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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 3 - Production Practices › 20 AAC 25.287 - Well control requirements for wireline operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This section
				applies to workover or service operations performed with slickline or conductor
				line with the tree in place. These operations are also subject to the
				requirements of
				20 AAC 25.527.
(b) Well control equipment must include
(1) a set of wireline rams suitable or sized
				for each diameter of wire passing through the wireline valve;
(2) a lubricator or pressure deployment system;
				and
(3) a high pressure pack-off,
				stripper, or greasehead with linewiper, stripper, or pack-off.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 3 - Production Practices › 20 AAC 25.288 - Well control requirements for other service operations

Current through May 31, 2024
For downhole service operations not covered by
				  20 AAC 25.285 -
				  20 AAC 25.287, the commission will approve alternate well
				  control procedures and equipment, if the commission determines that the alternate
				  procedures and equipment are adequate to ensure well control.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 3 - Production Practices › 20 AAC 25.290 - Operations producing hydrogen sulfide

Current through May 31, 2024
An operator of a well or pool that produces hydrogen sulfide
				  gas shall install, operate, and maintain surface production equipment in
				  conformance with API RP 55,
Recommended Practices for Oil and Gas
				  Producing and Gas Processing Plant Operations Involving Hydrogen
				  Sulfide,
2d edition, February 15, 1995, which is adopted by
				  reference.
A copy of the American Petroleum Institute recommended
					 practices referred to in
					 20 AAC 25.290 may be reviewed during business hours at the
					 commission's office and may be obtained from the American Petroleum Institute,
					 Order Desk, 1220 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005-4070, or if not available
					 from the American Petroleum Institute, may be obtained from Global Engineering
					 Documents, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO
					 80150.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 4 - Reports › 20 AAC 25.300 - Request for information

Current through May 31, 2024
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the
				  commission requests that a person provide information or documentation regarding
				  a matter within the commission's jurisdiction, that person must provide that
				  information and documentation within 30 days of the date the request was sent or
				  within another period of time specified by the commission.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.040
AS
					 31.05.095
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 4 - Reports › 20 AAC 25.310 - Books and records

Current through May 31, 2024
Operators of oil and gas properties and units within the state
				  shall make and maintain, for a period of not less than five years, books and
				  records necessary to make and substantiate the reports required by this
				  chapter.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.402 - Enhanced recovery operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Enhanced recovery
				operations involving the introduction of extraneous forms of energy into a pool
				by injection are prohibited, except as ordered by the commission under this
				section. In response to an application for injection filed by an operator, and
				upon the commission's determination that the requirements of this section and
				20 AAC 25.412 are met, the commission will issue an order
				authorizing the injection of fluids that function primarily to enhance recovery
				of oil and gas and that are appropriate for enhanced recovery. Except as provided
				in (i) of this section, an order authorizing injection for an enhanced recovery
				project remains valid unless revoked by the commission.
(b) The operator has the burden of
				demonstrating that the proposed operation will not allow the movement of fluid
				into sources of freshwater. Injection wells must be cased, the casing cemented,
				and the wells operated in a manner that will isolate the injection zone and
				protect oil, gas, and freshwater. If wells, including freshwater, wells and other
				borings, are located within a one-quarter mile radius of an injection well, are a
				possible means for fluids to move into sources of freshwater and are under the
				control of
(1) the operator, the operator shall
				ensure that the wells are properly repaired, plugged, or otherwise modified to
				prevent the movement of fluids into sources of freshwater; or
(2) a person other than the operator, the
				commission will not issue an order under (a) of this section until the operator
				presents evidence to the commission's satisfaction that the person who controls
				the wells has properly repaired, plugged, or otherwise modified the wells to
				prevent the movement of fluids into sources of freshwater.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.412 - Casing, cementing, and tubing of injection wells for enhanced recovery, disposal, and storage

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A well used for injection must be cased and
				cemented in accordance with
				20 AAC 25.030 to prevent leakage into oil, gas, or
				freshwater sources.
(b) A well used
				for injection must be equipped with tubing and a packer, or with other equipment
				that isolates pressure to the injection interval, unless the commission approves
				the operator's use of alternate means to ensure that injection of fluid is
				limited to the injection zone. The minimum burst pressure of the tubing must
				exceed the maximum surface injection pressure by at least 25 percent. The packer
				must be placed within 200 feet measured depth above the top of the perforations,
				unless the commission approves a different placement depth as the commission
				considers appropriate given the thickness and depth of the confining
				zone.
(c) Before injection begins, a
				well must be pressure-tested to demonstrate the mechanical integrity of the
				tubing and packer and of the casing immediately surrounding the injection tubing
				string. The casing must be tested at a surface pressure of 1,500 psig or at a
				surface pressure of 0.25 psi/ft multiplied by the true vertical depth of the
				casing shoe, whichever is greater, but the casing may not be subjected to a hoop
				stress that will exceed 70 percent of the minimum yield strength of the casing.
				The test pressure must show stabilizing pressure and may not decline more than 10
				percent within 30 minutes.
(d) The
				operator shall provide a cement quality log or other well data approved by the
				commission to demonstrate isolation of the injected fluids to the approved
				interval.
(e) At least 24 hours
				notice of a pressure test required by (c) of this section must be given so that a
				representative of the commission can witness the test.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.420 - Notice of commencement and discontinuance of injection operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At
				least 10 days before beginning an injection operation or program, the operator
				shall notify the commission of the intended injection date.
(b) Within 10 days after discontinuing an
				injection operation or program, the operator shall notify the commission of the
				date of discontinuance and the reasons for it.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.430 - Enhanced recovery records

Current through May 31, 2024
Each operator shall keep accurate records showing volumes of
				  fluids produced, injected volumes, reservoir pressures, and injection pressures,
				  by well and pool. Each operator shall retain these records for five years. The
				  commission will, in its discretion, specify retention of these records for a
				  longer time period. Upon reasonable notice, the commission must be given full
				  access during normal business hours to all records.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.432 - Report of underground injection

Current through May 31, 2024
An operator that injects fluids into subsurface strata through
				  a service well for any purpose, other than fracturing, acidizing, or other
				  similar treatment, shall file with the commission
(1) monthly reports that show all injected
				volumes and other data, by well and pool, as required by the commission on the
				Monthly Injection Report (Form 10-406) and, if applicable, the Facility Report of
				Produced Gas Disposition (Form 10-422); and
(2) an annual report that shows annual and
				total cumulative volumes injected and produced and other data, for each pool or
				injection project area within the pool, as required by the commission on the
				Annual Report of Injection Projects (Form 10-413); the annual report must be
				submitted by April 1 unless pool rules established under
				20 AAC 25.520 require the report to be included with a
				pool-specific annual surveillance report.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.440 - Freshwater aquifer exemption

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of a
				letter of application, and in accordance with (b) of this section, the commission
				will, in its discretion, issue an order designating a freshwater aquifer or
				portion of it as an exempt freshwater aquifer, if the freshwater aquifer meets
				the following criteria:
(1) it does not
				currently serve as a source of drinking water, and it cannot now and will not in
				the future serve as a source of drinking water because
(A) it is hydrocarbon-producing or can be
				demonstrated by the applicant to contain hydrocarbons that, considering their
				quantity and location, are expected to be commercially producible;
(B) it is situated at a depth or location that
				makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically or
				technologically impractical; or
(C)
				it is so contaminated that recovery of water for drinking water purposes is
				economically or technologically impractical; or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.450 - Underground injection control variances

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If injection does
				not occur into, through, or above freshwater, the commission will, authorize
				requirements for a well or project that are less stringent than the requirements
				in this chapter for the radius of investigation established under
				20 AAC 25.252(h) or
				20 AAC 25.402(b), casing and cementing,
				the tubing and packer mechanical integrity, operation, monitoring, and reporting,
				to the extent that the commission determines that the reduction in requirements
				will not result in an increased risk of movement of fluids into
				freshwater.
(b) At the discretion of
				the commission, pilot projects for enhanced recovery using a technology not
				proved feasible under the conditions in which it is being tested may be operated
				with less stringent requirements for well construction, operation, monitoring,
				and reporting, if the project will not result in an increased risk of fluid
				movement into freshwater sources.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 5 - Enhanced Recovery › 20 AAC 25.460 - Area injection orders

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon application under this section and
				subject to the provisions of
				20 AAC 25.252 or
				20 AAC 25.402, as applicable, the commission will, in its
				discretion, after notice and opportunity for public hearing in accordance with
				20 AAC 25.540, issue an order permitting the underground
				injection of fluids on an area basis, rather than for each well individually, if
				the wells are
(1) described and identified by
				location in the application if they are existing wells, except that the
				commission will, in its discretion, accept a single description of wells with
				substantially the same characteristics;
(2) within the same field, facility site,
				reservoir, project, or similar area;
(3) operated by a single operator;
				and
(4) repealed 11/7/99.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.505 - Scope of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This chapter generally consists of
				statewide regulations which apply to all wells, pools, fields, and oil and gas
				properties, unless the commission, in its discretion, issues an order in
				conformance with
				20 AAC 25.540.
(b) An order issued in conformance with
				20 AAC 25.540 prevails over this chapter except for those
				regulations which govern underground injection and the protection of
				freshwater.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.060
AS
					 31.05.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.507 - Change of an approved program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				otherwise provided by
				20 AAC 25.015, if an operator desires to make a substantive
				change in a program or activity for which commission approval is required and has
				been obtained under AS 31.05 or this chapter, complete details of the well's
				current condition and the proposed change must be submitted to the commission
				with an Application for Sundry Approvals (Form 10-403). A change to an approved
				program or activity may not be undertaken without commission approval. The
				commission will condition its approval as the commission considers necessary or
				appropriate to ensure compliance with the standards on which the original
				approval was based.
(b) If
				operational necessity requires prompt action, oral approval of a change may be
				obtained from the commission. The required Application for Sundry Approvals must
				be submitted within three days for final approval by the commission. That
				application must set out the name of the person who provided approval and the
				date of the oral approval.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.095
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.510 - Commission seal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed 11/7/99.
(b) Repealed 11/7/99.
(c) The official seal of the commission is
				reproduced below.
CLICK TO VIEW
				  SEAL
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.017
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.515 - United States government land

Current through May 31, 2024
A person, including a federal agency, drilling for or producing
				  oil or gas or conducting underground injection activities related to the recovery
				  and production of oil or gas on federal land subject to the state's police powers
				  shall comply with all applicable regulations and orders of the
				  commission.
Authority:
31.05.027
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.517 - Plan of reservoir development and operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before
				commencement of regular production from an oil or gas pool, the operator shall
				submit to the commission a plan of reservoir development and operation for the
				pool or the portion of the pool for which development is contemplated by the
				operator.
(b) Unless otherwise
				ordered by the commission, the operator shall submit to the commission annual
				progress reports under the plan of reservoir development and operation. Any
				amendments and updates to the plan also must be submitted at least
				annually.
(c) The plan of reservoir
				development and operation must provide for
(1)
				the prevention of waste;
(2) the
				protection of correlative rights; and
(3) a greater ultimate recovery of oil and
				gas.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.518 - Agreements integrating interests

Current through May 31, 2024
A voluntary agreement for the purpose of integrating interests
				  under AS
				  31.05.110(a) must be filed
				  with the commission no later than 30 days after that agreement is
				  executed.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.110
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.520 - Field and pool regulation and classification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon the motion
				of the commission, or the request of an affected owner or operator at any time
				after the discovery of oil or gas in a field or pool, the commission will hold a
				hearing in accordance with
				20 AAC 25.540, and the commission will issue an order,
				based upon the evidence presented, classifying the pool as an oil or gas pool in
				a field and prescribing rules to govern the proposed development and operation of
				the pool. In the pool order, the commission will establish requirements
(1) that the commission considers necessary to
				prevent waste, protect freshwater, protect correlative rights, and ensure a
				greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas; and
(2) based on the operating and technical data
				presented.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.526 - Conduct of operations

Current through May 31, 2024
An operator shall carry on all operations and maintain the
				  property at all times in a safe and skillful manner in accordance with good oil
				  field engineering practices and having due regard for the preservation and
				  conservation of the property and protection of freshwater.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.095
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.527 - General well control requirements for drilling, completion, workover, and service operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This section
				applies to all well drilling, completion, workover, and service operations. The
				requirements of this section are in addition to the applicable requirements of
				20 AAC 25.033 -
				20 AAC 25.036 and
				20 AAC 25.285 -
				20 AAC 25.288.
(b) Equipment must be in good operating
				condition at all times and must be protected to ensure reliable operation under
				the range of weather conditions that may be encountered at the well
				site.
(c) Well control equipment and
				fluids must be installed, used, maintained, and tested in a manner that ensures
				well control and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, that conforms
				with the applicable provisions of the following documents, which are adopted by
				reference:
(1) API RP 5C7,
Recommended
				Practice for Coiled Tubing Operations in Oil and Gas Well Services,
1st
				edition, December 1996;
(2) API RP
				13B-1,
Recommended Practice Standard Procedure for Field Testing
				Water-Based Drilling Fluids,
2d edition, September 1997;
(3) API RP 13B-2,
Recommended Practice
				Standard Procedure for Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids,
3d
				edition, February 1998;
(4) API RP
				49,
Recommended Practices for Safe Drilling of Wells Containing Hydrogen
				Sulfide,
2d edition, April 15, 1987;
(5) API RP 53,
Recommended Practices
				for Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells,
3d edition,
				March 1997;
(6) API RP 57,
Recommended Practices for Offshore Well Completion, Servicing, Workover,
				and Plug and Abandonment Operations,
1st edition, January 15,
				1986;
(7) API RP 64,
Recommended Practices for Diverter Systems Equipment and
				Operations,
1st edition, July 1, 1991;
(8) API RP 68,
Recommended Practice for
				Oil and Gas Well Servicing and Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen
				Sulfide,
1st edition, January 1998.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.530 - Cooperative agreements with other parties

Current through May 31, 2024
The commission will, in its discretion, from time to time enter
				  into agreements with state and federal agencies, industry committees, or
				  individuals, with respect to special projects, services, and studies relating to
				  underground fluid injection and the conservation of oil and gas. If an agreement
				  requires the commission to use procedures not covered in this chapter, the
				  procedures necessary to carry out the intent of the agreement will be formulated
				  and made available at the office of the commission after public notice and
				  opportunity for public comment, in accordance with
				  20 AAC 25.540.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.534 - Tests, surveys, and inspections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As the commission
				considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of AS 31.05 (Alaska
				Oil and Gas Conservation Act) and this chapter, the commission will require that
				tests or surveys be made to determine the
(1)
				quality of oil and gas produced;
(2)
				formation, casing, tubing, or other pressures;
(3) existence of any waste of oil, gas, or
				reservoir energy; or
(4) risk of
				fluid movement into freshwater.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.535 - Enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the commission, as the result of an
				investigation or otherwise, considers that a person may have violated or failed
				to comply with a provision of AS 31.05, this chapter, or a commission order,
				permit, or other approval, the commission will, in its discretion, take
				enforcement action under this section against the person.
(b) If the commission proposes to take
				enforcement action under this section against a person, the commission will send
				the person a written notification by personal service or by certified mail,
				return receipt requested. The commission's written notification to the person
				will
(1) state the nature of the apparent
				violation or noncompliance;
(2)
				summarize the reasons why the commission considers a violation or noncompliance
				to have occurred;
(3) state the
				action that the commission proposes to take under (e) of this section;
				and
(4) inform the person of the
				person's rights and liabilities under (c) - (e) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.537 - Public and confidential information

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				will routinely make available to the public, by means of records or reports, in
				its offices or elsewhere, or by means of regular publication, the following
				information:
(1) surface and proposed
				bottom-hole locations of each well after approval of the Permit to Drill (Form
				10-401);
(2) total depth, bottom-hole
				location and well status after the Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Log
				(Form 10-407) is filed;
(3) all
				reports and information required by this chapter for development and service
				wells;
(4) regular production data
				and regular production reports, as required to be filed by the operator each
				month;
(5) injection data and
				injection reports, as required to be filed by the operator each month;
				and
(6) all data filed on a well as
				required by this chapter upon expiration of the confidential period described in
				(d) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.539 - Emergency action

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission will, in its discretion,
				issue a temporary emergency order without a hearing if necessary to protect
				against immediate harm to public health or safety. Before issuing a temporary
				emergency order, the commission will attempt to communicate with the operator
				about the circumstances and need for a temporary order.
(b) In support of a temporary emergency order,
				the commission will issue a written decision describing the factual and legal
				basis for the action, including the necessity for acting on an emergency basis.
				The commission will provide the decision to the operator within 24 hours of the
				issuance of the order.
(c) A
				temporary emergency order expires after 14 days unless
(1) an earlier expiration date is established
				in that order;
(2) the operator
				agrees to an extension; or
(3) within
				that time period the commission begins a hearing under (d) of this section, in
				which case that order remains in effect for an additional period not to exceed
				the shorter of 14 days after the date the hearing begins or three working days
				after the date the hearing ends; the commission will extend that period if
				necessary to protect against immediate harm to public health or safety.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.545 - Public mailing lists

Current through May 31, 2024
Public mailing lists will be maintained by the commission for
				  the purpose of sending appropriate notices, orders, and publications to persons
				  who request to be put on these lists.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.035
AS 31.05.050
AS
					 31.05.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.550 - Oaths

Current through May 31, 2024
Each member of the commission has the power to administer oaths
				  to witnesses in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding conducted under AS
				  31.05 and this chapter.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.556 - Orders

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Orders of the commission require approval
				of at least two commissioners.
(b)
				Unless otherwise indicated in the order, each conservation order issued .by the
				commission expires two years after activities authorized in that order
				cease.
(c) Unless otherwise indicated
				in the order, each enhanced recovery, area, storage, and disposal injection order
				issued by the commission expires
(1) two years
				after the date the order was adopted, if the operator has not commenced the
				injection operations authorized in the order; or
(2) two years after injection operations
				authorized in that order conclude.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.557 - Subpoenas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission will, in its discretion,
				issue subpoenas.
(b) Upon a written
				request, the commission will, in the commission's discretion, issue a subpoena
				for the production of books, records, papers, or other documents of any sort. The
				applicant must establish a proper relation to the matter, and must show the
				relevance of the evidence sought and the facts expected to be proved by that
				evidence.
(c) Upon a written request,
				the commission will, in the commission's discretion, issue a subpoena requiring
				the attendance of a witness for the purpose of taking oral testimony before the
				commission. The applicant must establish a proper relation to the matter and give
				the name and address of the desired witness.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.040
AS
					 31.05.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.560 - Time

Current through May 31, 2024
If AS 31.05 or this chapter requires or permits a person to
				  file or submit a document with the commission, the document is considered filed
				  or submitted when it is received in the commission's office.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.035
AS
					 31.05.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.565 - Plans submitted under AS 3105030 (i)

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A written plan
				submitted under
				AS
				31.05.030(i) must include an
				original and three copies of the following material:
(1) the identification of the lessee submitting
				the plan;
(2) the identification of
				the field covered by the plan;
(3) a
				general timetable and description of planned development activities;
(4) a general timetable and description of
				expected hiring and contracting decisions in connection with the development of
				the field;
(5) a detailed description
				of the best efforts that the lessee voluntarily agrees to use to employ residents
				of the state, consistent with law, and to contract with firms in the state for
				work in connection with the development of the field, including the fabrication
				and installation of required facilities, whenever feasible;
(6) the date the plan is submitted;
				and
(7) the lessee's certification of
				its voluntary agreement to use its best efforts as set out in the plan, including
				the name, title, and signature of the individual executing the certification on
				behalf of the lessee, which person must be authorized to bind the
				lessee.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.570 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of 11/7/99, Register 152, the substance of
					 20 AAC 25.570 was moved to
					 20 AAC 25.990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.605 - Calculation of regulatory cost charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The formula for
				determining a person's regulatory cost charge under
				AS
				31.05.093 is
RCC
				  =V
OP
/V
TOT*
(A-L)
where
RCC = the regulatory cost charge;
V
op
= the total volume of oil and gas
				  produced from, and oil, gas, water, and other fluids injected into, during the
				  most recently concluded calendar year, wells for which a Permit to Drill has been
				  issued under
				  AS
				  31.05.090, of which the person is the operator
				  on the first day of the fiscal year, and that have not before that day been
				  plugged and abandoned and reported as abandoned in accordance with this
				  chapter;
V
TOT
= the total volume of oil and gas
				  produced from, and oil, gas, water, and other fluids injected into, during the
				  most recently concluded calendar year, all wells for which a Permit to Drill has
				  been issued under
				  AS
				  31.05.090 and that have not before the first
				  day of the fiscal year been plugged and abandoned and reported as abandoned in
				  accordance with this chapter;
A = the appropriation, other than from federal receipts, made
				  for the operating costs of the commission for the fiscal year;
L = the lapsed amount of a previous appropriation that is
				  appropriated for the fiscal year under
				  AS
				  31.05.093(d).
(b) For purposes of calculating
				regulatory cost charges, volumes of fluids produced from or injected into wells
				consist of the applicable volumes reported to the commission under
				20 AAC 25.230(b) and
				20 AAC 25.432, except that
(1) if an operator has failed to report a
				volume as required, if two or more reported volumes are inconsistent, or if the
				commission determines that a reported volume is otherwise unreliable, the
				commission will, in its discretion, calculate or estimate volumes as it considers
				appropriate;
(2) the commission will,
				in its discretion, add the volume of a substantial spill or other release of oil
				or gas that is not included in a report under
				20 AAC 25.230(b) or
				20 AAC 25.432.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.610 - Estimated regulatory cost charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before
				determining regulatory cost charges for a fiscal year under
				20 AAC 25.615, the commission will, in its discretion,
				establish estimated regulatory cost charges to be paid during the first quarter
				of the fiscal year. The amount of an estimated regulatory cost charge is
				one-fourth of the commission's reasonable estimate, based on information then
				available, of what the person's regulatory cost charge will be for that fiscal
				year.
(b) The commission will provide
				a person subject to an estimated regulatory cost charge with written notice of
				the amount of the charge and the payment date. The commission will set a payment
				date to be at least 20 days after the date of the notice. The person shall pay
				the estimated regulatory cost charge by the payment date.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.093
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.615 - Commission's determination of regulatory cost charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After the later
				of the beginning of a fiscal year or the date of enactment of an appropriation
				for the operating costs of the commission for that fiscal year, the commission
				will provide to persons subject to a regulatory cost charge under
				AS
				31.05.093 written notice of the proposed
				regulatory cost charges to be imposed on persons subject to regulatory cost
				charges for that fiscal year and the basis for the charges, in accordance with
				20 AAC 25.605.
(b) Within 30 days after notice is issued under
				(a) of this section, a person subject to a regulatory cost charge may submit
				comments on, or request a revision to, the regulatory cost charges proposed by
				the commission. A request for a revision must be accompanied by an explanation of
				the basis for the requested revision. Before a hearing is held under (c) of this
				section, the commission will provide all persons subject to a regulatory cost
				charge with copies of comments and requests for revision received by the
				commission or with notice of the persons' right to inspect those comments and
				requests for revision.
(c) Within 60
				days after notice is issued under (a) of this section, the commission will hold a
				public hearing in accordance with
				20 AAC 25.540 on the proposed regulatory cost
				charges.
(d) Within 90 days after
				notice is issued under (a) of this section, the commission will issue an order
				determining the regulatory cost charges to be paid and the dates by which the
				charges must be paid. The commission will provide written notice to each person
				subject to a regulatory cost charge of the person's regulatory cost charge and
				payment dates.
(e) The commission
				will not determine or adjust previously determined regulatory cost charges based
				on fluid volume reports that are filed or amended, or on other fluid volume
				corrections that are made, after the deadline under (b) of this section for
				responding to the commission's notice of proposed regulatory cost charges, except
				if the commission finds that
(1) a person has
				grossly under-reported the person's V
OP
, as defined in
				20 AAC 25.605(a);
(2) under-reporting as described in (1) of this
				subsection has caused or will cause others' regulatory cost charges to be
				materially excessive; and
(3)
				correcting the excessive regulatory cost charges is in the public
				interest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.620 - Payment dates for regulatory cost charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the commission
				orders payment of estimated regulatory cost charges under
				20 AAC 25.610, the commission will establish payment dates
				for regulatory cost charges during the second, third, and fourth quarters of the
				fiscal year. No later than each payment date, a person subject to a regulatory
				cost charge shall pay one-third of the difference between the person's regulatory
				cost charge and any estimated regulatory cost charge previously paid for the
				fiscal year, except that a regulatory cost charge may be prepaid, in part or in
				whole, at any time.
(b) If the
				commission does not order payment of estimated regulatory cost charges under
				20 AAC 25.610, the commission will establish payment dates
				for regulatory cost charges during each quarter or each third of the fiscal year.
				No later than each payment date, a person subject to a regulatory cost charge
				shall pay one-fourth, if four payment dates are established, or one-third, if
				three payment dates are established, of the person's regulatory cost charge,
				except that a regulatory cost charge may be prepaid, in part or in whole, at any
				time.
(c) The commission will set the
				first payment date in a fiscal year to be at least 20 days after the date the
				commission provides notice under
				20 AAC 25.615(d).
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS
					 31.05.093
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.625 - Supplemental appropriations

Current through May 31, 2024
In the case of regulatory cost charges based on a supplemental
				  appropriation for a fiscal year,
(1) the
				commission will determine regulatory cost charges using the commission's
				determinations of fluid volumes and well operatorship previously made in
				connection with the regular appropriation for the fiscal year;
(2) in applying the formula set out in
				20 AAC 25.605(a), the commission will set
				the variables "F" and "L" equal to zero;
(3) the commission will use the procedures set
				out in 20 AAC 25.615, except that the
				period
(A) for submitting comments or requesting
				a revision under
				20 AAC 25.615(b) is 10 days instead of 30
				days;
(B) within which a public
				hearing will be held under
				20 AAC 25.615(c) is 20 days instead of 60
				days; the commission will provide notice of that hearing at least 10 days before
				the date of that hearing; the 30-day notice requirement under
				20 AAC 25.540 does not apply to a hearing held under this
				paragraph; and
(C) within which the
				commission will issue an order determining regulatory cost charges under
				20 AAC 25.615(d) is 30 days instead of 90
				days;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 6 - General Provisions › 20 AAC 25.630 - Violations

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to any other available remedy for nonpayment, a
				  person's failure timely to pay a regulatory cost charge or estimated regulatory
				  cost charge of which the person has been provided written notice by the
				  commission subjects the person to enforcement action under
				  20 AAC 25.535.
Authority:
AS
					 31.05.030
AS 31.05.093
AS
					 31.05.150
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 7 - Geothermal Resources › 20 AAC 25.705 - Authority of commission

Current through May 31, 2024
All wells drilled in search of or in support of the recovery or
				  production of geothermal resources must comply with the regulations contained in
				  20 AAC 25.705 -
				  20 AAC 25.740.
Authority:
AS
					 41.06.005
AS 41.06.035
AS
					 41.06.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 7 - Geothermal Resources › 20 AAC 25.710 - Applicability of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in
				  20 AAC 25.705 -
				  20 AAC 25.740, the regulations in this chapter apply to
				  wells drilled in search of or in support of the recovery or production of
				  geothermal resources.
Authority:
AS
					 41.06.005
AS 41.06.035
AS
					 41.06.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 7 - Geothermal Resources › 20 AAC 25.715 - Variances

Current through May 31, 2024
Upon request of the operator for an action under
				  20 AAC 25.705 -
				  20 AAC 25.740 that has application to a single well or
				  geothermal system, the commission may approve a variance from the commission's
				  regulations, if
(1) the approval
				provides at least an equally effective means of accomplishing the requirement set
				out in the commission's regulation; or
(2) the commission determines that the request
				is more appropriate to the proposed operation than compliance with requirements
				of the regulation.
Authority:
AS
					 41.06.005
AS 41.06.035
AS
					 41.06.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 7 - Geothermal Resources › 20 AAC 25.720 - Calculation of regulatory cost charges for geothermal wells

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The formula for
				determining a person's regulatory cost charge under
				AS
				41.06.055 is
RCCg = Vgop/Vgtot *(Ag - Lg)
where
RCCg = the regulatory cost charge for geothermal wells;
Vgop = the total volume of geothermal resources produced from,
				  and all fluids and substances injected into, during the most recently concluded
				  calendar year, wells for which a Permit to Drill has been issued under
				  AS
				  41.06.050, of which the person is the operator
				  on the first day of the fiscal year, and that have not before that day been
				  plugged and abandoned and reported as abandoned in accordance with this
				  chapter;
Vgtot = the total volume of geothermal resources produced from,
				  and all fluids and substances injected into, during the most recently concluded
				  calendar year, all wells for which a Permit to Drill has been issued under
				  AS
				  41.06.050 and that have not before the first
				  day of the fiscal year been plugged and abandoned and reported as abandoned in
				  accordance with this chapter;
Ag = the appropriation, other than from federal receipts, made
				  for the operating costs related to activities under AS 41.06 of the commission
				  for the fiscal year;
Lg = the lapsed amount of a previous appropriation that is
				  appropriated for the fiscal year under
				  AS
				  41.06.055(d).
(b) For purposes of calculating
				regulatory cost charges, volumes of geothermal resources produced from or
				injected into wells consist of the applicable volumes reported to the commission
				under 20 AAC 25.230(b)
				and 20 AAC 25.432, except that
(1) if an operator has failed to report a
				volume as required, if two or more reported volumes are inconsistent, or if the
				commission determines that a reported volume is otherwise unreliable, the
				commission may calculate or estimate volumes as it considers
				appropriate;
(2) the commission may
				add the volume of a substantial spill or other release of geothermal resources
				that is not included in a report under
				20 AAC 25.230(b) or
				20 AAC 25.432.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions › Chapter 25 - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission › Article 7 - Geothermal Resources › 20 AAC 25.725 - Estimated regulatory cost charges for geothermal wells

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before
				determining regulatory cost charges for a fiscal year under
				20 AAC 25.730 the commission may establish estimated
				regulatory cost charges for geothermal wells to be paid during the first quarter
				of the fiscal year. The amount of an estimated regulatory cost charge for
				geothermal wells is one-fourth of the commission's reasonable estimate, based on
				information then available, of what the person's total regulatory cost charge for
				geothermal wells will be for that fiscal year.
(b) The commission will provide a person
				subject to an estimated regulatory cost charge for geothermal wells with written
				notice of the amount of the charge and the payment date. The commission will set
				a payment date to be at least 20 days after the date of the notice. The person
				shall pay the estimated regulatory cost charges for geothermal wells by the
				payment date.
Authority:
AS
					 41.06.005
AS 41.06.035
AS 41.06.040
AS 41.06.050
AS
					 41.06.055