Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 26 - Oil and Gas › Part 1 - RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS BEFORE BOARD (Order No. 201-51 as amended by Order No. 95-98) › Chapter 1 › Rule 26-1-1.15 - AFFIDAVITS

Current through June 25, 2024
(A) Where an application has been filed with
						the Board for authority to multiply complete or to tubingless complete an oil
						or gas well in connection with other surface or subsurface mechanical
						connections and installations and where legal notice of the hearing of said
						application has been given as required by law and the rules of the Board and
						where said application is not contested when called for hearing by the Board,
						then the Board may receive in evidence on said hearing affidavits, exhibits and
						duly executed Board forms as to the manner in which said multiple or tubingless
						completions are to be made, provided, however, that the Board has previously
						approved a similar completion for the field, pool or pools in question after a
						notice and hearing or witnesses in person.
(B) Where an application for an injection
						well and system has been filed with the Board and where legal notice has been
						given as required by law and the Board's rules and where said application is
						not contested when called for hearing, then affidavits, exhibits and Board
						forms may be received in evidence at the hearing as to the manner in which said
						injection well and system is to be completed and regardless of whether or not
						the Board has previously approved, after notice and hearing of witnesses, a
						similar application for the pool or field.
(C) Where an application for force
						integration of a drilling unit has been filed with the Board and when legal
						notice has been given as required by law and when said application is not
						contested when called for hearing, then affidavits, exhibits and Board forms
						may be received in evidence at the hearing. The Board reserves the right to
						reject any and all such affidavits and exhibits and to require the affiant or
						affiants to appear in person and testify at the hearing.
(D) Where an application for reformation of a
						regular drilling unit which complies in all respects with the existing
						Statewide Rules and Regulations into another unit which similarly complies, and
						where there is no change in ownership whereby any party would be adversely
						affected, and where no island acreage would be created thereby, when legal
						notice has been given as required by law and said application is not contested
						when called for hearing, then affidavits, exhibits and Board forms may be
						received in evidence at the hearing. The Board reserves the right to reject any
						and all such affidavits and exhibits and to require the affiant or affiants to
						appear in person and testify at the hearing.
(E) Where an application for the directional
						drilling of a well for topographic reason(s) which encounters the pay zone(s)
						at a regular location within a regular unit has been filed with the Board and
						when legal notice has been given as required by law and when said application
						is not contested when called for hearing, then affidavits, exhibits and Board
						forms may be received in evidence at the hearing. The Board reserves the right
						to reject any and all such affidavits and exhibits and to require the affiant
						or affiants to appear in person and testify at the hearing.
(F) Where an application for an exception
						location on a regular unit for reason(s) of topographic and/or surface
						obstructions has been filed with the Board and when legal notice has been given
						as required by law and when said application is not contested when called for
						hearing, then affidavits, exhibits and Board forms may be received in evidence
						at the hearing. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all such
						affidavits and exhibits and to require the affiant or affiants to appear in
						person and testify at the hearing.
(G) Where an application for the surface
						commingling where the ownership is the same for each well has been filed with
						the Board and when legal notice has been given as required by law and when said
						application is not contested when called for hearing, then affidavits, exhibits
						and Board forms may be received in evidence at the hearing. The Board reserves
						the right to reject any and all such affidavits and exhibits and to require the
						affiant or affiants to appear in person and testify at the hearing.
(H) In all other non-contested matters or in
						contested matters where those parties who appear in person at the hearing agree
						thereto, affidavits may be received in evidence. The Board reserves the right
						to reject any and all such affidavits and to require the affiant to appear in
						person.
(I) The following applies
						to the filing of affidavit in Rule 15. The party(ies) planning to submit a
						petition by affidavit shall file the original and three (3) copies of the
						affidavit with appropriate exhibits with the Board not later than 5 p.m. on
						Monday of the week which precedes the day of the Hearing. The original with the
						appropriate exhibits shall be filed with the Board Reporter upon the call of
						the docket for proper marking and entered into the record. All materials shall
						have the proper docket number upon each item. The original and three copies
						sent to the Board along with the proper exhibits shall not be held as
						confidential, unless such confidentiality is authorized under the provisions of
						the Miss. Public Records Act, Miss. Code Anno. Section  25-61-1, et seq. (1972),
						or other applicable statutes.
MCA Section  53-1-17(3)
							(1972)