected, to the commission's credit; and(2) for gas, including casinghead gas or other gaseous substance.(b) The lessee shall account to the commission for the market value of the oil or gas at the well for all that is sold by the lessee or used by the lessee in the manufacture of gasoline or other products. At the election of the commission, instead of delivering the royalty, when oil in kind, the lessee shall purchase the oil at the oil's market value at the well when produced.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-22.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-1-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 1. Petroleum Exploration on State Property|14-38-1-27. Delegation of Powers

Sec. 27. The commission may delegate any powers granted in this chapter to any officers or employees of the commission.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-23.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a person who desires to drill at least one (1) test hole:(1) for fluid disposal investigation, mineral resources investigation, engineering projects investigation, or geologic investigation; and(2) to a depth of at least two hundred (200) feet below ground surface elevation at the test hole site.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-4 part.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-2. Public Interest in Preventing Pollution, Impairment, and Waste of Natural Resources

Sec. 2. It is in the public interest for the state to provide the means whereby test holes for or in connection with fluid disposal investigations, mineral resources investigations, engineering projects investigations, or geologic investigations are drilled, used, and plugged in a manner that prevents pollution, impairment, and waste of natural resources.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-1.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-3. "Plug" or "Plugging" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "plug" or "plugging" means the stopping of the flow or migration of oil, gas, water, or other fluid or material up or down a test hole.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-2(5).]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-4. "Test Hole" Defined

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "test hole" means an exploratory hole, except for coal exploration, drilled for the purpose of obtaining information and data on the character, composition, sequence, thickness, age, and correlation of underground strata and formations for at least one (1) of the following and no other purposes:(1) The feasibility of an area for fluid disposal.(2) The existence, extent, and characteristics of an underground mineral deposit or deposits.(3) The suitability of underground formations for use in or as a foundation for engineering projects or works.(4) Expanding the store of scientific knowledge of the geology of an area.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-2(6).]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-5. Enforcement by Department

Sec. 5. The department shall carry out and enforce this chapter.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-3.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-6. Application and Permit Fee

Sec. 6. A person must do the following before drilling a test hole:(1) File a written application for a permit with and receive a permit from the commission. A single permit may authorize the drilling of more than one (1) test hole.(2) Submit a permit fee of one hundred dollars ($100) payable to the department.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-4 part.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-7. Duties of Commission

Sec. 7. The commission shall do the following:(1) Adopt rules and orders necessary to administer this chapter.(2) Hold hearings at any place in Indiana for the purpose of administering this chapter. A hearing may be conducted by a member of the commission or by the officer, agent, or employee that is designated by the commission. However, a proposed finding is not valid unless the commission approves the finding.(3) Prescribe and adopt the form of an application for a permit to be filed by an applicant.(4) Except as provided by subdivision (5), require a person drilling a test hole under this chapter to furnish at a reasonable time and place that the commission specifies the following:(A) A copy of the driller's log of the test hole.(B) A copy of a geophysical log taken in the drilling of the test hole.(C) A copy of the drilling record.(D) Typical drill cuttings or cores, if taken.(5) Upon written application certifying that the withholding of the information is necessary for protection of the permittee:(A) the commission shall excuse the permittee from furnishing the items required by subdivision (4); and(B) the permittee shall furnish the location of each test hole by county, township, range, and quarter-quarter section, including the proper legal description and the size and depth of the hole.(6) Require a person filing for a permit to drill a test hole, except for state or federal agencies, to execute and file with the commission:(A) a bond not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each test hole drilled; or(B) a blanket bond not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for all test holes drilled by the applicant during the duration of the bond;to provide for compliance with this chapter and the rules of the commission adopted under this chapter with respect to the plugging of the test holes. The bond must be in the form approved by the commission, and the bond shall be renewed and continued in effect until the conditions have been fully complied with.(7) Enter upon and inspect, at any reasonable time and by any member of the commission or the commission's agent, any location where test holes are being or have been drilled for fluid disposal, mineral resources investigation, engineering projects, or geologic information for the purpose of ascertaining whether this chapter and the rules and orders of the commission are being or have been complied with, including information on the drilling or completion depth of a test hole.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-5.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-8. Expiration of Permit

Sec. 8. A permit issued under this chapter expires one (1) year from the date of issuance unless a test hole is drilled within one (1) year.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-6.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-9. Issuance of Permit

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if an applicant for a permit to drill or deepen a test hole has complied with this chapter and the rules of the commission, the commission shall issue a permit.(b) The commission may refuse to issue a permit if the drilling of the test hole would violate this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-7.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-10. Plugging and Abandoning Hole

Sec. 10. Upon the completion of drilling, a permittee shall plug and abandon the hole in a manner that confines permanently all fluids or materials in the separate strata originally confining the fluids or materials by the use of mud-laden fluid, cement, or plugs used:(1) singly; or(2) in combinations approved by the commission.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-8 part.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.
IN Code § 14-38-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources|Article 38. Other Petroleum Regulation|Chapter 2. Test Hole Pollution Control and Waste|14-38-2-11. Notice Before Plugging

Sec. 11. A permittee may not begin plugging procedures until the permittee has given notice to the commission or the commission's designated representative by personal oral or written notice, telephone, or telegram.[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-8 part.]As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.