Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 26 - Oil and Gas › Part 2 - WIDE RULES AND REGULATIONS (Order No. 201-51) › Chapter 1 › Rule 26-2-1.24 - WELL LOGS

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) At least one
				electric log shall be run in each well and shall be filed with the Board within
				thirty (30) days of completion of the well, with Form 3, or within 60 days
				after log is run, whichever is the earlier date. This will include an
				electrical correlation log consisting of the spontaneous potential or gamma ray
				and induction resistivity surveys, or equivalent, and covering that portion of
				the wellbore from total depth to the base of the surface casing, specifically
				displayed on a one inch: one hundred foot scale, a two inch: one hundred foot
				scale and a five inch: one hundred foot scale. One copy of all additional open
				hole electrical, mechanical and radioactive logs run in the well shall be filed
				with the Board within said filing period, provided, however, that logs obtained
				on stratigraphic tests shall be filed with the Board within six (6) months.
				This shall not include any interpretative, computer-analyzed or
				computer-interpreted logs run in the well. It shall, however, include the raw
				data curves from a dipmeter if run in the well. The Supervisor of the Board
				may, for good cause and at the discretion of the Supervisor, waive the
				requirement that one electric log be run from total depth to the base of the
				surface casing.
(b) If requested by
				the person filing, the data filed in accord with subsection (a) above shall be
				kept confidential for a period of six (6) months from the date on which it
				should have been filed. If subsequently requested in writing by the person
				filing said data, the Supervisor shall extend the period of confidentiality an
				additional six (6) months, for a total period of confidentiality not to exceed
				one (1) year from the date it should have been filed. The Board may, after
				notice and hearing, grant an additional extension of the confidentiality
				period.
(c) At the expiration of
				time in which any log or logs shall be held as confidential by the Board as
				provided under subsection (b) above, said log or logs shall be placed in the
				open files of the Board and any party or firm shall have the right to examine
				and/or request copies of said logs or surveys to be reproduced by photography
				or other means not injurious to said logs or surveys. Any party or firm
				requesting reproduced copies of logs or surveys shall file a written request
				with the Supervisor specifying the logs or surveys to be copied. Upon written
				approval from the Supervisor, the reproduction work shall be done by proper
				employees of the State Oil and Gas Board. The cost of reproduction shall be
				established by the Board on a per page, per inch, per foot, or other
				established and published cost basis. Under no circumstances shall the Board's
				file copies of logs or surveys be allowed to be removed from the Board files by
				any party or firm who is not an employee of the Board. Use and reproduction of
				logs and surveys shall be in accordance with the statement of general policy in
				effect at that time.
MCA Section
				   53-1-17(3)
				  (1972)