Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 2 - Statewide Order No. 29-R › Chapter 7 - Fees › Section XIX-701 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Application Fee
- an amount payable to the
					 Office of Conservation, in a form and schedule prescribed by the Office of
					 Conservation, by industries under the jurisdiction of the Office of
					 Conservation.
Application for Alternate Unit Well
-an
					 administrative application for authority to drill one or more wells within a
					 commissioners unit to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the oil
					 and gas within the pool underlying the unit which cannot be efficiently and
					 economically drained by any existing well as authorized by the commissioner,
					 R.S.
					 30:9 and 10 and LAC 43:XIX.103.
Application for Automatic Custody Transfer
- an application for authority to measure and transfer custody of liquid
					 hydrocarbons by the use of methods other than customary gauge tanks, as
					 authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-G-1 (LAC 43:XVII.2301 et seq.), or
					 successor regulations.
Application for Commercial Class I Injection
					 Well
- an application to construct and/or operate a commercial Class I
					 injection well, as authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.101 et
					 seq.), Statewide Order No. 29-N-2 (LAC 43:XVII.201 et seq.), or successor
					 regulations.
Application for Commercial Class I Injection Well
					 (Additional Wells)
- an application to construct and/or operate
					 additional Class I injection wells within the same filing, as authorized by
					 Statewide Order No. 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.101 et seq.), Statewide Order No.
					 29-N-2 (LAC 43:XVII.201 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Commercial Class I1 Injection
					 Well
- an application to construct and/or operate a commercial Class
					 II injection well, as authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.401 et
					 seq.), Statewide Order No. 29-M-2 (LAC 43:XVII.3101 et seq.), or successor
					 regulations.
Application for Commercial Class II Injection Well
					 (Additional Wells)
- an application to construct and/or operate
					 additional Class II injection wells within the same filing, as authorized by
					 Statewide Order No. 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.401 et seq.), Statewide Order No. 29-M-2
					 (LAC 43:XVII.3101 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Commercial Facility Exclusive of an
					 Associated Well
-a permit application to construct and operate a
					 commercial treatment or disposal facility exclusive of utilizing a UIC
					 permitted well as defined by LAC 43:XIX.523 and 525.
Application for Critical Date Order
-an
					 application to request an expedited commissioners order due to specific
					 circumstances, such as lease expirations or rig standby rates that present a
					 significant financial burden on the operator or other interested parties, if a
					 commissioners order is not issued by the requested date.
Application for Downhole Combinations
-an
					 application for authority to complete a well so as to permit simultaneous
					 production from two or more pools through a single wellbore or tubing string
					 R.S.
					 30:4, LAC 43:XIX.1301 et seq.
Application for Exception to 29-B (Engineering
					 Divisions)
-any application or request to waive or suspend the
					 provisions of Statewide Order 29-B.
Application for Exception to 29-B (Injection and
					 Mining Division)
-any application or request for an exception to the
					 rules and regulations for disposal of E and P waste or enhanced oil recovery by
					 class II injection as authorized by Statewide Order 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.319.A et
					 seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Exception to 29-E
-any
					 application or request to waive or suspend the provisions of Statewide Order
					 29-E.
Application for Multiple Completion
- an
					 application to multiple complete a new or existing well in separate common
					 sources of supply, as authorized by Statewide Order N. 29-C-4 (LAC 43:XIX.1301
					 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Commercial Facility Exclusive of an
					 Associated Well
-a permit application to construct and operate a
					 commercial treatment or disposal facility exclusive of utilizing a UIC
					 permitted well as defined by LAC 43:XIX.523 and 525.
Application for Critical Date Order
-an
					 application to request an expedited commissioners order due to specific
					 circumstances, such as lease expirations or rig standby rates that present a
					 significant financial burden on the operator or other interested parties, if a
					 commissioners order is not issued by the requested date.
Application for Downhole Combinations
-an
					 application for authority to complete a well so as to permit simultaneous
					 production from two or more pools through a single wellbore or tubing string
					 R.S.
					 30:4, LAC 43:XIX.1301 et seq.
Application for Exception to 29-B (Engineering
					 Divisions)
-any application or request to waive or suspend the
					 provisions of Statewide Order 29-B.
Application for Exception to 29-B (Injection and
					 Mining Division)
-any application or request for an exception to the
					 rules and regulations for disposal of E and P waste or enhanced oil recovery by
					 class II injection as authorized by Statewide Order 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.319.A et
					 seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Exception to 29-E
-any
					 application or request to waive or suspend the provisions of Statewide Order
					 29-E.
Application for Noncommercial Injection
					 Well
- an application to construct and/or operate a class I, II, III,
					 or V noncommercial injection well, as authorized by Statewide Order Nos. 29-B
					 (LAC 43:XIX.401 et seq.), 29-M (LAC 43:XVII.301 et seq.), 29-N-1 (LAC
					 43:XVII.101 et seq.), 29-N-2 (LAC 43:XVII.201 et seq.), 29-M-2 (LAC
					 43:XVII.3101 et seq.), successor regulations.
Application for Permit to Drill (Minerals)
- an application to drill in search of minerals (six months or one year), as
					 authorized by
					 R.S.
					 30:28.
Application for Pilot Projects
-an
					 application for authority to conduct a six month enhanced recovery project for
					 the purpose of testing the method.
					 R.S.
					 30:4, 5, and 6 and LAC 43:XIX.407
Application for Public Hearing
- an
					 application for a public hearing as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 30:1 et seq.
Application for Selective Completion
-an
					 application for authority to allow the completion of any well utilizing
					 downhole equipment so as to permit production to be changed from one separate
					 pool to another without the necessity of a workover or additional perforating
					 as authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-C-4 (LAC 43:XIX.1301)
Application for Severance Tax Relief
-an
					 application to allow the suspension of all severance taxes due on production
					 from a qualifying well as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 47:633 et seq., and/or successor
					 regulations.
Application for Site Clearance
- an
					 application to approve a procedural plan for site clearance verification of
					 platform, well or structure abandonment developed by an operator/lessee and
					 submitted to the commissioner of conservation, as authorized by LAC 43:XI.311
					 et seq., or successor regulations.
Application for Substitute Unit Well
- an
					 application for a substitute unit well as authorized by Statewide Order No.
					 29-K-1 (LAC 43:XIX.2901 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Surface Mining Development
					 Operations Permit
- an application to remove coal, lignite, or
					 overburden for the purpose of determining coal or lignite quality or quantity
					 or coal or lignite mining feasibility, as authorized by Statewide Order No.
					 29-O-1 (LAC 43:XV.101 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Surface Mining Exploration
					 Permit
- an application to drill test holes or core holes for the
					 purpose of determining the location, quantity, or quality of a coal or lignite
					 deposit, as authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-O-1 (LAC 43:XV.101 et seq.),
					 or successor regulations.
Application for Surface Mining Permit
- an
					 application for a permit to conduct surface coal or lignite mining and
					 reclamation operations, as authorized by Statewide Order No. 29-O-1 (LAC
					 43:XV.101 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Unit Termination
- an
application for unit termination
as authorized by Statewide
					 Order No. 29-L-3 (LAC 43:XIX.3100 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application for Waiver of Production
					 Test
-an application to request a waiver of the Office of Conservation
					 policy of requiring a production test on a well in the subject field prior to
					 approving a pre-drilled unit in that field.
Application for Well Product
					 Reclassification
-an application for authority to change the primary
					 product of a unit based on administrative authority granted by commissioners
					 order and evidence of change in producing characteristics of said unit,
					 R.S.
					 30:4.
Application for Work Permit (Injection or
					 Other)
-an application to perform work activities as outlined on
					 injection well work permit Form UIC-17 on a well under the jurisdiction of the
					 Underground Injection Control program of the Injection and Mining
					 Division/Office of Conservation as authorized by Statewide Order 29-N-1 (LAC
					 43:XVII.109 et seq.), 29-N-2 (LAC 43:XVII.209 et seq.), 29-M (LAC 43:XVII.309
					 and 319 et seq.), 29-M-2 (LAC 43:XVII.3121 et seq.), 29-M-3 (LAC 43:XVII.3309
					 et seq.), 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.Chapter 4) or successor regulations.
Application for Work Permit (Minerals)
-an
					 application to perform certain operations on an existing well, as required in
					 LAC 43:XIX.105.
Application to Amend Permit to Drill (Injection or
					 Other)
- an application to alter, amend, or change a permit to drill,
					 construct and/or operate an injection, or other well after its initial
					 issuance, as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 30:28.
Application to Amend Permit to Drill (Minerals)
					 ($126 amount)
-an application to alter, amend, or change a permit to
					 drill for minerals after its initial issuance as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 30:28, excluding the amendments described in
					 application to amend permit to drill (minerals) (lease to unit, unit to lease,
					 unit to unit, stripper, incapable, other). Additionally, application to amend
					 operator (transfer of ownership, including any other amendment action requested
					 at that time) for any orphaned well or any multiply-completed well which has
					 reverted to a single completion shall not be subject to the application fees
					 provided herein.
Application to Amend Permit to Drill (Minerals)
					 (lease to unit, unit to lease, unit to unit, stripper, incapable, other) ($50
					 amount)
-an application to alter, amend, or change a permit to drill
					 for minerals after its initial issuance as authorized by
					 R.S.
					 30:28 for any lease to unit, unit to unit,
					 and unit to lease changes; and, application to amend operator (transfer of
					 ownership, including any other amendment action requested at that time) for any
					 stripper crude oil well or incapable gas well so certified by the Department of
					 Revenue.
*Application to amend operator (transfer of ownership,
					 including any other amendment action requested at that time) for any orphaned
					 well, any multiply completed well which has reverted to a single completion,
					 any non-producing well which is plugged and abandoned within the time frame
					 directed by the dommissioner, as well as any stripper crude oil well or
					 incapable gas well so certified by the Department of Revenue shall not be
					 subject to the application fee provided herein.
Application to Commingle
- an application
					 for authority to commingle production of gas and/or liquid hydrocarbons and to
					 use methods other than gauge tanks for allocation, as authorized by Statewide
					 Order No. 29-D-1 (LAC 43:XIX.1500 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Application to Process Form R-4
-
					 application for authorization to transport oil from a lease as authorized by
					 Statewide Order No. 25 (LAC 43:XIX.900 et seq.), or successor
					 regulations.
Application/Request for Commercial Facility
					 Reuse
- Repealed.
Applications/Requests for Reuse Not Associated with
					 Commercial Facility
-application/request to determine if E and P
					 material has been treated physically, chemically, or biologically so that the
					 material is physically, chemically or biologically distinct from the original
					 material and meets the criteria in LAC 43:XIX.565.F.
Authorization for After Hours Disposal of E and P
					 Waste
-Repealed.
BOE
-annual barrels oil equivalent. Gas
					 production is converted to BOE by dividing annual mcf by a factor calculated
					 based on the most recent 3-year average of the cost of oil and gas as reported
					 by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Capable Gas
-natural and casing head gas
					 not classified as incapable gas well gas or incapable oil well gas by the
					 Department of Revenue, as of December 31 in the year prior to the year in which
					 the invoices are issued.
Capable Oil
-crude oil and condensate not
					 classified as incapable oil or stripper oil by the Department of Revenue, as of
					 December 31 in the year prior to the year in which the Invoices are
					 issued.
Class I Well
- a Class I injection well
					 used to inject hazardous or nonhazardous, industrial, or municipal wastes into
					 the subsurface, which falls within the regulatory purview of Statewide Order
					 No. 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.101 et seq.), Statewide Order No. 29-N-2 (LAC
					 43:XVII.201 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Class I Well Fee
-an annual fee payable to
					 the Office of Conservation, in a form and schedule prescribed by the Office of
					 Conservation, not to exceed $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and thereafter
					 on all class I wells permitted December 31 of the year prior to the year in
					 which the invoices are issued.
Class II CO2 EOR Project
					 (AOR Review and Updates) Fee
-an annual fee for an enhanced recovery
					 project permitted by the Office of Conservation injecting carbon dioxide
					 (CO2) down the wellbore of permitted class II injection
					 wells under the authority of the Office of Conservation/Injection and Mining
					 Division in conformance with Statewide Order 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.411.C et seq.) or
					 successor regulations.
Class II Hydrocarbon Storage and E and P Waste
					 Cavern Compliance Review Fee
-an annual fee payable to the Office of
					 Conservation, in a form and schedule prescribed by the Office of Conservation,
					 on each class II hydrocarbon storage and E and P waste cavern in the amount of
					 $2,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and thereafter for the compliance review
					 required by Statewide Order 29-M (LAC 43:XIX.309.K et seq.) or successor
					 regulations.
Class II Well
- a class II injection well
					 which injects fluids which are brought to the surface in connection; with
					 conventional oil or natural gas production, for annular disposal wells, for
					 enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas, and for storage of hydrocarbons. For
					 purposes of administering the exemption provided in
					 R.S.
					 30:21(B)(1)(c), such
					 exemption is limited to operators who operate
class II wells
serving a stripper oil well or an incapable gas well certified pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 47:633 by the Severance Tax Section of the
					 Department of Revenue and located in the same field as such
class II
					 well
.
Class III Solution Mining Cavern Compliance Review
					 Fee
-an annual fee payable to the Office of Conservation, in a form and
					 schedule prescribed by the Office of Conservation, on each class III solution
					 mining cavern in the amount of $2,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and thereafter
					 for the compliance review required by Statewide Order 29-M-3 (LAC
					 43.XVII.3309.K et seq.) or successor regulations.
Class III Well
- a Class III injection
					 well which injects for extraction of minerals or energy.
Class V Permit Waiver/Exemption/Area Permit
					 Request-
a request for a waiver or exemption from the permitting
					 requirements of class V injection wells for certain remediation wells/projects
					 of short duration where remediation is accomplished by one time injection into
					 shallow wells where casing is not installed, or a request for an area permit
					 for remediation projects under the authority of the LDEQ or USEPA to allow
					 deviation from the permitting requirements for class V injection wells as
					 authorized by Statewide Order 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.111 et seq.) or successor
					 regulations.
Commercial Facility Annual Closure Plan and Cost
					 Estimate Review
-Repealed.
Community Saltwater Disposal System Initial
					 Notification
-an application to designate a class II SWD for injection
					 of produced saltwater from multiple operators by the submittal of the community
					 saltwater disposal system application Form UIC-13 and submittal of an
					 acceptable operating agreement specifying cost sharing of operating expenses as
					 authorized by Statewide Order 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.317 et seq.) or successor
					 regulations.
E and P Waste Determination
-a
					 determination as to whether a material meets the definition of exploration and
					 production waste as defined in LAC 43:XIX.501
Emergency Clearance
-emergency
					 authorization to transport oil from lease.
Operator Annual Registration
-annual
					 application form filed by entity with whom the Office of Conservation has
					 jurisdiction to obtain/maintain organizational ID.
Production Fee
-an annual fee payable to
					 the Office of Conservation, in a form and schedule prescribed by the Office of
					 Conservation, by oil and gas operators on capable oil wells and capable gas
					 wells based on a tiered system to establish parity on a dollar amount between
					 the wells. The tiered system shall be established annually by rule on capable
					 oil and capable gas production, including nonexempt wells reporting zero
					 production during the annual base period, in an amount not to exceed $3,675,000
					 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and thereafter.
Production Well
-any well which has been
					 permitted by and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Office of Conservation,
					 excluding wells in the permitted and drilling in progress status, class II
					 injection wells, liquid storage cavity wells, commercial salt water disposal
					 wells, class V injection wells, wells which have been plugged and abandoned,
					 wells which have reverted to landowner for use as a fresh water well (Statewide
					 Order No. 29-B, LAC 43:XIX.137.G, or successor regulations), multiply completed
					 wells reverted to a single completion, and stripper oil wells or incapable oil
					 wells or incapable gas wells certified by the Severance Tax Section of the
					 Department of Revenue, as of December 31 in the year prior to the year in which
					 the invoices are issued.
Regulatory Fee
-an amount payable annually
					 to the Office of Conservation, in a form and schedule prescribed by the Office
					 of Conservation, on class II wells, class III wells, storage wells, type A
					 facilities, and type B facilities in an amount not to exceed $2,187,500 for
					 fiscal year 2015-2016 and thereafter. No fee shall be imposed on a class II
					 well of an operator who is also an operator of a stripper crude oil well or
					 incapable gas well certified pursuant to R.S. 47.633 by the Severance Tax
					 Section of the Department of Revenue as of December 31 in the year prior to the
					 year in which the invoices are issued, and located in the same field as such
					 class II well. operators of record, excluding operators of wells and including,
					 but not limited to, operators of gasoline/cycling plants, refineries, oil/gas
					 transporters, and/or certain other activities subject to the jurisdiction of
					 the Office of Conservation are required to pay an annual registration fee of
					 $105. Such payment is due within the time frame prescribed by the Office of
					 Conservation.
Request to Transport E and P Waste to Commercial
					 Facilities or Transfer Stations
-other oil and gas industry companies
					 (i.e. companies that do not possess a current Office of Conservation
					 producer/operator code or a current offshore/out-of-state waste generator code)
					 must obtain authorization by submitting a completed (acceptable) Form UIC-23 to
					 transport E and P waste to commercial facilities or transfer stations as
					 required by LAC 43:XIX.545.B.
Requests to Modify Well Permit
					 (Injection)
-requests made by operators of record to change the
					 operating conditions of their injection wells as authorized by Statewide Order
					 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.113 et seq.), 29-N-2(LAC 43:XVII.213 et seq.), 29-M (LAC
					 43:XVII.311 et seq.), 29-M-2 (LAC 43:XVII.3111 et seq.), 29-M-3 (LAC
					 43:XVII.3311 et seq.), 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.Chapter 4) or successor
					 regulations.
Surface Mine
-for the purposes of this
					 Chapter, a Surface Mine shall be any coal or lignite mine regulated under the
					 authority of the commissioner of conservation.
Surface Mining Fee
-a regulatory fee of
					 eight cents per ton on all coal and lignite mined and sold in this
					 state.
Surface Mining Reclamation Fee
-an annual
					 reclamation fee of six dollars for each acre of land included within the
					 approved mine permit area.
Transfer Stations Regulatory
					 Fee
-Repealed.
Type A Facility
- commercial E and P waste
					 disposal facilities within the state that utilize technologies appropriate for
					 the receipt, treatment, storage, or disposal of oilfield waste solids and
					 liquids for a fee or other consideration, and fall within the regulatory
					 purview of Statewide Order No. 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.501 et seq.), Statewide Order
					 No. 29-M-2 (LAC 43:XVII.3101 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Type B Facility
- commercial E and P waste
					 disposal facilities within the state that utilize underground injection
					 technology for the receipt, treatment, storage, or disposal of only produced
					 saltwater, oilfield brine, or other oilfield waste liquids for a fee or other
					 consideration, and fall within the regulatory purview of Statewide Order No.
					 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.501 et seq.), or successor regulations.
Witnessed Verification of Mechanical Integrity
					 Tests (MIT)
-a mechanical integrity test (MIT) performed on a permitted
					 injection well that is witnessed by a conservation enforcement agent or other
					 designated employee of the Office of Conservation as authorized by Statewide
					 Order 29-N-1 (LAC 43:XVII.109 et seq.), 29-N-2 (LAC 43:XVII.209 et seq.), 29-M
					 (LAC 43:XVII.327 et seq.), 29-M-2 (LAC 43:XVII.3129 et seq.), 29-M-3 (LAC
					 43:XVII.3327 et seq.), 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.Chapter 4 et seq.) or successor
					 regulations.
Work Permit to Plug and Abandon a Well Utilized for
					 NORM Disposal
-an application to plug and abandon a well which is
					 utilized for downhole disposal of NORM solids and/or NORM contaminated
					 tubing/equipment by the submittal of Form UIC-30, work permit to perform a NORM
					 plug and abandonment in conformance with Statewide Order 29-B (LAC 43:XIX.137
					 et seq.) or successor regulations.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:21 et seq.