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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 15 - Statewide Order No. 45-I-A › Chapter 35 - Gas/Oil Ratios, Allowables, Venting and Flaring of Natural Gas › Section XIX-3509 - Exceptions and Hearings

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A. These
				  rules and regulations shall govern the production of oil and gas or both in the
				  state of Louisiana, except:
1. where the
				  production of oil and gas or both is regulated by special field orders;
				  or
2. in the recognized stripper
				  areas; or
3. venting or flaring
				  during drilling, completion, hydraulic fracturing operations, workover,
				  intervention, and maintenance operations.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 15 - Statewide Order No. 45-I-A › Chapter 35 - Gas/Oil Ratios, Allowables, Venting and Flaring of Natural Gas › Section XIX-3511 - Violations

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A. Any venting or
				  flaring which contradicts this Statewide Order shall be a violation hereof, and
				  subject the operator to appropriate regulatory sanctions.
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 16 - Statewide Order No. 151-A-2 › Chapter 37 - Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule › Section XIX-3701 - Scope

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A. Order
				  establishing a Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule for Oil
				  Wells in addition to providing additional allowable incentive to horizontal oil
				  wells.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 16 - Statewide Order No. 151-A-2 › Chapter 37 - Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule › Section XIX-3703 - Definitions

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A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meanings when found in this order.
Horizontal Oil Well
- a well with the
					 wellbore drilled laterally at an angle of at least 80 degrees to the vertical
					 and with a horizontal displacement of at least 50 feet in the pool in which the
					 well is completed for production, measured from the initial point of
					 penetration into such pool.
Maximum Efficient Rate (MER)
- the maximum
					 sustainable daily oil withdrawal rate from a reservoir which will permit
					 economic development and depletion without causing waste.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 16 - Statewide Order No. 151-A-2 › Chapter 37 - Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule › Section XIX-3705 - Allowable Schedule for Oil Wells Other than Horizontal Wells

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A. The Statewide
				  Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule for oil wells other than horizontal
				  wells is listed below.
Measured Depths
Statewide Allowable (BPD)
0 - 2000
200
2 - 3000
300
3 - 4000
400
4 - 5000
500
5 - 6000
600
6 - 7000
700
7 - 8000
800
8 - 9000
900
9 - 10000
1000
10 - 11000
1100
11 - 12000
1200
12 - 13000
1300
13 - 14000
1400
14 - 15000
1500
15 - 16000
1600
16 - 17000
1700
17 - 18000
1800
18 - 19000
1900
19 - 20000
2000
20 - 21000
2100
21 - 22000
2200
etc.
etc.
B.
				  The measured depth of the deepest perforation in the pool shall be used in
				  determining the applicable depth bracket allowable for all wells in the
				  pool.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 16 - Statewide Order No. 151-A-2 › Chapter 37 - Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule › Section XIX-3707 - Horizontal Oil Well Allowables

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A.
				  Subject to §3707. B and C, the allowable for each horizontal oil well
				  shall be its maximum efficient rate.
B. Allowables assigned to units in
				  competitive reservoirs shall be subject to adjustment if needed to prevent
				  adverse drainage or to protect correlative rights after public hearing based on
				  10 days legal notice.
C. A unit in
				  a competitive reservoir containing multiple unit wells, at least one of which
				  is a horizontal well, shall be assigned an allowable equal to the greater of
				  the maximum efficient rate for the horizontal well or the applicable depth
				  bracket.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 16 - Statewide Order No. 151-A-2 › Chapter 37 - Statewide Crude Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule › Section XIX-3709 - Effective Date

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A. This order
				  supersedes Statewide Order Number 151-A-1 and shall be effective upon
				  publication in the
Louisiana Register
.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3901 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  provides rules of procedure for conducting hearings before the Commissioner of
				  Conservation.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3903 - Definitions

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A. The words
				  defined herein shall have the following meanings when used in these rules. All
				  other words so used and not herein defined shall have their usual meanings
				  unless specially defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Date
- the postmarked date of a letter or
					 the transmittal date of a telegraphic or wireless communication.
District Manager
- the manager of any one
					 of the districts of the state of Louisiana under the Office of Conservation,
					 and, as used, refers specifically to the manager within whose district the
					 field or fields affected by the subject matter of the proposed hearing are
					 located.
Interest
- shall not mean the rights of a
					 top lessee or any other reversionary right.
Interested Owner
- any owner as owner is
					 defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, who is known to the
					 applicant after reasonable search to presently own an interest within the area
					 of, or proximate to, the tracts directly affected by the application.
Interested Party
- any person as person is
					 defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, other than an
					 interested owner or a represented party as defined herein, who presently owns
					 an interest within the area of, or proximate to, the tracts directly affected
					 by the application.
Pertinent Data
- with respect to any unit
					 proceedings, all basic factual information available from wells drilled or
					 drilling which can reasonably be utilized in determining the unit
					 configuration, including but not limited to:
a. electric logs, porosity logs and dipmeter logs;
b. tests, completion and production data; and
c. core data. All data that will be employed at a hearing
					 shall be considered pertinent data.
Represented Party
- any person as person is
					 defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, who is known to the
					 applicant after reasonable search to presently own an interest within the area
					 of, or proximate to, the tracts directly affected by the application and who is
					 also known to the applicant to have either a consultant or attorney
					 representing him in conservation matters.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3905 - Applicability

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A. These rules of
				  procedure shall be applicable to all hearing applications which require 30 days
				  notice as set forth in Section 6B of Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the Louisiana
				  Revised Statutes of 1950, including applications relating to revisions of
				  poolwide units created under Section 5C (Act 441 of 1960), provided that,
				  except for the notice provisions contained in §3915. A.1 herein,
				  and except to the extent provided in
				  §3921 herein,
				  these rules of procedure shall not apply to applications relating to the
				  initial creation of poolwide units under Section 5C (Act 441 of 1960) of
				  Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
B. If the application relates to the initial
				  creation of poolwide units under Section 5C (Act 441 of 1960), a copy of same
				  shall be furnished each interested owner and represented party. If the required
				  75 percent in interest of owners and royalty owners in the reservoir shall have
				  failed to join in the agreement covering the plan and terms of unit operation
				  by the fifteenth day prior to the date of hearing, the applicant shall secure
				  cancellation of the hearing and shall notify all interested owners, represented
				  parties, and interested parties of the cancellation.
C. To the extent practicable, these rules of
				  procedure also shall apply to hearing applications which require 10 days
				  notice. The provisions in
				  §3907 and
				  3933, concerning pre-application notice, notice of opposition, pre-application
				  conferences, other conferences, proposed units, unit revisions, counterplans
				  and matters which are not deemed practicable for hearing applications which
				  require 10 days notice shall not apply. The posting and publication of a copy
				  of the notice of hearing shall be accomplished as soon as practicable after
				  such notice has been issued by the commissioner. Any interested owner or
				  represented party who has opposition to the application shall give immediate
				  notice thereof to the commissioner, district manager and the
				  applicant.
D. These rules of
				  procedure shall in no way alter or change the right of any interested person,
				  as provided in Paragraph F, Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the La. R.S.
				  of 1950, to have the Commissioner of Conservation call a hearing for the
				  purpose of taking action in respect to a matter within the jurisdiction of the
				  commissioner, nor the requirement that the commissioner, upon receiving the
				  request, promptly call a hearing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3907 - Pre-Application Notice

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A. Except as
				  provided by §3917, any person intending to apply for a hearing, prior to
				  filing application, shall send a notice outlining the proposal to the
				  commissioner (in duplicate) with a copy to the district manager and to each
				  interested owner and represented party. Interested owners and represented
				  parties need not be furnished the list described in §3907. B 1, but the
				  applicant upon request shall furnish a copy of said list to the requesting
				  party.
B. Each pre-application
				  notice shall include or be accompanied by the following:
1. a list of the names and addresses of all
				  interested owners and represented parties to whom it is being sent;
2. a statement that a reasonable effort has
				  been made to determine to whom the notices as required by this rule must be
				  sent;
3. an explanation of the
				  nature of the proposal and a copy of a unit plat for each sand, if units are
				  involved, prepared in accordance with all applicable memoranda and the
				  procedure for assigning nomenclature of LAC 43:XIX.103, with any geological
				  bases for any unit boundary labeled thereon. A reasonable effort shall be made
				  to prepare the plat in sufficient detail to enable affected parties to
				  determine the location of their lands;
4. a day, time and place for a conference
				  which need be held only if notice of a desire to confer with respect to the
				  application is given as herein after provided. Any such conference shall be
				  held within the state of Louisiana (unless mutually agreed otherwise among all
				  interested owners and represented parties) in a city reasonably convenient to
				  the persons involved and shall be scheduled for not less than 20 calendar days
				  following the date of the pre-application notice;
5. a definition of the sand proposed for
				  unitization with such sand defined in each reservoir thereof by reference to
				  well log measurements.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3909 - Release of Pertinent Data

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A.
				  Pertinent data shall be made available to interested owners and represented
				  parties sufficiently in advance of any conference to allow a reasonable time
				  for review and interpretation thereof prior to such conference.
B. Reference to source, including commercial
				  outlets, from which or whom such data can be obtained, at the cost of the
				  requesting party, shall be included in notices and applications required by
				  these rules.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3911 - Opposition-Pre-Application Notice

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A. If any
				  interested owner or represented party desires to confer about the applicant's
				  proposal as set forth in the pre-application notice, he shall, within 10
				  calendar days after the date of said notice, advise the applicant of his desire
				  to confer, and the applicant shall, within 15 calendar days after the date of
				  the pre-application notice, advise in writing the commissioner, the district
				  manager and all other persons to whom the pre-application notice was sent that
				  the conference will be held. Any interested owner and represented party may
				  attend and participate in the conference even though not requesting it. If the
				  applicant does not timely receive notice of a desire to confer from any party
				  receiving the pre-application notice, he may immediately proceed to file his
				  application.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3913 - Procedure for Conferences

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A. At any
				  conference held pursuant to these rules, the applicant shall present the
				  available and appropriate geological, engineering or other bases for his
				  position supported by sufficient data and detail for the conferees to have
				  reasonable opportunity to discuss and attempt to resolve their differences in
				  good faith.
B. Any opponent or
				  party supporting the applicant, who has had an opportunity to study the matter
				  and who has developed the geological, engineering or other bases for his
				  opposition or support, shall present his position in sufficient detail to
				  permit the parties to attempt to resolve the differences in good
				  faith.
C. If, however, any opponent
				  or party supporting the applicant is not prepared to discuss the geological,
				  engineering or other bases for his opposition or support at the conference, he
				  shall later comply with the provisions of
				  §3915 or
				  §3917 and
				  §3921 hereof.
D. At any conference held pursuant to these
				  rules, any participant proposing to create or revise a unit or units shall
				  exhibit a map or plat, reasonably prepared in sufficient size and detail to
				  enable affected parties to determine the location of their lands.
E. Conferences held pursuant to these rules
				  are designed to promote an open exchange of views among the parties; therefore,
				  any reference to discussions among the parties as to geological, engineering,
				  or other bases for a party's position at said conferences shall not be
				  admissible in evidence at any hearing. Tape recordings and transcriptions made
				  at any such conference also shall not be admissible in evidence.
F. Conference reports prepared pursuant to
				  §3915 shall be
				  limited to a statement of whether or not there is disagreement among the
				  parties and shall contain no reference to individual geological, engineering or
				  other opinions expressed at said conferences, but they shall indicate the
				  issues that are likely to be controverted and the number of parties likely to
				  present opposing plans.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3915 - Hearing Application

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A. The
				  hearing application may be filed immediately after the pre-application
				  conference or as otherwise provided in
				  §3907 and
				  shall be filed with the commissioner (in duplicate) with a copy to the district
				  manager and to each interested owner and represented party. Interested owners
				  and represented parties need not be furnished the lists described in
				  §3915. A.1 and 2, but the applicant upon request shall furnish copies of
				  said lists to the requesting party. In addition to outlining the purpose
				  thereof, the application shall include or be accompanied by the following:
1. a list of the names and addresses of
				  interested owners and represented parties notified, as required by §3907.
				  B 1;
2. a list of the names and
				  addresses of all interested parties who are known to the applicant after
				  reasonable search. In addition to the publication of the legal notice by the
				  commissioner in the official state journal, the applicant shall provide for
				  posting of a copy of the legal notice of the hearing and unit plat or plats in
				  a prominent place in the area affected and publication of a copy of the legal
				  notice in a newspaper published in the vicinity or general area of the affected
				  field at least 15 days before the hearing. The applicant shall mail copies of
				  the legal notice to all interested owners, represented parties and interested
				  parties and a copy of the unit plat or plats shall be included with the legal
				  notice, if said parties have not already been furnished same. Evidence to
				  establish posting, publishing and mailing shall be submitted at the
				  hearing;
3. a statement that a
				  reasonable effort has been made to obtain a complete list of interested
				  parties, interested owners and represented parties;
4. a statement that a conference has or has
				  not been held, including a brief report on the conference, if held, and a list
				  of the parties in attendance;
5. a
				  unit plat, if units are involved, prepared in accordance with all applicable
				  memoranda and the procedure for assigning nomenclature of LAC 43:XIX.103, with
				  any geological bases for any unit boundary labeled thereon and the other items
				  required by statute or by the commissioner;
6. a definition of the sand proposed for
				  unitization with such sand defined in each reservoir thereof by reference to
				  well log measurements.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3919 - Revisions after Application

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A.
				  If, after the application is filed, the applicant's proposal is revised, the
				  applicant shall promptly notify the commissioner, the district manager and all
				  parties to whom the application was sent, of the revision and furnish to them a
				  copy of any revised plan and unit plat, if units are involved, and shall, if
				  requested, hold a conference to discuss the revised proposal prior to the
				  hearing. If there are differences among the applicant, interested owners and
				  represented parties as to the applicant's revised proposal, and the differences
				  are resolved as a result of any conference, the applicant shall file the
				  revised plan and plat promptly with the commissioner and furnish a copy to the
				  district manager and to all parties to whom the application was sent. No
				  revised proposal may be considered at the hearing unless notice of the revision
				  has been sent to the commissioner, the district manager and to all parties to
				  whom the legal notice was sent, at least five days prior to the hearing. The
				  applicant shall present both the original application proposal and the revised
				  proposal at the hearing, with evidence to support the revision. The time
				  provisions of
				  §3915 shall
				  not apply to revised proposals filed less than 20 days prior to the day of the
				  hearing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3921 - Additional Requirements for Opposition to or Support of Application

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A. If any opponent
				  or party supporting the applicant did not present the geological, engineering
				  or other bases for his opposition or support at the preapplication conference,
				  pre-hearing conference, or such other conferences provided by these rules, or
				  if there has been a change in the bases for his opposition or support, such
				  opponent or supporting party shall disclose to the parties in attendance at
				  such conference the geological, engineering or other bases for his opposition
				  or support by mailing to them on or before the date set for filing a
				  counterplan copies of his structure map and such other geological and
				  engineering interpretations of the data as were disclosed by the applicant
				  pursuant to §3913
B. If any
				  interested owner or represented party desires to add one or more units to an
				  applicant's plan, such interested owner or represented party shall, within five
				  days after receiving the applicant's pre-application notice, secure waiver of
				  pre-application notice and file his application under
				  §3917 for the
				  additional units so proposed, scheduling the required conference at the same
				  time, date and place as the pre-application conference scheduled by the initial
				  applicant.
C. With respect to any
				  hearing application relating to the initial creation of poolwide units under
				  Section 5C (Act 441 of 1960) of Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised
				  Statutes of 1950 any party who has received notice of the hearing and who
				  wishes to introduce evidence in opposition to such application shall file with
				  the commissioner and furnish to the district manager and interested owners and
				  represented parties, at least 10 calendar days prior to the date of the
				  hearing, a letter explaining the opposition to the applicant's plan, including
				  a plat, if appropriate, and at the request of any party, shall immediately
				  disclose to the requesting party the geological, engineering or other bases for
				  his opposition in a manner convenient to the parties.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3923 - Commissioner's Conference

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A. The
				  commissioner shall have the right to call a pre-hearing conference at any time
				  prior to the hearing, if in his opinion such a conference would resolve or
				  narrow the issues in controversy or would assist in the conduct of the
				  hearing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3925 - Timeliness of Filings

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A. All notices
				  and filings provided for herein shall be presumed as given timely when the date
				  or actual date of receipt, if hand delivered, of the copy received by the
				  commissioner complies with appropriate delays herein provided. Copies to
				  interested owners and represented parties shall be deposited on the same day in
				  the United States mail, properly stamped and addressed, or, if telegraphic or
				  wireless communication is used, dispatched on that day by the transmitting
				  party.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3927 - Notice of Continued Hearing

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A.
				  When a hearing is opened and continued, the notice given for the original
				  hearing shall be applicable to the continued hearing, if the hearing officer at
				  the time of granting the continuance designates the new time, date and place of
				  the continued hearing. In all other instances of a continued hearing, the
				  applicant shall at least 15 days before the hearing provide notice of the
				  continued hearing by posting such notice in a prominent place in the area
				  affected, by publishing such notice in a newspaper published in the vicinity or
				  general area of the affected field and by mailing such notice to all interested
				  owners, represented parties and interested parties.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3929 - Rules of Hearing Conduct and Procedure

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A. The applicant shall first present the
				  entire geological, engineering or other bases in support of his proposal. Any
				  interested owner or represented party who supports the applicant and complied
				  with §3915 shall
				  next present the entire geological, engineering or other bases in support of
				  the applicant's proposal.
B. Any
				  interested party wishing to present evidence supporting the applicant's
				  proposal shall do so immediately after the applicant and supporting parties
				  have completed their presentations.
C. Opponents who have complied with
				  §3915,
				  §3917 or
				  §3921, in the order determined by the commissioner, shall then present the
				  entire geological, engineering or other bases for their opposition. After all
				  opponents have made their presentations, the applicant may present rebuttal
				  geological, engineering or other testimony, but strictly limited to a
				  refutation of the matters covered by the opponents. Rebuttal testimony should
				  not be used to prove matters that should have been proven on direct
				  examination.
D. Any witness shall
				  be subject to cross-examination by the commissioner or any member of his staff
				  and by no more than two representatives of a party. Cross-examination shall be
				  conducted in accordance with the following guidelines.
1. Cross-examination should be limited to
				  questions concerning the testimony and exhibits presented by the witness, and
				  the witness should not be required to make measurements or calculations or
				  comparisons between his exhibits and those presented by any other
				  witness.
2. Matters peculiarly
				  within the knowledge of the cross-examiner or his witnesses should be presented
				  by them on direct examination, and there should be no attempt to establish such
				  matters by cross-examination.
3.
				  Cross-examination shall be conducted in a polite and courteous manner without
				  reference to personalities of the witness or the party represented by the
				  witness.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3931 - New Evidence

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A. If new
				  pertinent data becomes available to any person after proceedings have been
				  initiated hereunder, such evidence shall be made available immediately to all
				  interested owners and represented parties by notice of its availability and by
				  release in accordance with §3909 Such evidence may be used by any person
				  at the hearing and may be the basis for revision of units or other proposals
				  previously made by the applicant or any opponent, but the commissioner in his
				  discretion may determine that additional time should be afforded for
				  consideration thereof. The commissioner in his discretion may also establish a
				  time limit beyond which new evidence may not be employed in the present
				  proceedings. In this event application for a new hearing to consider the new
				  evidence shall be made as soon as possible.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3933 - Coverage of Rules

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A. Any interested
				  owner or represented party who is not notified by an applicant, as set forth in
				  §3907 or
				  §3917, as appropriate, and who does not attend the conference requested
				  pursuant to
				  §3911 or the
				  conference scheduled pursuant to §3917, whichever is applicable, shall not
				  be bound by the time periods set forth in
				  §3915 The time
				  periods set forth in
				  §3915 shall be
				  modified in the discretion of the commissioner as the circumstances
				  justify.
B. Any attorney or
				  consultant engaged at any time by an interested party shall immediately notify
				  the applicant, interested owners and represented parties of his representation
				  and thereafter said interested party shall be considered a represented party
				  and shall comply with these rules of procedure. In this circumstance,
				  §3921 shall be
				  applicable if a conference were held, and the time periods set forth in
				  §3915 may be
				  modified in the discretion of the commissioner as the circumstances
				  justify.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3935 - Penalty for Non-Compliance

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A.
				  Failure to comply with the provisions of or the spirit of these rules of
				  procedure shall prevent an application from being advertised or heard, or shall
				  prevent an opponent or supporting party from presenting evidence at the
				  hearing, but an order issued by the commissioner shall not be invalid by
				  operation of this rule.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 39 - Hearings › Section XIX-3937 - Time of Commencement

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A. Unless
				  circumstances indicate that undue hardship would otherwise result, every
				  applicant shall commence proceedings under these rules of procedure so as to
				  permit the application to be docketed, advertised, heard and properly
				  considered for at least 15 days before the order is issued.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						30:4 et seq.
NOTE: If at all possible, any application hereunder
						should be received in the Baton Rouge office of the Office of Conservation at
						least 45 days before the application is to be fixed for
						hearing.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 41 - Unit and Survey Plats › Section XIX-4101 - Unit Plats

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A. The unit plat
				  attached to any pre-application notice and/or any application and/or any unit
				  plat presented at a public hearing shall properly identify the geologically
				  significant wells which control the unit boundaries and shall show the distance
				  of each such well from the unit boundary which it controls, and shall also show
				  the property, lease or governmental subdivision lines which serve as unit
				  boundaries and the section, township and range in which the unit or units are
				  situated. The affected tracts shall be identified on the plat by the names of
				  the fee and lease owners, based on the best available information.
B. If a geographical unit is proposed, the
				  unit plat attached to any pre-application notice and/or any application and/or
				  any unit plat presented at a public hearing, shall show the property, lease or
				  governmental subdivision lines which are used as unit boundaries and they shall
				  be identified as such, based on the best available information.
C. Each unit plat shall have a graphic scale
				  shown thereon and copies of the base map upon which the unit is shown shall be
				  made available to any interested party who requests it.
D. All participants at any pre-application
				  conference shall make every effort to agree as to the best available base map
				  and, if there is agreement, all parties shall thereafter use said
				  map.
E. Any unit plat attached to a
				  counter-plan shall follow all of the requirements set forth above and shall be
				  on the same scale as that of the unit plat attached to the
				  application.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 17 - Procedures for Hearings and Unit and Survey Plat Requirements › Chapter 41 - Unit and Survey Plats › Section XIX-4103 - Survey Plats

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A. Survey plats
				  presented to the Office of Conservation for approval after the issuance of an
				  order shall properly identify all of the geologically significant wells and
				  these wells shall be located on the ground based on the Lambert Plane
				  Coordinate System or other recognized control, such as section corners, USC
				  & GS monuments, etc. The survey plat shall show the distance of each
				  geologically significant well from the unit boundary line which it controls and
				  all geologically significant wells shall be located on the plat in correct
				  relation to each other.
1. If a geologically
				  significant well has been abandoned and cannot be found on the ground, the
				  location as shown on the permit plat shall be used.
2. The affected tracts shall be identified on
				  the survey plat by the names of the fee and lease owners, based on the best
				  available information. Further, each unit plat shall have an inset or
				  attachment showing the number, name, acreage (or other basis of participation)
				  and the unit percentage participation of each tract.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 18 - Statewide Order No. 29-S › Chapter 43 - Austin Chalk Formation › Section XIX-4301 - Scope

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A. This Statewide
				  Order provides rules and regulations governing the drilling of horizontal wells
				  in the Austin Chalk Formation in the state of Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:1 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 18 - Statewide Order No. 29-S › Chapter 43 - Austin Chalk Formation › Section XIX-4303 - Definitions

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A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in
				  §4303 shall
				  have the following meaning when found in this Statewide Order.
Austin Chalk Formation Horizontal Well
-
					 well with the wellbore drilled laterally at an angle of at least 80 degrees to
					 the vertical and with a horizontal displacement of at least 50 feet in the
					 Austin Chalk Formation measured from the initial point of penetration into the
					 Austin Chalk.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:1 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 19 - Enhanced Recovery › Chapter 45 - Produced Water Injection Incentive › Section XIX-4501 - Definitions

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Produced Water
- water that is obtained by
					 processing fluids brought to the surface in conjunction with the recovery of
					 oil and gas from underground geologic formations.
Produced Water Injection Project
- project
					 approved in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:633.5 and the rules adopted herein for the
					 purpose of increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons therefrom.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:633.5 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 19 - Enhanced Recovery › Chapter 45 - Produced Water Injection Incentive › Section XIX-4503 - Application and Hearing to Qualify a Produced Water Injection Project

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A. A 30-day notice
				  and a public hearing shall be required as per rules of procedure for conducting
				  hearings before the Commissioner of Conservation, LAC 43:XIX.3901,
				  R.S.
				  30:5(C) and
				  R.S.
				  30:6. In addition to any exhibits and
				  testimony that may be necessary supporting compliance with LAC 43:XIX.3901,
				  R.S.
				  30:5(C) and
				  R.S.
				  30:6, the hearing testimony is to include
				  discussions and exhibits of the following:
1.
				  geological and engineering data to support
Produced Water Injection
				  Project
classification as per
				  R.S.
				  47:633.5;
2. geological and engineering data necessary
				  to establish the estimated remaining primary and incremental oil and gas
				  reserves expected from the proposed produced water injection project along with
				  the estimated amount of severance tax to be forgiven;
3. estimated date of initiation of water
				  injection which must begin on or after July 1, 1998;
4. proposed sources of produced water to be
				  utilized for injection;
5.
				  estimated date of commencement of incremental production;
6. any other pertinent information the
				  application deems necessary.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 19 - Enhanced Recovery › Chapter 45 - Produced Water Injection Incentive › Section XIX-4505 - Commencement of Incremental Production

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A. Immediately after the commencement of
				  incremental production and before any such incremental production shall be
				  eligible for the reduction of severance tax, the unit operator shall petition
				  the Commissioner of Conservation to issue a Supplemental Order establishing the
				  beginning of the incremental production contemplated by Subsection C of
				  R.S.
				  47:633.5. Engineering and geological data
				  shall be submitted showing that the primary reserves have been depleted and the
				  incremental production has commenced. The specific date upon which incremental
				  production began shall also be submitted. Once the date of commencement of
				  incremental production has been established by Supplemental Order, all
				  production thereafter from the project will be subject to a 20 percent
				  reduction in severance tax otherwise due on each barrel of oil produced and
				  each 1,000 cubic feet of gas produced.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 47:633.5 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 20 - Expedited Permit Processing Program › Chapter 47 - Expedited Permit Processing Program › Section XIX-4701 - Scope

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A. This Chapter
				  establishes a program to expedite the processing of permits, modifications,
				  orders, licenses, registrations, or variances for Office of Conservation
				  applicants who request such services. Expedited processing of an application
				  for a permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance is an
				  exercise of the discretion of the commissioner and is subject to the
				  availability of resources needed in order to process the permit, modification,
				  order, license, registration, or variance. Applications approved for expedited
				  processing must meet all regulatory requirements, including required public
				  comment periods and any required review by other agencies.
B. Eligibility
1. An application for a permit, modification,
				  order, license, registration, or variance necessary for new construction or
				  continued operations as required by
				  R.S.
				  30:4 et seq., or regulation for any matter
				  under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of conservation is eligible for
				  expedited processing.
2.
				  Applications for permits, modifications, orders, licenses, registrations, or
				  variances will be considered for expedited processing pursuant to the
				  provisions of this Chapter on a case-by-case basis.
3. A request for expedited processing
				  submitted prior to submittal of the associated application for a permit,
				  modification, order, license, registration, or variance will not be
				  considered.
4. Expedited processing
				  will not be considered for partial review of an application for a permit,
				  modification, order, license, registration, or variance except in accordance
				  with LAC 43:XIX.4703.D.
5. Requests
				  for waivers, exceptions, regulatory interpretations, letters of no further
				  action, review of data and/or work plans, and other miscellaneous letters of
				  response are not eligible for expedited processing.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 20 - Expedited Permit Processing Program › Chapter 47 - Expedited Permit Processing Program › Section XIX-4703 - Procedures

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A. Requests for
				  expedited processing shall be submitted using the approved form. The approved
				  form is available on the official website of the Office of
				  Conservation.
B. As soon as
				  practicable after receipt of a request for expedited processing of any permit,
				  modification, order, license, registration, or variance, the commissioner shall
				  issue a decision to grant or deny the expedited processing request.
C. For applications reviewed under expedited
				  processing prior to commencement of the standard review process, the expedited
				  review by Office of Conservation employees will be performed outside of the
				  normal business hours of the applicable Office of Conservation employee(s)
				  performing the expedited review.
D.
				  An applicant may request expedited processing of an application for a permit,
				  modification, order, license, registration, or variance at any time in the
				  application process.
1. For applications for
				  which the expedited process has been requested after the standard review has
				  commenced, the commissioner will make a decision whether to grant the request
				  in accordance with §4701
2.
				  If the applicant is granted expedited processing for a permit, modification,
				  order, license, registration, or variance after the standard review has
				  commenced, the standard review will continue and expedited processing will
				  proceed in accordance with §4705 and all other requirements of this
				  Chapter for any work performed outside of normal business hours of the
				  applicable Office of Conservation employee performing the expedited
				  review.