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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 5 - Statewide Order No. 29-C-4 › Chapter 13 - Multiple Completions › Section XIX-1305 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. On and after the
				  effective date hereof, a permit to multiply complete a new or existing well in
				  separate pools, where the proposed completions are in compliance with all
				  applicable Office of Conservation statewide orders, may be obtained by
				  submitting a complete application to drill, as outlined in Part XIX, Subpart 1
				  (Statewide Order No. 29-B), for each proposed completion concurrent with
				  drilling and/or workover operations on the first completion, or at such other
				  time as a desire to make a multiple completion is known, together with the
				  prescribed fees in accordance with the procedure hereinafter
				  outlined.
B. In the instance where
				  a multiple completion is applied for, the completions must be in separate pools
				  and the following procedure will be followed in submitting the required data
				  for each multiple completion.
1. The applicant
				  shall file the following in duplicate along with the appropriate fees as
				  prescribed by Part XIX, Subpart 2 or successor regulation with the appropriate
				  district manager:
a. application for permit to
				  drill (Form MD-10-R);
b. location
				  plat (as prescribed by Part XIX, Subpart 1, Chapter 1, Section 103).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-D-1 › Chapter 15 - Commingling of Oil and Gas Production Onshore › Section XIX-1501 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This Statewide
				  Order provides rules and regulations governing the applications for commingling
				  and the use of methods other than gauge tanks for allocation of production from
				  fields in the state of Louisiana.
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 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-D-1 › Chapter 15 - Commingling of Oil and Gas Production Onshore › Section XIX-1503 - Definitions

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A. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words defined
					 in this Section shall have the following meanings where found in this Statewide
					 Order.
Commingling
- the combination of gas and/or
					 liquid hydrocarbon production before sales from two or more leases and/or
					 units, subject to the following:
a. combination of lease production with production from a
					 unit which is wholly contained geographically within that lease is not
					 considered commingling;
b. no additional commingling approval is required for a
					 unit if approval to commingle at the same commingling facility has previously
					 been independently granted covering all leases contributing to the subject
					 unit;
c. once commingling approval for a unit has been granted,
					 no additional commingling approval is required if interests in a unit change or
					 the unit is revised if no new leases are added as a result of the change or
					 unit revision.
Commingling Facility
- any facility which
					 has been authorized by the office for commingling as defined herein.
Commissioner
- the Commissioner of
					 Conservation.
District Manager
- the head of any one of
					 the districts of the state of Louisiana under the Office of Conservation, and
					 specifically, the manager within whose district the field or fields are located
					 from which the applicant proposes to commingle production.
Interested Party
- any person who is known
					 to the applicant after reasonable search to presently own an interest in
					 production from the leases or units being considered for commingling.
Office
- the Office of Conservation of the
					 state of Louisiana.
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 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-D-1 › Chapter 15 - Commingling of Oil and Gas Production Onshore › Section XIX-1505 - Order

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A. From and after
				  the effective date hereof, permission to commingle gas and/or liquid
				  hydrocarbons and to use metering, well test or other methods for allocation of
				  production may be obtained as hereinafter provided and upon strict compliance
				  with the procedures set forth herein.
1.
				  Metering
a. No authority to commingle gas
				  and/or liquid hydrocarbons and to use metering for allocation of production
				  will be granted unless and until the following data and information have been
				  filed with the commissioner with a copy to the district manager:
i. a completed application form for
				  permission to commingle gas and/or liquid hydrocarbon production along with the
				  requisite fee;
ii. a diagrammatic
				  sketch of the mechanical installation to be used along with a detailed
				  explanation of the flow of the gas and/or liquid hydrocarbons, the procedures
				  and frequency for calibration/proving of metering devices and allocation
				  formula to be utilized;
iii. a
				  signed statement that, in the opinion of the applicant, the commingling of gas
				  and/or liquid hydrocarbons and the use of metering for allocation of production
				  in a manner proposed will provide reasonably accurate measurement, will not
				  create inequities, and will afford the owner of any interest the opportunity to
				  recover his just and equitable share of production;
iv. a list of interested parties. This list
				  shall include only those parties who have interests in the leases and/or units
				  from which production is to be commingled if approval is granted to the
				  applicant and for which the applicant has no existing commingling
				  authority.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-D-1 › Chapter 17 - Commingling of Oil and Gas Production Offshore › Section XIX-1701 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  provides rules and regulations governing the commingling and the use of methods
				  other than gauge tanks for allocation of production, and the establishment of
				  permissive minimum standards for the commingling of production and allocating
				  the commingled production to the individual wells in the offshore areas of
				  Louisiana.
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 6 - Statewide Order No. 29-D-1 › Chapter 17 - Commingling of Oil and Gas Production Offshore › Section XIX-1703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meanings when found in this order.
Deficient Wells
- with reference to this
					 particular order, wells producing more than 25 percent BS&W, and/or
					 incapable of producing the current monthly depth bracket allowable.
District Manager
- the head of any one of
					 the districts of the state and under the Office of Conservation, and as used,
					 refers specifically to the manager within whose district the well or wells are
					 located.
Office
- the Office of Conservation of the
					 state of Louisiana.
Productivity Rate
- the rate of which the
					 well is producing into the common storage.
Top Allowable Wells
- proratable wells
					 capable of producing the current monthly depth bracket
					 allowable.
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 7 - Statewide Order No. 29-E › Chapter 19 - Oil and Gas Well Spacing › Section XIX-1901 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  establishes rules and regulations for spacing of wells drilled in search of oil
				  and gas in areas of Louisiana for which no spacing regulations have been
				  prescribed by Special Orders.
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 7 - Statewide Order No. 29-E › Chapter 19 - Oil and Gas Well Spacing › Section XIX-1903 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
Property Line
- as used herein shall mean the boundary dividing tracts
				  on which mineral rights, royalty, or leases are separately owned, except that
				  where conventional units shall have been created for the drilling of the well,
				  the boundaries of the unit shall be considered the property line.
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 7 - Statewide Order No. 29-E › Chapter 19 - Oil and Gas Well Spacing › Section XIX-1905 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. IT IS ORDERED
				  THAT no permits shall be issued for the drilling of wells in search of oil or
				  gas and no well shall be drilled in search of oil or gas nor shall a well be
				  abandoned in one pool and recompleted in another pool in a field in Louisiana
				  in which no spacing rule are prescribed by special orders, unless the location
				  of such well shall comply with the following requirements.
1. No spacing shall be required for wells
				  drilled in search of oil to depths less than 3,000 feet subsea, except as
				  provided for in the last Paragraph of this order.
2. Wells drilled in search of oil to depths
				  below 3,000 feet subsea shall not be located closer than 330 feet from any
				  property line nor closer than 900 feet from any other well completed in,
				  drilling to, or for which a permit shall have been granted to drill to, the
				  same pool.
3. Wells drilled in
				  search of gas shall not be located closer than 330 feet to any property line
				  nor closer than 2,000 feet to any other well completed in, drilling to, or for
				  which a permit shall have been granted to drill to, the same pool.
4. When an order has been issued creating a
				  pattern of drilling or developmental units for a pool, if application is made
				  for a permit to drill a well outside of the unit pattern which might develop an
				  extension of the pool, the commissioner may require that such well be located
				  and drilled in compliance with the provisions of orders affecting that
				  pool.
5. All applications for
				  permits to drill in search of oil or gas shall contain with such application a
				  commercial ownership map containing such information that is in the possession
				  of the applicant showing:
a. the location of
				  existing producing or drilling wells;
b. the lease and property ownership of tracts
				  offsetting or in the vicinity of the well for which the permit is sought;
				  and
c. the location of the proposed
				  well with respect to property and lease lines, as provided for in Part XIX,
				  Subpart 1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 7 - Statewide Order No. 29-E › Chapter 19 - Oil and Gas Well Spacing › Section XIX-1909 - Additional Specifications

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When
				  the pools covered by this order have had four wells drilled to and completed
				  therein or after one year has elapsed from the completion of the first well in
				  the field, whichever occurs first, the operator of wells in the field shall
				  petition the Commissioner of Conservation for a public hearing for the purposes
				  of establishing field rules and regulations and the creation of drilling units
				  for the pools in the field. The right is reserved, however, to any party in
				  interest to apply for a hearing at an earlier date: and if the commissioner
				  finds from an examination of the information furnished in connection with any
				  application for a drilling permit that an earlier hearing should be held to
				  establish rules and drilling units, the commissioner may impose a condition in
				  the drilling permit that such an application be filed within a reasonable time,
				  to be specified by the commissioner, after the successful completion of the
				  well in the horizon to which it is projected.
B. This order is intended only to regulate
				  the spacing of wells prior to the establishment of special rules and
				  regulations and the creation of drilling units, and it should not be construed
				  as having the effect of unitizing separate ownerships or of creating drilling
				  or spacing units.
C. This order
				  also is not intended to eliminate pools shallower than 3,000 feet from
				  appropriate rules and regulations, including spacing regulations after notice
				  and public hearing. After sufficient geological and engineering evidence is
				  available with respect to these pools found at depths of 3,000 feet or less
				  subsea then the operator or operators owning wells therein are required to
				  petition the Commissioner of Conservation for a public hearing for the purpose
				  of establishing rules and regulations and the creation of drilling units for
				  each such pool.
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 8 - Statewide Order No. 29-F › Chapter 21 - Allowable Production of Natural Gas › Section XIX-2101 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Concerning the
				  establishment of allowable production of natural gas from wells in Louisiana
				  classified by the Department of Conservation as gas wells producing from
				  non-associated gas pools; prescribing the manner in which allowable gas maybe
				  produced and providing a uniform manner for balancing overproduction and
				  underproduction.
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 8 - Statewide Order No. 29-F › Chapter 21 - Allowable Production of Natural Gas › Section XIX-2103 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The volume of
				  natural gas permitted to be produced from all wells in Louisiana classified by
				  the Department of Conservation as gas wells producing from non-associated gas
				  pools (hereinafter referred to as "allowable"), shall be established in the
				  manner hereinafter set forth and gas shall be produced from such wells in the
				  manner herein prescribed.
1. Application
a. This order shall apply to all wells in
				  Louisiana producing gas from nonassociated gas pools, whether covered by
				  Special Order or not, and any provisions of prior orders, including Special
				  Field Orders, conflict herewith are hereby modified to the extent of such
				  conflict only.
b. This order shall
				  not apply to casinghead gas produced from wells classified by the Department of
				  Conservation as oil wells, nor to pools in which gas cycling or pressure
				  maintenance projects have been covered by Special Orders.
c. Where a gas pool reaches a stage of
				  depletion which would render the enforcement of this order impracticable or
				  unduly burdensome either on the Department of Conservation or upon the
				  producers, gathers or purchasers of gas from such pool, the Commissioner of
				  Conservation may exempt such pool from the provisions of this order by notice
				  to the producers and purchasers of gas from the pool who filed producers or
				  transporters reports with the Department of Conservation for the month
				  immediately prior thereto.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 9 - Statewide Order No. 29-G-1 › Chapter 23 - Automatic Custody Transfer › Section XIX-2301 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This Statewide
				  Order provides rules and regulations governing applications for measurement and
				  transfer of custody of liquid hydrocarbons by the use of methods other than
				  customary gauge tanks from fields in the state of Louisiana.
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 9 - Statewide Order No. 29-G-1 › Chapter 23 - Automatic Custody Transfer › Section XIX-2303 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meanings when found in this Statewide Order.
Automatic Custody Transfer
- that the
					 liquid hydrocarbons were automatically measured as they are transferred from
					 the producer to the carrier.
Commissioner
- the Commissioner of
					 Conservation.
District Manager
- the head of any one of
					 the districts of the state of Louisiana under the Office of Conservation, and
					 specifically, the manager within whose district the field or fields affected by
					 the application are located.
Interested Party
- any person who is known
					 to the applicant after reasonable search to presently own an interest in
					 production being considered for automatic custody transfer.
Office
- the Office of Conservation of the
					 state of Louisiana.
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 9 - Statewide Order No. 29-G-1 › Chapter 23 - Automatic Custody Transfer › Section XIX-2305 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. From and after
				  the effective date hereof, permission to measure and transfer custody of liquid
				  hydrocarbons by use of methods other than customary gauge tanks may be obtained
				  as hereinafter provided and upon strict compliance with the procedure set forth
				  herein.
B. No permission to use
				  methods other than customary gauge tanks for measurement and custody transfer
				  of liquid hydrocarbons will be granted unless and until the following data and
				  information have been filed with the commissioner with a copy to the district
				  manager:
1. a completed application form for
				  permission to measure and transfer custody of liquid hydrocarbons by use of
				  methods other than customary gauge tanks along with the requisite
				  fee;
2. a diagrammatic sketch of
				  the mechanical installation to be used along with a detailed explanation of the
				  flow of liquid hydrocarbons, indicating locations of locking devices and seals
				  to provide assurance against or evidence of tampering;
3. a cosigned statement by producer and
				  carrier that, in their opinion, the transfer of liquid hydrocarbons in the
				  manner proposed will provide reasonably accurate measurement and will not
				  create inequities, and will afford the owner of any interest the opportunity to
				  recover his just and equitable share of production. The statement incorporated
				  in the application form will suffice for this purpose if signed by both
				  parties, otherwise a separate statement is required;
4. a list of interested parties. This list
				  shall include only those parties who have interests in the leases and/or units
				  from which production is to be measured and custody transferred if approval is
				  granted to the applicant and for which the applicant has no existing
				  authority.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 10 - Statewide Order No. 29-H-1 › Chapter 25 - New Pools › Section XIX-2501 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Order
				  terminating Statewide Order No. 29-H, effective May 24, 1960, which adopted the
				  basis of determination of allowable oil production and complemental spacing
				  regulations for oil wells in any new pool, as defined therein.
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 10 - Statewide Order No. 29-H-1 › Chapter 25 - New Pools › Section XIX-2503 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Statewide Order
				  No. 29-H, effective May 24, 1960, be and is hereby terminated.
B. The allowable assignment for each oil
				  well, including those wells previously assigned allowables based on the
				  provisions of Statewide Order No. 29-H, should be based on the Statewide Crude
				  Oil Depth Bracket Allowable Schedule adopted by Part XIX, Subpart 16, effective
				  January 1, 1978.
C. The spacing
				  provision requirements for wells in pools developed or being developed under
				  Statewide Order No. 29-H should henceforth be regulated in accordance with the
				  requirements as set forth in Chapter XIX, Subpart 7.
D. Any special order of the Office of
				  Conservation which has adopted the spacing provision requirements of Statewide
				  Order No. 29-H should be amended by reference and such provision requirements
				  should be considered expunged coincident with the termination of Statewide
				  Order No. 29-3H, and simultaneously therewith, the spacing provision
				  requirements of Chapter XIX, Subpart 7 should be considered adopted.
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 11 - Statewide Order No. 29-J › Chapter 27 - Tubingless Completions › Section XIX-2701 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  provides rules and regulations governing unprotested applications in the use of
				  tubingless completions in the state of Louisiana.
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 11 - Statewide Order No. 29-J › Chapter 27 - Tubingless Completions › Section XIX-2703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meanings when found in this order.
District Manager
- the head 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 are located.
Office
- the Office of Conservation of the
					 state of Louisiana.
Tubingless Completion
- the completion of
					 any well so as to permit the passage of production from one separate
					 underground source through one production casing set in the
					 well.
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 11 - Statewide Order No. 29-J › Chapter 27 - Tubingless Completions › Section XIX-2705 - Order

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. From and after
				  the effective date hereof, permission to complete and produce wells without the
				  use of tubing may be obtained from the district manager without the necessity
				  of a public hearing in the absence of protests, and upon strict compliance with
				  the procedure set forth herein.
B.
				  No permission to complete and produce wells without the use of tubing will be
				  granted without a public hearing unless and until the data and information
				  required by the district manager shall have been filed in his office; said
				  filings to be made in duplicate and to include the following information.
APPLICATION FOR TUBINGLESS COMPLETION
IN THE ___________________ FIELD.
Date:__________________Serial No.:__________________
Field Name:________ Parish:________ Dept.
					 Dist:________
Operator:__________ Lease:_______ Well
					 No.:__________
1. This application is
				  for:
a. A proposed well
b. A well now being drilled
c. A well now drilled to total
				  depth
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 12 - Statewide Order No. 29-K-1 › Chapter 29 - Substitute Unit Wells › Section XIX-2901 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  provides rules and regulations governing the unprotested applications for
				  designation of substitute unit wells.
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 12 - Statewide Order No. 29-K-1 › Chapter 29 - Substitute Unit Wells › Section XIX-2903 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meanings when found in this order.
Commissioner
- the Commissioner of
					 Conservation of the state of Louisiana.
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 special order, as hereinafter defined, are
					 located.
Interested Party
- any person, as person is
					 defined in Title 30 of the R.S. of 1950, who is known to the applicant after
					 diligent search to own an interest in the unit affected by the
					 application.
Legal Location
- any location which is in
					 accordance with applicable special and statewide orders.
Special Order
- any order of the
					 commissioner and any amendments or supplements thereto which created the unit
					 for which the designation of a substitute unit well is requested.
Substitute Unit Well
- any well already
					 drilled to, or to be drilled to, completed or recompleted in the unitized sand
					 which in the interest of good conservation practices should be designated to
					 take the place of and become the unit well.
Unit
- any drilling unit or units created
					 by order of the commissioner.
Unitized Sand
- the sand covered by the
					 special order.
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 12 - Statewide Order No. 29-K-1 › Chapter 29 - Substitute Unit Wells › Section XIX-2905 - Order

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A. On and after the
				  effective date hereof the commissioner may designate by supplemental order a
				  substitute unit well at a legal location for any unit without the necessity of
				  a public hearing upon proper showing that such substitute unit well is
				  desirable and in the interest of sound conservation and that the location
				  thereof complies in all respects with applicable special and statewide
				  orders.
B. Future applications
				  after the effective date hereof for the designation of a substitute unit well
				  at a legal location shall be made to the commissioner with copy to the district
				  manager and to interested parties and such application shall include the
				  following:
1. statement of reason explaining
				  the need or desire for the designation of the substitute unit well;
2. plat showing the unit, the unit well and
				  the location of the proposed substitute unit well, with particular reference to
				  the distance to unit boundaries and other wells drilling to, completed in, or
				  permitted for the Unitized Sand;
3.
				  name of sand, field and parish where the unit is located;
4. name of the operator of the
				  unit;
5. the number of the order or
				  orders establishing the unit and the name of the unit, including the number or
				  letter designation of the unit;
6.
				  the plat attached to the application should not exceed 16 inches by 22
				  inches;
7. an application fee as
				  established by LAC 43:XIX.201 et seq. (Statewide Order Number 29-Q-1) or
				  successor regulation.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 13 - Statewide Order No. 29-L-3 › Chapter 31 - Termination of Units › Section XIX-3101 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This order
				  establishes rules and regulations for termination of any unit established by
				  the Commissioner of Conservation pursuant to the authority of Title 30 of the
				  Revised Statutes of 1950.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with RS. 30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 13 - Statewide Order No. 29-L-3 › Chapter 31 - Termination of Units › Section XIX-3103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meaning when found in this order.
District Manager
-the manager of any one of
					 the districts of the state of Louisiana under the Office of Conservation, and
					 refers specifically to the manager within whose district the pool for which any
					 unit (s) are sought to be terminated are located.
Interested Party
-any person, as person is
					 defined in Title 30 of the Revised Statutes of 1950, who owns an interest in
					 any unit (s) sought to be terminated.
Pool
-an underground reservoir containing a
					 common accumulation of crude petroleum or natural gas or both. Each zone of a
					 general structure which is completely separated from any other zone in the
					 structure is covered by the term
pool
.
Unit
-any unit (s), whether one or more,
					 established for a particular pool, by order of the Commissioner of Conservation
					 pursuant to authority of Subsection B of Section 9 or Subsection B or C of
					 Section 5 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes of 1950.
Well
-all wells drilled within the confines
					 of any unit (s) sought to be terminated.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with RS.30:4 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 13 - Statewide Order No. 29-L-3 › Chapter 31 - Termination of Units › Section XIX-3105 - Order

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A. Termination of
				  All Existing Units for a Pool
1. On and after
				  the effective date hereof, a supplemental order terminating all existing units
				  established by the commissioner for a pool may be issued after written
				  application and upon proper showing in the manner provided herein, and in the
				  absence of protest without the necessity of a public hearing, when with respect
				  to the pool for which the unit was established, a period of one year and 90
				  days has elapsed without:
a. production from
				  the pool; and
b. the existence of a
				  well proven capable of producing from the pool; and
c. drilling, reworking, recompletion,
				  deepening or plugging back operations having been conducted on a well to secure
				  or restore production from the pool.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3301 - Scope

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A. An order
				  providing rules and regulations governing and requiring the keeping of records
				  and the filing of reports respecting the producing, taking, transporting,
				  processing, cycling, and otherwise handling of natural gas within the state of
				  Louisiana.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3303 - 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.
Field, Month, and Calendar Month
- shall
					 have the meaning prescribed for each of said words, respectively, in Part XIX,
					 Subpart 3,
					 §903 promulgated by the commissioner of
					 conservation on December 16, 1940.
Gas Gatherer
- anyone who gathers gas other
					 than his own in a field or from several fields for delivery to a transporter or
					 gas processing plant.
Person, Producer, Gas, and Products
- shall
					 have the meaning prescribed for each of said words as defined in
					 R.S.
					 30:3.
Stripper Well
- shall have the ordinary
					 meaning as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry, but
					 shall not be construed to include naturally flowing or artificial gas-lift oil
					 wells.
Transporter
- shall have the ordinary
					 meaning as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry, but
					 shall not be construed to include producers operating field gathering systems
					 and direct transportation lines to ultimate consumers.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3305 - Applicability

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A. The provisions
				  of this order shall extend and apply to all gas produced from oil wells or gas
				  wells within the state of Louisiana, excepting gas vented from stripper oil
				  wells.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3307 - Forms R-5-P and R-5-T

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A. The Monthly
				  Producer's Natural Gas Report Form R-5-P or most current revision thereof, is
				  hereby adopted and made a part of this Order by reference.
B. The Monthly Transporter's Natural Gas
				  Report Form R-5-T or most current revision thereof, is hereby adopted and made
				  a part of this Order by reference.
C. All gas produced from oil wells and from
				  gas wells within the state of Louisiana, excepting gas vented from stripper oil
				  wells, shall be reported monthly on said Report Forms R-5-P or most current
				  revision thereof and R-5-T or most current revision thereof. Every producer
				  shall make Report Form R-5-P or most current revision thereof. Where, however,
				  gas from any well is taken by any person other than the producer, the producer
				  may authorize such person to make the report in his name, which report shall
				  include all gas produced from said well. Every transporter shall make Report
				  Form R-5-T or most current revision thereof. The producer or agent of the
				  producer, and the transporter thus required to report shall execute under oath
				  and file in the manner hereafter directed on or before the last day of each
				  calendar month, Report Form R-5-P or and R-5-T respectively, or most current
				  revision thereof, setting forth fully the data and information indicated by
				  such forms, and shall be complete as to data covering the calendar month next
				  preceding the date of filing. Such reports for each month shall be prepared and
				  filed in accordance with the instructions on the forms. The first report due
				  under this Order shall be for the calendar month of January, 1942, which shall
				  be filed on or before the last day of February, 1942.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3309 - Form R-6

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A. The Monthly
				  Gasoline and/or Cycling Plant Report Form R-6 or most current revision thereof,
				  is hereby adopted and made a part of this Order by reference.
B. Each operator of a gasoline plant, cycling
				  plant, or any other plant at which gasoline, butane, propane, condensate,
				  kerosene, oil or other liquid products are extracted from natural gas within
				  the state of Louisiana, shall furnish for each calendar month a Monthly
				  Gasoline and/or Cycling Plant Report Form R-6 or most current revision thereof,
				  containing the information indicated by such form respecting natural gas and
				  products involved in the operation of each plant during each month. Such report
				  for each month shall be prepared and filed according to instructions on the
				  form on or before the last day of the next succeeding month.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3311 - Affidavits

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A. All reports
				  provided for in this order shall be verified by affidavit in the form or forms
				  indicated, and any reports not so verified shall not be taken as filed in
				  compliance with this order.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3313 - Record Keeping

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A. All persons
				  required by the provisions of this order to keep the reports provided for
				  herein shall make and keep appropriate books and records covering their
				  operations in Louisiana from which they may be able to make and substantiate
				  such reports.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3315 - Gas Gatherer

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A.
Gas
				  gatherer
, as that term is defined in
				  §3303 above,
				  shall report the amounts of gas handled and disposed of on Office of
				  Conservation Monthly Producer's Natural Gas Report, Form R-5-P or most current
				  revision thereof. The gas which has been produced in the field shall be
				  reported on Form R-5-P or most current revision thereof under the section of
				  the report entitled Production. The gas which has been gathered in the same
				  field along with gas which has been gathered in nearby fields and transported
				  to that field shall be reported on the same Form R-5-P or most current revision
				  thereof under the section entitled Acquisitions. Indicated in this section
				  shall be the company from whom the gas was received, the field from which the
				  gas was produced and the amount of gas received.
B. In the event the gatherer has produced no
				  gas in the field from which he is gathering, then he shall indicate in the
				  production section of Form R-5-P or most current revision thereof that he has
				  no gas production. His acquisitions in that field shall be listed in the
				  acquisitions section.
C. The total
				  gas production of the gas gatherer shall then be added to the total
				  acquisitions.
D. He shall then
				  indicate in the disposition section of Form R-5-P or most current revision
				  thereof, the manner in which the total amount of gas produced and acquired was
				  disposed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIX - Office of Conservation-General Operations › Subpart 14 - Statewide Order No. 31-A › Chapter 33 - Record Keeping and Report Filing › Section XIX-3317 - Effect on Overall Authority of the Commissioner of Conservation

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A. This order shall
				  not be taken or construed to limit or restrict the authority of the
				  Commissioner of Conservation to require the furnishing of such additional
				  reports, data or other information relative to the production and processing of
				  gas in this state as may appear to him to be necessary or desirable, either
				  generally or specially, for the prevention of waste and the conservation of
				  natural resources in this state; nor to limit or restrict the authority of the
				  Commissioner of Conservation to waive the filing of any report or reports
				  otherwise required hereunder in any special instance wherein the Commissioner
				  of Conservation finds that such waiver is necessary to prevent undue hardship
				  or imposition.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Act 157 of the Legislative Session of
					 1940.
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-3501 - Scope

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A. This Statewide
				  Order provides special rules and regulations governing gas/oil ratios,
				  allowables, and the venting of natural gas.
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 15 - Statewide Order No. 45-I-A › Chapter 35 - Gas/Oil Ratios, Allowables, Venting and Flaring of Natural Gas › Section XIX-3503 - Definitions

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A. Unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words defined in this Section shall have the
				  following meaning when found in this Statewide Order.
Base Gas/Oil Ratio
- amount of natural gas,
					 in cubic feet, which may be produced with one barrel of oil from a well
					 recognized by the Office of Conservation as an oil well without reduction of
					 the base oil allowable.
Base Oil Allowable
- amount of oil, in
					 barrels per day, which may be produced from a well recognized by the Office of
					 Conservation as an oil well before application of the base gas/oil
					 ratio.
Commissioner
- the Commissioner of
					 Conservation of the state of Louisiana.
District Manager
- the head of any one of
					 the districts of the state of Louisiana under the Office of Conservation, and
					 specifically the manager within whose district the well affected by this
					 Statewide Order is located.
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 pool in which the well is
					 completed for production, measured from the initial point of penetration into
					 such pool.
Oil Allowable
- amount of oil authorized to
					 be produced by the Office of Conservation from a well recognized by the Office
					 of Conservation as an oil well.
Point of Delivery
- point at which gas is
					 vented to the atmosphere, whether from one or more wells or at any type of
					 production facility.
Routine Flaring
-flaring during normal oil
					 production operations in the absence of sufficient facilities or amenable
					 geology to re-inject the produced gas, utilize it on-site, or dispatch it to a
					 market.
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 15 - Statewide Order No. 45-I-A › Chapter 35 - Gas/Oil Ratios, Allowables, Venting and Flaring of Natural Gas › Section XIX-3507 - Venting and Flaring of Gas

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A. The
				  venting of natural gas from any well producing in the state of Louisiana is
				  hereby expressly prohibited except in those instances where routine flaring as
				  specified in
				  §3507.B is not an
				  economical or safe alternative, or those instances which are included as
				  exceptions under
				  §3509
B. The routine flaring of natural
				  gas from any well producing in the state of Louisiana with a gas/oil ratio >
				  2000/1 is hereby expressly prohibited except in those instances where the
				  Office of Conservation finds, upon written application, that such prohibition
				  would result in an economic hardship on the operator of the well, lease or
				  production facility from which the gas is proposed to be flared; provided,
				  however, that no such economic hardship can be found in the case where the
				  current market value, at the point of delivery, of the gas proposed to be
				  flared exceeds the cost involved in making such gas available to a market, or
				  where revenue or economic benefit from a beneficial use identified in
				  §103.A.3.b iii.(a)-(d)
				  exceeds the cost involved in implementing same. Such applications shall be
				  filed with the district office and approval thereof will be at the discretion
				  of the district manager and documented with the allowable. Applications shall
				  include relevant well information and:
1.
				  statement of need;
2. economic
				  justification;
3. evaluation of
				  alternative beneficial use per
				  §103.A.3.b iii.(a)-(d);
4. rate; and
5. length of time.