Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 240 - THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT › Subpart D - SPACING OF WELLS › Section 240.470 - Establishment of Pool-Wide Drilling Units Based Upon Reservoir Characteristics

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Upon application of any person having an interest in oil or gas in all or a
				portion of a reservoir, the Department shall consider the establishment of
				pool-wide drilling units other than specified in Section
				240.410 of this Part for
				all or a portion of a reservoir for the production of oil or gas.
b) Applications to establish pool-wide
				drilling units based upon reservoir characteristics shall be processed in
				accordance with Section
				240.133
				of this Part.
c) The following
				pool-wide oil well spacing is established by the Department.
1) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 16, 17, 20, 21 and 29 of Township 3
				North, Range 3 West, Schuyler County, Illinois, known as the Brooklyn
				Pool.
2) Ten acre spacing is
				established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 29, 30, 31 and
				32 of Township 1 South, Range 3 West, Sections 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35 and 36 of
				Township 1 South, Range 4 West, Sections 5, 6 and 8 of Township 2 South, Range
				3 West and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Township 2 South, Range 4 West, Brown
				County, Illinois, known as the Buckhorn Consolidated Pool.
3) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 8, 9, 15, 16 and 17 of Township 2
				South, Range 4 West, Brown County, Illinois, known as the Siloam
				Pool.
4) Ten acre spacing is
				established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 6 and 7 of
				Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Sections 1, 2 and 12 of Township 1 North, Range
				2 West and Sections 35 and 36 of Township 2 North, Range 2 West, Schuyler
				County, Illinois, known as the Rushville Central Pool.
5) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 25 and 36 of Township 1 South,
				Range 5 West, Sections 1, 2, 10, 11 and 12 of Township 2 South, Range 5 West,
				Adams County, Illinois and in Section 7 of Township 2 South, Range 4 West,
				Brown County, Illinois, known as the Kellerville Pool.
6) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian) in Sections 6, 7, 18 and 19 of Township 11
				North, Range 11 East and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
				21, 28, 29 and 30 of Township 11 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois,
				known as the Westfield Pool.
7) Ten
				acre spacing is established for the St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone
				in Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Township 12 North, Range 14 West, Clark
				County, Illinois, known as the Westfield Pool.
8) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone in Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 and 13
				of Township 9 North, Range 14 West and in Sections 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
				35 and 36 of Township 10 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois, known as
				the Martinsville Pool.
9) Ten acre
				spacing is established for the St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone in
				Sections 22, 23, 26, 27, 34 and 35 of Township 9 North, Range 14 West, Clark
				County, Illinois, known as the Johnson South Pool.
10) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Trenton Limestone in Sections 34 and 35 of Township 1 South, Range 10 West and
				in Sections 2, 3, 11 and 24 of Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Monroe County,
				Illinois, known as the Waterloo Pool.
11) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Trenton Limestone in Sections 27, 33 and 34 of Township 1 North, Range 10 West,
				St. Clair County, Illinois, known as the Dupo Pool.
12) Ten acre spacing is established for the
				Silurian (reef section) in the S1/2 SE1/4 and south 12 acres of fractional
				SW1/4 of Section 18; S1/2 SW1/4 of Section 17; NW1/4 and N1/2 SW1/4 and SW1/4
				SW1/4 of Section 20; all of Section 19 except the W1/2 S1/2 of fractional
				SW1/4, all located in Township 2 South, Range 3 West, Washington County, known
				as the Nashville Pool.