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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-3 - Bond required in addition to annual well fee

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) A person
				who:
(1) has never been granted a permit for a
				well for oil and gas purposes under IC 14-37 and this article;
(2) has demonstrated a pattern of violations
				under IC 14-37 and this article for which a civil penalty was assessed under
				312 IAC 29-34-4 within the
				previous two (2) years;
(3) has
				failed to pay a civil penalty imposed under
				312 IAC 29-34-4; or
(4) has failed to pay an annual fee required
				under IC 14-37-5 and this rule;
shall not be issued a permit for a well for oil and gas
				  purposes under IC 14-37 and this article until the person has filed an
				  acceptable bond as provided in section 4 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-4 - Bond types

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) The bond
				required in section 3 of this rule shall consist of any one (1) of the
				following:
(1) A surety bond in the amount of
				two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each well drilled or
				produced.
(2) A cash bond in the
				amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each well drilled or
				produced.
(3) A certificate of
				deposit in the principal amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)
				for each well drilled or produced, according to terms and specifications
				provided by the division.
(4) A
				surety bond in any amount for wells drilled, deepened, or converted; however,
				the maximum number of wells under the bond may not exceed that number
				determined by dividing the principal sum of the bond by two thousand five
				hundred dollars ($2,500).
(5) A
				blanket bond of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for any number of wells
				drilled, deepened, or converted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-5 - Waiver of annual well fee and bonding requirement for certain noncommercial wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a) With
				respect to a noncommercial well on real estate owned by a resident of Indiana,
				the division director may waive the annual well fee and bond required by this
				rule provided the person does the following:
(1) Submits written proof of financial
				responsibility to operate, maintain, and abandon the well.
(2) On a division form enters into an
				agreement to operate, maintain, and abandon the well in accordance with IC
				14-37 and this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-6 - Bond cancellation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) A surety
				may provide written notification to the division and the owner or operator of
				its intention to terminate liability under a bond. The surety shall deliver the
				notification to the owner or operator by personal service or by certified mail.
				Proof of service of the notification shall be provided by the surety to the
				division.
(b) Within thirty (30)
				days after receipt of a notice under subsection (a), the owner or operator must
				file a substitute bond or must discontinue operations of any well covered by
				the bond and plug and abandon the well under IC 14-37 and
				312 IAC 29-33.
(c) If an acceptable substitute bond is filed
				by the owner or operator, liability on the original bond ceases.
(d) If an acceptable substitute bond is not
				filed by the owner or operator, or the owner or operator fails to plug and
				abandon any well according to subsection (b):
(1) the surety's liability under the bond
				shall not cease; and
(2) the
				division shall file a complaint to revoke the permit for the well for oil and
				gas purposes under IC 4-21.5 and
				312 IAC
				29-34-5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-7 - Bond forfeiture

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 7.
(a) The
				division director may order bond forfeiture if any permit secured by a bond is
				revoked or if findings of the division otherwise support a
				forfeiture.
(b) Bond forfeitures
				are governed by IC 4-21.5and
				312 IAC 3-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 12 - Annual Well Fee and Bonding › Section 12-8 - Bond release

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 8.
The division shall release a bond submitted pursuant to this
				  rule after:
(1) each well secured by
				the bond has been plugged and abandoned and the well site restored under IC
				14-37, this article, the terms of the permit, and orders of the
				division;
(2) each well secured by
				the bond has been converted to a fresh water well;
(3) an acceptable substitute bond is filed by
				the owner or operator;
(4) each
				well secured by the bond is transferred under
				312 IAC 29-4-10; or
(5) the owner or operator is not required to
				post a bond under IC
				14-37-6-1(a)  or
				section 1(a) of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-1 - Distance limitation to existing house, barn, or other structures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
A well for oil and gas purposes shall not be located within
				  two hundred (200) feet of a house, barn, building, or other structure (except
				  fences) existing at the time of the permit application without the express
				  consent of the owner of the structure.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-2 - Exemption from drilling unit and well spacing requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
The following wells may be exempt from the drilling unit and
				  well spacing requirements in accordance with section 7 of this rule:
(1) Noncommercial wells, except that a
				noncommercial well shall not be located such that it would cause an existing
				commercial gas or coal bed methane well to be in violation of the spacing
				requirements of this rule.
(2) Coal
				bed methane wells completed in any of the following:
(A) A void created by mining out a coal
				seam.
(B) A pillar inside a mined
				out area of an abandoned underground coal mine.
(C) Gob created by longwall or other methods
				of coal extraction.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-3 - Drilling units and well spacing for vertical oil wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) For wells
				drilled or deepened for the production of oil from either the Trenton formation
				or the Black River formation in the shallow Trenton limestone reservoir region:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain five (5)
				acres of land, more or less; and
(2) the well shall be located not less than
				one hundred sixty-five (165) feet from the nearest external boundary lines of
				the lease or production unit and not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet
				from the nearest location of any of the following in the same individual
				reservoir:
(A) A producing well for oil and
				gas purposes.
(B) A well being
				drilled for oil and gas purposes.
(C) The site of a proposed well for oil and
				gas purposes for which a permit has been issued but the well is not yet
				drilled.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-4 - Drilling units and well spacing for vertical natural gas wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) For wells
				drilled or deepened for the production of natural gas from either the Trenton
				formation or the Black River formation in the shallow Trenton limestone
				reservoir region:
(1) the drilling unit shall
				contain five (5) acres of land; and
(2) the well shall be located not less than
				one hundred sixty-five (165) feet from the nearest external boundary line of
				the lease or production unit and not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet
				from the nearest location of any of the following in the same individual
				reservoir:
(A) A producing well for oil and
				gas purposes.
(B) A well being
				drilled for oil and gas purposes.
(C) The site of a proposed well for oil and
				gas purposes for which a permit has been issued but the well is not yet
				drilled.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-5 - Drilling units and well spacing for vertical coal bed methane wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
For wells drilled, deepened, completed, or converted as a
				  vertical coal bed methane well:
(1)
				the drilling unit shall contain forty (40) acres of land, more or less;
				and
(2) the well shall be located
				not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet from the nearest external
				boundary line of the lease or production unit and not less than nine hundred
				ninety (990) feet from the nearest location of any of the following:
(A) A producing coal bed methane
				well.
(B) A well being drilled as a
				coal bed methane well.
(C) The site
				of a proposed coal bed methane well for which a permit has been issued but the
				well is not yet drilled in the same coal seam.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-6 - Well location exceptions within a drilling unit

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) If, at
				the time of application, a lease immediately adjacent to a proposed drilling
				unit owned by a different operator has producing wells completed in the same
				formation that are located less than the required distance from the external
				boundary line of the drilling unit as set forth in sections 3 through 5 of this
				rule, a well on the proposed drilling unit may be located closer to the
				external boundary line of the drilling unit than is set forth in sections 3
				through 5 of this rule, but no closer than the distance of the offsetting well
				to the common boundary line of the drilling unit.
(b) If, during drilling of a well, the well
				is lost due to collapsing hole or casing or other conditions that render
				continued drilling impracticable, the permittee may terminate drilling and move
				the rig up to thirty (30) feet from the permitted location and commence
				drilling operations provided:
(1) notification
				of moving the rig is provided to the oil and gas inspector within ten (10)
				days;
(2) the original lost hole is
				plugged according to
				312 IAC 29-33; and
(3) a new application and fee are submitted
				within ten (10) days showing the new location of the well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-7 - Approval of alternate drilling units

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 7.
(a) If an
				area larger than a drilling unit as specified in sections 3 through 5 of this
				rule is under common ownership or control, the division director may approve
				the drilling of wells at a greater density than would otherwise be permissible
				under this rule provided the operator demonstrates the following:
(1) The proposed drilling pattern within the
				area of common ownership or control is reasonably necessary for more efficient
				recovery of oil, gas, or coal bed methane.
(2) Waste will not occur.
(3) Unnecessary wells will not be
				drilled.
(4) The wells maintain the
				required distance from the nearest external drilling unit boundary line not
				under common ownership or control as specified in sections 3 through 5 of this
				rule.
(5) The wells maintain the
				required distance from other wells on adjacent drilling units outside the area
				of common ownership or control producing from the same formation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 13 - Location of Wells Drilling Units and Well Spacing › Section 13-8 - Approval or denial; well spacing and drilling unit waivers and exceptions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 8.
(a) A
				decision to approve or deny:
(1) an exemption
				from drilling unit and well spacing requirements under section 2 of this
				rule;
(2) a well location exception
				under section 6 of this rule; and
(3) an alternate drilling unit under section
				7 of this rule;
is subject to IC 4-21.5
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 14 - Drilling Unit and Well Spacing for Directional Wells › Section 14-1 - Drilling units and well spacing for directional wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
For a directional well, the drilling unit shall be
				  established and the well permitted with reference to the location of the well
				  where it is proposed to be completed in the target formation. All portions of
				  the reservoir exposed in the well bore shall meet the well location and spacing
				  requirements set forth in
				  312 IAC 29-13.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 15 - Drilling Unit and Well Spacing for Horizontal Wells › Section 15-1 - Spacing requirements for horizontal wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) A well
				for oil and gas purposes may be developed with one (1) or more horizontal drain
				holes drilled from a single vertical well bore and may be considered a single
				well for permitting in accordance with this article. A plan for each separate
				horizontal drain hole or sidetrack proposed from a single vertical well bore
				shall be submitted and approved in the original permit for the well or later as
				a modification to the well permit.
(b) A horizontal well must satisfy all
				drilling unit and spacing requirements set forth in
				312 IAC 29-13 corresponding at
				every point along the horizontal drain hole portion of the well.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the
				spacing requirements set forth at
				312 IAC 29-13 shall apply only to
				the surface location of the vertical portion of the well.
(d) The surface location and vertical portion
				of the horizontal well may be located on property outside the boundary of the
				horizontal well drilling unit, if the property is owned by the operator or
				written authorization is obtained from the property owner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 16 - Underground Sources of Drinking Water › Section 16-1 - Identification of underground sources of drinking water and exempted aquifers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				division may identify (by narrative description, illustrations, maps, or other
				means) and shall protect, except where exempted under subsections (b) and (c),
				an aquifer or part of an aquifer that qualifies as an underground source of
				drinking water. An aquifer or part of an aquifer that is an underground source
				of drinking water is protected under this rule regardless of whether it has
				been identified by the division.
(b) The division may identify (by narrative
				description, illustrations, maps, or other means) and describe in geographic or
				geometric terms (such as vertical and lateral limits and gradient) that are
				clear and definite, an aquifer or part of an aquifer proposed for designation
				as an exempted aquifer under section 2 of this rule.
(c) After notice by publication in a
				newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties where an affected
				aquifer is located, and after an opportunity for an informal hearing as
				provided under
				312 IAC 29-3-4, the department
				may identify an exempted aquifer in addition to a previously exempted aquifer.
				The exemption of an aquifer under section 2(a)(1) of this rule shall be treated
				as a revision to the approved program of the state for the regulation of Class
				II wells. The exemption of an aquifer under section 2(a)(1) of this rule
				becomes final if the deputy director submits the exemption, in writing, to the
				administrator and the administrator has not disapproved the designation within
				forty-five (45) days.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 16 - Underground Sources of Drinking Water › Section 16-2 - Criteria for exempting an aquifer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) An
				aquifer or a portion of an aquifer that is an underground source of drinking
				water may be determined under section 1 of this rule to be an exempted aquifer
				where the aquifer or portion of the aquifer:
(1) does not currently serve as a source of
				drinking water and cannot now and will not in the future serve as a source of
				drinking water because it is:
(A) mineral,
				hydrocarbon, or geothermal energy producing, or can be demonstrated by a permit
				applicant to contain minerals or hydrocarbons, that, considering their quantity
				and location, are expected to be commercially producible;
(B) situated at a depth or location that
				makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically or
				technologically impracticable; or
(C) so contaminated that to render that water
				fit for human consumption would be economically or technologically
				impracticable; or
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 16 - Underground Sources of Drinking Water › Section 16-3 - Notice of exemption of aquifer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) A
				decision to exempt an aquifer is subject to IC 4-21.5.
(b) The division shall issue notice of its
				decision to exempt an aquifer in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-3-5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 17 - Protection of Commercially Minable Coal Resources › Section 17-1 - Identification of commercially minable coal seams

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-34; IC 14-37; IC 25-17.6; IC 25-31
Sec. 1.
(a)
				Regardless of the depth or thickness of a coal seam, the following are
				considered to be commercially minable coal seams:
(1) A coal seam associated with an
				underground mine permitted under IC 14-34which is specifically intended to be
				mined under the permit.
(2) A coal
				seam associated with an inactive underground mining operation permitted under
				IC 14-34at which mining operations have temporarily ceased and are anticipated
				to be resumed by the person with the right to develop the seam.
(3) A coal seam that has been identified as a
				commercially minable coal resource according to the requirements of subsection
				(c) by the owner or lessee or other person with the rights to develop the coal
				seams as depicted on a map accompanied by an affidavit that:
(A) is filed with the division; and
(B) states the coal in the seam is being held
				for later commercial production by underground mining methods.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 17 - Protection of Commercially Minable Coal Resources › Section 17-2 - Designating other commercially minable coal resources

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) A coal
				seam, other than a seam described in section 1 of this rule, may also be
				considered a commercially minable coal resource if information is submitted to
				the division showing that the coal seam meets all of the following criteria:
(1) Based on core analysis information or
				other reliable methods, the coal seam is believed to be minable using generally
				accepted underground practices and suitable equipment.
(2) Based on sufficient core data or other
				reliable sources of information, it is likely that the coal exists in
				sufficient quantities and is of sufficient quality to be commercially
				saleable.
(3) The seam is:
(A) at least thirty-six (36) inches thick;
				and
(B) located not more than eight
				hundred (800) feet below the surface.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 17 - Protection of Commercially Minable Coal Resources › Section 17-3 - Additional requirements for locating and permitting of wells

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-34; IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) This
				section establishes requirements for the locating and permitting of wells for
				oil and gas purposes in areas underlain by commercially minable coal resources
				identified under this rule.
(b) For
				purposes of this section, "waste of the volume of coal" means locating,
				spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing a well for oil and gas
				purposes that unreasonably reduces or tends to unreasonably reduce the quantity
				of commercially minable coal resources ultimately to be recovered from a
				mine.
(c) Unless the coal owner or
				coal lessee authorized the drilling of a coal bed methane well, the division
				may require an owner or operator to make reasonable modifications to the
				specific location for the drilling of a well for oil and gas purposes if a
				finding is made that the modifications:
(1)
				are necessary to protect commercially minable coal resources from
				waste;
(2) do not violate the
				drilling unit, well spacing, or other requirements of IC 14-37; and
(3) are necessary to protect the health and
				safety of miners.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 17 - Protection of Commercially Minable Coal Resources › Section 17-4 - Additional well completion requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) This
				section establishes requirements for the completion of wells for oil and gas
				purposes in areas underlain by the following commercially minable coal
				resources:
(1) Areas within the permit
				boundary of an active or inactive underground mine permitted under IC 14-34as
				described in section 1(a)(1) and 1(a)(2) of this rule.
(2) Areas designated by the owner, lessee, or
				other person with the right to develop a coal seam identified according to
				section 1(c) of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 17 - Protection of Commercially Minable Coal Resources › Section 17-5 - Notice of identification of commercially minable coal resources

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				identification of commercially minable coal resources under this rule is
				subject to IC 4-21.5.
(b) The
				division shall issue notice of its identification of a commercially minable
				coal resource in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-3-5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 18 - Protection of Underground Gas and Underground Petroleum Storage Reservoirs › Section 18-1 - Maps depicting boundaries of underground gas and underground petroleum storage facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) An owner
				or operator of an underground gas storage facility or an underground petroleum
				storage facility shall file with the division a dated and certified plat or map
				showing the following:
(1) The limits of gas
				and the gas filled portion of the reservoir.
(2) The lease or ownership limits of any
				existing or proposed underground storage reservoir that the person owns or
				operates.
The person shall update the plat or map annually by July 1
				  and when a change of the lease or ownership limits is filed with the
				  division.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 18 - Protection of Underground Gas and Underground Petroleum Storage Reservoirs › Section 18-2 - Proof of notification to underground storage reservoir owner

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) An
				applicant for a permit for a well for oil and gas purposes proposed to be
				drilled in or within one-half (½) mile of an underground gas storage or
				underground petroleum storage reservoir identified under section 1 of this rule
				must provide notice of the intent to drill a well to the owner or operator of
				the underground storage reservoir. The notice shall include a plat showing the
				location of the proposed well and a plan depicting the proposed construction of
				the well including hole and casing sizes and cementing plans.
(b) The notice required under subsection (a)
				is not required if the owner or operator of the underground gas or petroleum
				storage reservoir consents in writing to the drilling of the well.
(c) An owner or operator of the underground
				gas or petroleum storage reservoir who objects to the issuance of the permit
				must respond within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice identifying:
(1) the basis for the objection;
(2) the anticipated adverse effect of the
				proposed well upon the underground gas or petroleum storage reservoir;
				and
(3) those measures, if any,
				that the applicant for the permit for a well for oil and gas purposes may take
				to reduce the adverse impact upon the underground gas or petroleum storage
				reservoir.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 18 - Protection of Underground Gas and Underground Petroleum Storage Reservoirs › Section 18-3 - Use of diverter systems or blowout prevention equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
When drilling a well for oil and gas purposes within
				  one-half (½) mile of an underground gas storage reservoir, and to
				  prevent loss of well control when drilling a well for oil and gas purposes
				  through a storage formation, the operator shall use well control equipment and
				  high pressure fittings attached to properly anchored and cemented casing
				  strings adequate to withstand anticipated pressures as specified under
				  312 IAC 29-20-13(b)
				   and
				  312 IAC
				  29-20-13(c).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-1 - Voluntary integration of interests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
(a) If at
				least two (2) separately owned tracts of land are located in an area of
				potential oil, gas, or coal bed methane production, the owners thereof may
				agree to integrate their interests and to develop their interests in land as a
				drilling unit or to unitize the production for purposes of conducting
				secondary, tertiary, other enhanced recovery methods, or for shared facilities
				among tracts.
(b) The part of the
				production allocated to the owner or owners of interests in each tract in the
				drilling unit or unitized area shall be considered as if produced from a well
				drilled on that tract.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-2 - Involuntary integration of interests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) If the
				owners or lessees of separate tracts of land located within a proposed drilling
				unit, or within a pool or part of a pool sought for secondary, tertiary, other
				enhanced recovery methods, or shared facilities among tracts operated by the
				same operator, do not agree to integrate their interests, the division director
				shall, for the prevention of waste or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary
				wells, require all the owners or lessees to integrate their interests according
				to the requirements of IC 14-37 and this rule.
(b) A petition may be made by the owner or
				lessee of a present or future oil and gas interest in a tract of land located
				within the proposed unit for an order requiring all of the owners or lessees to
				integrate their interests so that the land may be developed as a drilling unit
				or unitized for the production from a pool or part of a pool sought for
				secondary, tertiary, enhanced recovery methods, or shared facilities.
(c) Before submitting a petition to the
				division director, the petitioner shall have made a diligent attempt to locate
				and obtain voluntary agreements from all of the other owners or lessees of oil
				and gas interests in the proposed unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-3 - Petition for involuntary integration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
A petition for involuntary integration shall include the
				  following information:
(1) A
				description of the lands for which the integration is requested including the
				following:
(A) Legal description of the
				proposed unit area by quarter, quarter section, township, range, and
				county.
(B) Size of the proposed
				unit in acres.
(C) A name requested
				for the proposed unit.
(D) Location
				and size of each property and mineral interest therein for which integration is
				requested.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-4 - Notice to affected owners and informal hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) Upon
				receipt of a complete petition for involuntary integration, the division
				director shall schedule an informal hearing to be conducted according to the
				requirements of
				312 IAC 29-3-4. The informal
				hearing shall be for the purpose of gathering information to assist the
				division director in establishing reasonable terms that provide for the
				equitable sharing of the proceeds of production from the well or
				unit.
(b) In addition to the
				requirements of
				312 IAC 29-3-4(d)
				 the notice of the informal hearing shall:
(1) be provided to the petitioner and each
				owner or lessee identified in the petition;
(2) provide notification of the right to
				attend the informal hearing and to submit comments on or objections to the
				petition; and
(3) provide
				notification of the requirement that each nonconsenting owner or lessee respond
				to the division, and serve upon the petitioner, at least five (5) days prior to
				the informal hearing a statement indicating their willingness to participate
				with the consenting owners in the sharing of costs for drilling and operating
				the well and unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-5 - Determination of reasonable terms and equitable share of the proceeds of production

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
(a)
				Reasonable terms include establishing a percentage share of ownership of
				production revenues derived from producing wells that is to be allocated to any
				nonconsenting owner. The ownership interest may consist of one (1) of the
				following:
(1) Royalty interest that shall not
				bear any of the cost of exploration, drilling, producing, operating, marketing,
				or any other expense associated with drilling and producing a well or operation
				of the unit. This amount shall be at a rate of the greater of:
(A) twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of
				the proceeds from production; or
(B) an acreage-weighted average royalty
				interest of the leased tracts within the unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-6 - Recovery of additional costs from carried working interest owners

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) This
				section establishes provisions allowing for the recovery of additional costs
				incurred by the operator from carried working interest owners that are in
				addition to the recovery of actual expenses specified under section 5(a)(2)(B)
				of this rule.
(b) A well or unit
				operator is entitled to receive the first production from a well or unit that
				would otherwise be credited to the carried working interest owner so that the
				carried working interest owner's proportionate share of actual expenditures
				incurred by the operator under this section are paid to the operator from the
				production.
(c) An operator shall
				be entitled to recover an additional amount of between one hundred percent
				(100%) and three hundred percent (300%) of the cost of drilling, testing,
				completing, and plugging the well as consideration for the additional financial
				burden taken by the operator in the event the well would have been drilled as a
				dry hole. The amount of additional costs allowable under this subsection shall
				be based upon the distance from the well to other productive wells in the same
				formation and other factors increasing the risk that the well might be a dry
				hole.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 19 - Integration of Interests › Section 19-7 - Order of integration; expiration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-37; IC 32-23-8
Sec. 7.
(a) The
				division shall issue notice of its determination of a petition for integration
				in accordance with
				312 IAC 29-35.
(b) An order of integration is subject to IC
				4-21.5.
(c) An order of integration
				issued by the division director shall expire one (1) year from the date of
				issuance unless the activity authorized by the order has commenced.
(d) If the activity authorized by the order
				has commenced within one (1) year from the date of issuance the order shall
				continue so long as there is production of oil, gas, or coal bed methane from
				the proposed unit that has not been canceled by operation of IC
				32-23-8.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-1 - Notification to inspector

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 1.
Before commencing drilling, deepening, or conversion
				  operations, the well owner must contact the oil and gas inspector at the
				  telephone number identified on the permit and provide notice of the intention
				  to commence drilling operations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-2 - Access roads, lease roads, well locations, and other construction activities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) The owner
				or operator shall construct and maintain access roads, lease roads, and well
				locations to:
(1) avoid springs, seeps, and
				wet areas, where practicable;
(2)
				prevent runoff from flowing across the road surface or well location unless the
				road or location is elevated with clean fill or the runoff is diverted around
				the road or location or otherwise conveyed under the road through the use of
				culverts or similar conveyances;
(3) prevent the construction of roadways in
				or across streams and other drainage ways unless a crossing is constructed with
				culverts, bridges, or a temporary clean rock fill for low-flow drainage ways,
				using commonly accepted design standards that take into consideration the size
				of the drainage area above the stream crossing;
(4) protect the road and well location
				surface, ditches, and culvert outlets from erosion that results in the
				deposition of visible sediment into any stream or off-site drainage ditch;
				and
(5) prevent mud from being
				tracked onto a public road.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-3 - Specifications for well casing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37; IC 25-39-4
Sec. 3.
(a) The owner
				or operator shall determine the type and grade of casing used in a well for oil
				and gas purposes according to standard industry practices that take into
				consideration:
(1) the anticipated maximum
				pressure the casing will be exposed to during the life of the well;
				and
(2) factors in the well that
				could reduce the integrity of the casing during the life of the well including:
(A) harsh chemical environments;
				and
(B) the potential for
				mechanical damage.
All casing shall meet the requirements of this
				  section.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-4 - Specifications for cement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) Whenever
				any activity specified in this rule provides for the placement of cement, an
				owner or operator must satisfy this section.
(b) The cement shall comply with:
(1) "Specification for Cements and Materials
				for Well Cementing", American Petroleum Institute, API Specification 10A,
				Twenty-Fourth Edition (December 2010); and
(2) "Standard Specification for Portland
				Cement", ASTM International, ASTM Standard C150/150M-11 (May 2011).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-5 - Use of conductor pipe

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 5.
An owner or operator may use conductor pipe to support
				  unconsolidated materials while drilling and the conductor pipe may be pulled or
				  remain in the well at the discretion of the well owner or operator as
				  follows:
(1) If conductor pipe is to
				be removed, it shall be pulled before the next outermost string of casing is
				cemented.
(2) If conductor pipe is
				to remain, the annulus shall be filled with:
(A) neat cement slurry;
(B) bentonitic grout slurry; or
(C) alternative materials approved by the
				division director.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-6 - Surface casing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 6.
(a) The owner
				or operator shall set surface casing according to the requirements of this
				section unless an alternative well construction method is authorized under
				section 11 of this rule. The surface casing shall be cemented in place by
				circulating cement behind the casing from the setting depth to the
				surface.
(b) The owner or operator
				shall provide notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth at
				312 IAC 29-33-8(a)(1)
				 through
				312 IAC 29-33-8(a)(4)
				 to an oil and gas inspector at least
				twenty-four (24) hours before setting the surface casing.
(c) The cement shall be allowed to set in
				place for at least four (4) hours and until the cement has developed a
				compressive strength of at least five hundred (500) pounds per square inch
				before resuming drilling.
(d)
				Except as provided in subsection (e) or (f), surface casing shall be set in or
				through an impervious formation that is:
(1)
				at least fifty (50) feet below the base of the lowermost underground source of
				drinking water; or
(2) at a depth
				less than fifty (50) feet below the base of the lowermost underground source of
				drinking water provided the next casing string to be set in the well is
				circulated with cement to a level at least twenty-five (25) feet inside the
				cemented surface casing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-7 - Intermediate casing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 7.
Where an owner or operator uses an intermediate string of
				  casing, it shall be set in or through an impervious formation and circulated
				  with cement from the setting depth to a level at least twenty-five (25) feet
				  inside the cemented surface casing or another cemented intermediate casing
				  string. The cement shall be allowed to set in place for at least four (4) hours
				  and until the cement has developed a compressive strength of at least five
				  hundred (500) pounds per square inch before drilling is resumed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-8 - Production casing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 8.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall set and cement production casing according to the
				requirements of this section unless an alternate well construction method is
				authorized under section 10 of this rule.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c),
				production casing shall be set at the bottom of the hole or at the top of the
				last stratum drilled unless the well is plugged back to a shallower formation.
				The production casing shall be circulated with cement from the setting depth to
				a level at least twenty-five (25) feet inside the next largest diameter
				cemented casing string.
(c) A well
				drilled for production from the either the Trenton formation or the Black River
				formation in the shallow Trenton limestone reservoir region may be completed
				without an additional string of production casing provided that surface casing
				meeting the requirements of section 6(f) of this rule has been set in the well.
				In the event that formations between the bottom of the surface casing string
				and the producing Trenton or Black River interval are water-bearing, the well
				may be constructed using one (1) of the following:
(1) With production casing run through an
				open hole packer set between the water-bearing interval and the producing
				interval.
(2) By isolation of the
				water-bearing interval by setting an additional casing string cemented with at
				least one hundred (100) feet of cement above the water-bearing
				interval.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-9 - Cement job log

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 9.
(a) An owner
				or operator shall maintain a copy of the cement job log at the well site and
				available for inspection by the division during drilling operations. The cement
				job log must include the following:
(1) The
				type of cement listing the type and amount of any additive.
(2) The volume.
(3) Yield and density in pounds per gallon of
				the cement.
(4) The amount of
				cement returned to the surface, if any.
(5) Cementing procedural information must
				include:
(A) a description of the pumping
				rates in barrels per minute;
(B)
				pressures in pounds per square inch;
(C) duration in minutes; and
(D) sequence of events during the cementing
				operation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 20 - Well Drilling, Construction and Completion Requirements › Section 20-10 - Approval of alternate well construction methods

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				division director may authorize an alternative well construction method if the
				owner or operator demonstrates the construction method:
(1) will not cause the pollution of,
				endanger, or threaten any underground source of drinking water;
(2) will not damage a source of oil, gas, or
				coal bed methane or result in waste; and
(3) is designed to confine formation fluids
				and injected fluids to the approved interval.