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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-005 - TESTS AND SURVEYS

Current through June 17, 2024
The Commission is authorized to require that special tests or
				  surveys be made to determine physical waste of oil or gas. The Commission, in
				  calling for reports under Rule
				  2-004 and tests or surveys to be made
				  as provided in this Rule, shall designate the time allowed the operator for
				  compliance, and which provisions as to time shall prevail over any other time
				  provisions in these rules.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-006 - PROTECTION OF WATER-BEARING FORMATIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
In the conduct of oil and gas operations, each owner shall
				  exercise due care in the protection of water-bearing formations as required by
				  the applicable statutes of the State of Nebraska.
Special precautions shall be taken in drilling and abandoning
				  wells to guard against any loss of artesian water from the stratum in which it
				  occurs and the contamination of potable water by objectionable water, oil or
				  gas. Before any oil or gas well is completed as a producer, all oil, gas and
				  water strata above and below the producing horizon shall be sealed or separated
				  in order to prevent the intermingling of their contents.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-007 - CONVERSION TO WATER WELLS

Current through June 17, 2024
In the case of a well which is capable of producing potable
				  water which may be beneficially used by an individual or a community, the owner
				  shall have the right to dispose of the well to responsible parties providing
				  that written approval of the owner of the surface rights to the land on which
				  the well is located is secured and filed with the Commission and written notice
				  is given to the Director and approved by him subject to the approval of the
				  Commission. A release from responsibility incurred by this action should be
				  secured from the individual or community by the owner of the well and a copy of
				  said release filed with the Director. The State Department of Natural Resources
				  and Natural Resources District Offices should be consulted to determine if the
				  water well that results is under the jurisdiction of said
				  agencies.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-008 - WELL DESIGNATIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The owner shall mark each and every well in a conspicuous
				  place, with his name, name of lease, number of the well and legal description
				  of the well and shall take all necessary means and precautions to preserve
				  these markings.
The tank battery shall be marked with operator name, name of
				  lease, legal description, and phone number.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-009 - NAMING OF FIELDS

Current through June 17, 2024
All oil and gas fields discovered in the State subsequent to
				  the adoption of these rules and regulations shall be named by the Director or
				  his authorized deputies.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES › Section 267-2-010 - FORMS UPON REQUEST

Current through June 17, 2024
Forms required by the Commission will be furnished upon
				  request and will be available for download on the commission website. Operators
				  may reproduce forms required by the Commission, provided the blank forms are
				  printed on an equivalent size, color and quality of paper.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-001 - RECORDS, REPORTS, NOTICES - GENERAL

Current through June 17, 2024
Any required written notice of intention to do work or to
				  change plans previously approved must be filed with the Director and must reach
				  the Director or authorized deputies and receive approval before the work is
				  begun; or such approval may be given orally, and if so given, shall thereafter
				  be confirmed by the Director or authorized deputies in writing.
In the case of emergency, or any situation where the
				  operations might be unduly delayed, any written notice required by these rules
				  and regulations to be given the Director or authorized deputies may be given
				  orally or electronically; and, if approval is obtained, the transaction shall
				  be promptly confirmed by the operator in writing as a matter of record.
The owner shall keep and make conveniently available to the
				  Director or deputies accurate and complete records of the drilling,
				  re-drilling, deepening, plugging or abandoning of all wells, all other well
				  operations and of all alterations to casing. These records shall show all
				  formations penetrated, the quantity and quality of oil, gas or water in each
				  formation tested, the grade, weight, size and landed depth of casing used in
				  drilling each well on the lease premises and any other information obtained in
				  the course of well operation. Such information shall be kept confidential for a
				  period of one year from the date the geophysical logs are run if so
				  requested.
Whenever a person has been designated as an operator by an
				  owner or owners of a lease or well, such an operator may submit the reports as
				  herein required by the Commission. If a producing well is sold by one company
				  or person to another company or person, the Director shall be notified
				  immediately of the change in ownership. Any and all reports submitted shall be
				  submitted in writing or electronically.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-002 - FORM 1 - ORGANIZATION REPORT

Current through June 17, 2024
Any person conducting operations subject to the jurisdiction
				  of the Commission shall, upon demand by the Director, file an "Organization
				  Report" with the Director in the manner and form approved by the
				  Commission.
The designated Agent named by this form shall be a resident
				  of Nebraska and shall be authorized to accept and be served with notices from
				  the Commission.
Any changes in organization or changes of address of the
				  Agent or termination of the Agent's authority shall be reported immediately by
				  filing amended copies of Form 1 with the Commission.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-003 - FORM 2 - NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DRILL OR RE-ENTER

Current through June 17, 2024
Before any person shall commence operations for the drilling
				  of any well, such person shall file with the Director a notice of such intent
				  on Form 2 and must secure the approval of the Director or authorized deputy
				  before proceeding with such operations. A copy of the approved Form 2 must be
				  posted in a conspicuous place on the drilling rig.
The Director or authorized deputy must be notified at least
				  twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the commencement of drilling
				  activities.
Unless operations are commenced within one hundred eighty
				  (180) days after date of approval, the approval to drill will become null and
				  void.
If it is desired to revise an approved notice of intention to
				  drill, an amended Form 2 must be filed with the Director for approval.
A fee, paid in advance, of two hundred dollars ($200) per
				  well and payable to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission must be
				  remitted with Form 2. If it should become necessary for the Commission to
				  contract for the plugging of an abandoned well through failure of the owner or
				  operator to plug it satisfactorily, the costs of these plugging operations may
				  be assessed against the operator or owner.
No permit fee is required for an injection well.
If for any reason an approved location is not drilled, the
				  permit fee is nonrefundable but may be transferred to another location provided
				  that the permit has not expired or has not been revoked.
The Commission shall have the authority to revoke a permit if
				  the Commission finds that any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation was made to
				  obtain the approval of said permit.
The Notice of Intention to Drill or Re-Enter shall be
				  accompanied by an accurate plat showing the following information:
* Township, range, and section in which the well is to be
				  located.
* North arrow.
* Scale of drawing expressed as a ratio.
* A description of all monuments found, set, reset or
				  replaced, and notation of all distances measured between the corners used in
				  establishing the section boundary in which the well is to be located.
* Distances from the nearest established section boundary
				  lines to the proposed well.
* Ungraded ground elevation of the proposed well.
* Basis of elevations.
* Basis of bearings.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-005 - FORM 4 - SUNDRY NOTICES

Current through June 17, 2024
Notice must be given to the Director or his authorized deputy
				  and approval obtained in advance of the time when the owner or operator expects
				  to re-complete or abandon a well with the casing in the hole or to change
				  previously approved plans. Within thirty (30) days after re-completion,
				  abandonment, or change of plans, a detailed report of the work done and the
				  results obtained shall be submitted on Form 5 or Form 6, whichever is
				  appropriate.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-006 - FORM 5 - WELL COMPLETION OR RE-COMPLETION REPORT

Current through June 17, 2024
Within thirty (30) days after completion or re-completion of
				  an oil or gas producing well, injection or disposal well or a well temporarily
				  abandoned with casing in the hole, the owner or operator shall transmit to the
				  Director the well completion or re-completion report, Form 5. Upon written
				  request geological information will be kept confidential for twelve (12) months
				  after the filing thereof unless written permission to release the information
				  at an earlier date is obtained from the operator.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-007 - FORM 6 - PLUGGING RECORD

Current through June 17, 2024
If any well is plugged or abandoned, a record of work done
				  must be filed on Form 6 with the Director within thirty (30) days after the
				  work is completed. The report shall give a detailed account of the manner in
				  which the abandonment or plugging work is carried out, including the nature and
				  quantities of materials used in plugging and the location and extent (by
				  depths) of the plugs of different materials; records of the amount, size and
				  location (by depths) of casing and junk left in the well, and a detailed
				  statement of the volume and weight of mud fluid used. Upon written request,
				  geological information will be kept confidential for twelve (12) months after
				  the filing thereof unless written permission to release the information at an
				  earlier date is obtained from the operator.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-008 - FORM 7A - WELL STATUS AND MONTHLY PRODUCTION REPORT

Current through June 17, 2024
Each producer or operator of an oil or gas well shall file,
				  with the Director on or before the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month
				  succeeding the month in which the production occurs, a report on Form 7A,
				  containing all information required by the form including disposition of the
				  oil and gas produced.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-009 - FORM 8 - PRODUCTION TEST AND GAS-OIL RATIO REPORT

Current through June 17, 2024
Gas-oil ratio tests, as required by the Commission under Rule
				  3-027, shall be reported on Form 8
				  within twenty (20) days after the test is made.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-010 - FORM 9A - RESERVOIR PRESSURE TEST REPORT

Current through June 17, 2024
Sub-surface pressure tests, as may be required by the
				  Commission, shall be reported on Form 9A within twenty (20) days after
				  completion of tests.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-011 - MILL LEVY RETURN

Current through June 17, 2024
Remitters of the State severance tax shall be responsible for
				  the payment of the mill levy. The total mill levy remittance shall be
				  determined by applying the then current mill levy rate to the total value of
				  oil and gas.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-014 - DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

Current through June 17, 2024
When the intent is to direct the bottom of the hole away from
				  vertical, other than whipstocking necessitated by hole conditions, and the
				  spacing pattern is not altered thereby, notice of intention to do so shall be
				  filed with the Director or authorized agent and approval obtained before
				  beginning controlled directional drilling operations. Such notice shall state
				  clearly the depth, exact surface location of the well bore, proposed direction
				  deviation and proposed horizontal distance between the proposed bottom of the
				  hole and the surface location. If approval is obtained, the operator shall file
				  with the Commission within thirty (30) days after the completion of the work an
				  accurate and complete copy of the directional survey made.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-015 - RE-DRILLING OR DRILLING DEEPER

Current through June 17, 2024
When a well is re-drilled or drilled deeper by the original
				  operator, the operator shall advise the Director or authorized agent of their
				  intentions by filing Form 4 and stating thereon the proposed work to be done
				  and the anticipated results of the work.
If the re-drilling or drilling deeper is to be done by anyone
				  other than the original operator, they shall file Form 2 and the two hundred
				  dollar ($200) permit fee and state on the form that this well is to be
				  re-drilled or drilled deeper.
Upon completion of the work Form 5 shall be filed if the well
				  is an oil or gas producer, injection or disposal well, or shut-in with casing
				  in the hole. If the well is a dry hole, Form 6 shall be filed. Copies of any
				  logs and tests made should accompany these forms.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-016 - COMMINGLING IN ONE WELL BORE

Current through June 17, 2024
The production of oil and gas, or either of them, from more
				  than one pool from one well without segregation of such production as to pool
				  is hereby prohibited unless otherwise authorized or permitted by order of the
				  Commission pursuant to appropriate hearing.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-017 - MULTIPLE ZONE COMPLETIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The initial multiple zone completion of a well in a given
				  field may be permitted by submitting an application therefore to the Commission
				  and securing its order of approval thereof pursuant to an appropriate hearing.
				  The application shall be accompanied by an exhibit showing the location of all
				  wells on adjacent premises and all offset wells on adjoining lands and shall
				  set forth all material facts involved and the manner and method of completion
				  proposed. Thereafter, similar multiple zone completions in said field may be
				  approved by the Director, if so authorized by the Commission, upon request
				  therefore. Such requests shall also be accompanied by an affidavit showing that
				  notice of intention to file such request has been given to the owners, as
				  defined in the Act, of all tracts located within a radius of one-half (1/2)
				  mile of the well in which the multiple zone completion is to be attempted. The
				  Director may require such tests as he deems necessary to determine the
				  effectiveness of the segregation of the different pools.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-018 - MEASUREMENT OF OIL

Current through June 17, 2024
The volume of production of oil shall be computed in terms of
				  barrels of clean oil on the basis of properly calibrated meter measurements or
				  tank measurement of oil level differences made and recorded to the nearest
				  quarter inch, using one hundred (100) percent tank capacity tables, subject to
				  the following corrections:
018.01
				Correction for Impurities
The percentage of impurities (water, sand and other foreign
				  substances not constituting a natural component part of the oil) shall be
				  determined to the satisfaction of the Director, and the observed gross volume
				  of oil shall be corrected to exclude the entire volume of such
				  impurities.
018.02
				Temperature Correction
The observed volume of oil corrected for impurities shall be
				  further corrected to the standard volume at 60° F. in accordance with
				  A.S.T.M. D-1250 Table 6, dated 1956, reapproved 1973.
018.03 Gravity Determination
The gravity of oil at 60° F. shall be determined in
				  accordance with A.S.T.M. D-1250 Table 5, dated 1956, reapproved
				  1973.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-019 - MEASUREMENT OF GAS

Current through June 17, 2024
Production of gas of all kinds, with the exception of gas
				  used on the lease and small amounts of gas produced with oil, as excepted by
				  the Director, shall be measured by orifice type meter or other type meter
				  approved by the Director. The standard of pressure shall be 14.73 pounds per
				  square inch absolute and the standard of temperature shall be 60° F.,
				  regardless of the atmospheric pressure and temperature at the point of
				  measurement. All volumes of gas to be reported to the Commission shall be
				  adjusted by computation to these standards unless otherwise authorized by the
				  Director.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-020 - CONTROL OF "WILD" WELLS

Current through June 17, 2024
The operator shall take reasonable precautions to prevent any
				  oil, gas or water well from blowing open or "wild" and shall take immediate
				  steps and exercise due diligence to bring under control any such well or
				  burning oil or gas well.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-021 - DISPOSAL OF GAS

Current through June 17, 2024
Gas produced in connection with the production of oil shall
				  be flared and burned where there is no market at the well or use on the lease
				  for such gas. The operators of gasoline plants operated for the extraction of
				  liquid hydrocarbons from the gas shall burn the residue gas in flares where no
				  market exists at such plant for the residue gas or when the gas is not returned
				  to an oil pool or field for pressure maintenance or repressuring of the oil
				  pool or field.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-023 - BURN-OFF PITS

Current through June 17, 2024
To prevent fire hazards from waste oil, the same shall be
				  collected in burn-off pits which shall be located a safe distance from oil
				  storage tanks, buildings, or other structures and shall be burned as often as
				  necessary to prevent overflowing. Such pits shall be constructed to prevent the
				  escape of oil therefrom and shall have a continuous wall completely surrounding
				  the pit of sufficient height to prevent surface water from running into the
				  pit. Earthen pits will be permitted at locations where the soil is heavy and
				  tight, but shall be prohibited in locations where the soil is porous and
				  closely underlain by either sand or gravel strata, unless effectively sealed to
				  the satisfaction of the Director.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-024 - LEASE TANK RESERVOIRS AND FIRE HAZARDS

Current through June 17, 2024
All oil storage and lease tanks must be surrounded by an
				  earthen dike which shall provide a capacity of one and one-tenth ( 1-1/10)
				  times the capacity of the largest tank it surrounds.
All well and tank locations shall be kept free of dead grass,
				  brush, weeds and other inflammable material and so maintained at all
				  times.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-025 - OPEN PIT STORAGE OF OIL

Current through June 17, 2024
The operator shall not, except during an emergency or except
				  by special permission of the Director, permit oil to be temporarily stored or
				  retained in earthen reservoirs or in any other receptacle that may introduce an
				  accident or fire hazard.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-026 - SUB-SURFACE PRESSURE TESTS

Current through June 17, 2024
The Director may require sub-surface pressure measurements on
				  a sufficient number of wells in any pool to provide adequate data for
				  establishing maximum efficient rates of production (M. E. R.). Whenever a
				  sub-surface pressure measurement is to be made in a well, such well shall
				  remain completely shut-in for at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the
				  test. Tests may be witnessed by representatives of the offset
				  operators.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-027 - GAS-OIL RATIO TESTS

Current through June 17, 2024
Within thirty (30) days following the completion or
				  re-completion of each well producing oil and gas and thereafter as the Director
				  may require the operator of such well shall make a gas-oil ratio test of such
				  well; and the results of such test shall be reported to the Commission within
				  twenty (20) days after the test is made. Certain wells may be excepted from
				  this rule by the Director upon written request.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-028 - PLUGGING

Current through June 17, 2024
The requirements for plugging a well shall be as
				  follows:
028.01 A dry or abandoned well
				must be plugged in such a manner that oil, gas, water or other substance shall
				be confined to the reservoir in which it originally occurred. The material used
				in plugging, whether mud-laden fluid, cement, mechanical plug or some other
				suitable material, must be placed in the well in a manner to permanently
				prevent migration of oil, gas, water or other substance from the formation or
				horizon in which it originally occurred.
028.02 The operator shall have the option as
				to the method of placing cement in the hole by (1) dump bailer, (2) pumping
				through tubing or drill pipe, (3) pump and plug or (4) other method approved by
				the Director or authorized deputy.
028.03 No substance of any nature or
				description other than that normally used in plugging operations shall be
				placed in any well at any time during plugging operations.
028.04 In order to protect the fresh water
				strata, no surface casing shall be pulled from any well unless authorized by
				the Director.
028.05 Before a dry
				hole is plugged, the operator shall notify the office of the Director or his
				authorized deputy.
028.06 Before a
				producing well, or any well with production casing in the hole, is plugged, the
				operator shall notify the office of the Director by submitting Form 4, "Sundry
				Notices." Operator shall fully describe the proposed plugging and abandonment
				procedure on said form and shall set out the volume and position of each plug
				to be placed in the hole and the manner in which said plug will be positioned.
				A fee, paid in advance, of one hundred dollars ($100) and payable to the
				Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission must be remitted with each Form 4
				which gives notice of operator's intention to abandon a well with production
				casing in the hole.
028.07
				Operations must commence to plug and abandon each well with-in one year of the
				date of the Director's approved Form 4 or the operator must reapply. Any well
				that is not plugged and abandoned with-in one year will be considered to have a
				status of shut-in.
028.08 Following
				abandonment, working pits, reserve pits and/or burn pits shall be backfilled,
				pads leveled, debris removed or buried and land restored to the reasonable
				satisfaction of the Director.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-029 - PLUGGING OF SEISMIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC TESTS

Current through June 17, 2024
It shall be the duty of any person, operator or contractor
				  drilling a seismic or stratigraphic test hole, regardless of diameter or depth,
				  whether cased or uncased, to plug said hole in a manner sufficient to properly
				  protect all fresh water bearing and possible or probable oil or gas bearing
				  formations.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-030 - LIABILITY

Current through June 17, 2024
The person who drilled or caused to be drilled any well for
				  oil or gas or any seismic, core or other exploratory hole, whether cased or
				  uncased, shall be liable and responsible for the plugging thereof in accordance
				  with the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-032 - SEISMIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC TESTS

Current through June 17, 2024
Before any person shall commence operations for the drilling
				  of any seismic hole, such person shall file with the Director an accurate plat
				  of all such holes, the proposed depths and the date such operations are
				  expected to commence. The Director or authorized agent shall approve the method
				  used to plug such holes. No permit fee shall be required.
Wells drilled as stratigraphic type test holes shall come
				  under these rules and regulations with the following exceptions: No fee shall
				  be required for the drilling of a stratigraphic test hole, but Form 2,
				  "Notification of Intent to Drill or Re-Enter," shall be filed with the Director
				  and approved by him prior to the drilling of each test or hole. Locations may
				  be approved within three hundred thirty (330) feet of legal subdivision lines,
				  but estimated total depths do not have to be included in notifications.
				  Records, plugging affidavits and logs do not have to be filed with the
				  Commission except within a period of six (6) months after completion of
				  drilling. In the case of a series of wells drilled as a part of a single
				  investigational program, records, plugging affidavits and logs may be filed
				  with the Commission within six (6) months after completion of the last test
				  hole drilled providing that the Director is informed of the approximate number
				  of tests to be included in the program and that the period of not more than
				  thirty (30) days separate the completion of one test and the commencement of
				  the next test. Special permission for time extension between drilling of
				  successive test holes may be granted by the Director or his authorized deputy
				  for justifiable reasons.
Upon written request by the operator, all records, plugging
				  affidavits, logs, plats and geologic information will be held confidential for
				  a period not to exceed one (1) year.
The operator or drilling contractor shall maintain an
				  accurate map or plat of all shallow exploratory, stratigraphic or seismic holes
				  for a period of at least five (5) years after completion of a program, and all
				  holes shall be satisfactorily plugged.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-033 - LIMITATION OF PRODUCTION

Current through June 17, 2024
Whenever the Commission, after notice and hearing, finds that
				  waste as defined in the Act, is occurring in any oil or gas field or pool and
				  that the production of oil or gas from such field or pool should be limited to
				  prevent waste, then the Commission shall issue an order limiting production
				  from such field or pool and specify rules applicable thereto for the allocation
				  or distribution of allowable production therefrom as provided for in the
				  Act.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-034 - MAXIMUM EFFICIENT RATE HEARINGS

Current through June 17, 2024
The Commission, on its own motion may, or at the request of
				  any interested party shall call hearings to determine the maximum efficient
				  rate at which any pool in the State can produce oil and gas without
				  waste.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-035 - SPACING UNITS

Current through June 17, 2024
The Commission may upon its own motion or upon the motion of
				  any interested party and after notice and hearing establish spacing units of a
				  specified and approximate uniform size and shape for each pool within this
				  State.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-036 - FORM 11 - REPORT OF INJECTION PROJECT

Current through June 17, 2024
Operators of pressure maintenance, secondary recovery
				  projects or produced water disposal wells shall file a report on Form 11 on or
				  before the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month succeeding the month in which
				  the injection occurs.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-037 - FORM 12 - REPORT OF PACKER LEAKAGE TEST

Current through June 17, 2024
Operators of wells which are completed to produce oil and/or
				  gas from two or more reservoirs through a common well bore, while segregating
				  the production from each respective reservoir with a packer set in the well
				  bore, shall conduct packer leakage tests immediately following the multiple
				  completion of such wells and thereafter as the Director may require. The
				  results of packer leakage tests shall be reported on Commission Form 12 within
				  twenty (20) days following completion of the test.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-038 - FORM 13 - RELEASE

Current through June 17, 2024
Operators may utilize Form 13 in securing a release of
				  further plugging responsibility when a well thought capable of producing water
				  for agricultural, domestic, industrial, or municipal use is disposed of as
				  authorized by Rule
				  2-007.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-039 - FORM 14 - AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSPORT OIL AND/OR GAS FROM LEASE

Current through June 17, 2024
Before any oil and/or gas may be sold, removed or transported
				  from any unit or lease by any person, the owner shall file with the Director
				  Form 14 -AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSPORT OIL AND/OR GAS FROM LEASE - and must secure
				  the Director's approval before proceeding with the sale, removal or
				  transporting of any oil and/or gas which authority shall be effective until
				  further notice or until revoked by the Director. No purchaser shall buy, remove
				  or transport any oil and/or gas from any unit or lease until he has received an
				  approved copy of Form 14. The Director shall revoke said authority if it is
				  found that any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation was made to obtain the
				  approval of said authority, or if any operator is in violation of any rule,
				  regulation or order of the Commission. Said operator may apply for a new permit
				  at any time said operator is in compliance with Sections
				  57-901
				  through
				  57-921,
				  Revised Statutes Nebraska, 1943, and all rules and regulations and orders of
				  the Commission. A new well is exempt from this rule for a period of thirty (30)
				  days following completion.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-040 - INACTIVE WELLS

Current through June 17, 2024
Whenever operations cease for a period of sixty (60) days on
				  any well, the operator shall give notice to the Commission of the change to
				  inactive status.
040.01 If it is deemed
				necessary to prevent migration of oil, gas, water or other substances from the
				formation or horizon in which it originally occurred, the well shall be plugged
				or repaired. If the operations on any such inactive well are not resumed within
				a period of one (1) year after the notice has been given, the operator of the
				well shall plug and abandon the well in the manner prescribed by the Director.
				However, upon application prior to the expiration of the one (1) year period,
				and for good cause shown, the Director may extend the period for one (1) year,
				provided that the static fluid level is established and maintained at least one
				hundred fifty (150) feet below the lowest fresh water zone, or the casing is
				pressure tested to at least three hundred (300) pounds per square inch as
				measured at surface to prove mechanical integrity.
040.02 Application for inactive well status
				must be submitted on a Form 4 and contain the following information:
* The type of well.
* The bottom hole assembly.
* Pressures as measured by gauge for:
* Tubing.
* Production casing annulus.
* Surface casing annulus.
* Static fluid level as measured from ground level.
* Method used to determine static fluid level.
* Date data was obtained.
* Information stating if any formations with reservoir
				  pressures high enough to initiate flow into the lowermost freshwater aquifer
				  exist.
040.03 An additional
				one (1) year extension(s) may be granted in the same manner.
040.04 FEE FOR INACTIVE WELL
A yearly fee will be collected for each well that is inactive
				  for two or more consecutive years. The operator will submit a fee for each well
				  requested for inactive status. The fee structure is as follows:
Inactive Period, Year(s)
Fee
0 to 2
$ 0/Year
2 or more
$200/Year
The funds shall be used at the discretion of the Commission
				  and the collection of fees may be reduced to five dollars ($ 5.00) per well at
				  the discretion of the Director if previously collected funds prove sufficient
				  to carry out the purposes of the Well Plugging and Abandonment Trust
				  Fund.
Statute:
					 57-905;
					 57-906;
					 57-907;
					 57-908;
					 57-919;
					 57-923
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-041 - WELL STIMULATION ACTIVITIES COVERED BY DRILLING PERMITS

Current through June 17, 2024
Well completions which include hydraulic fracturing,
				  acidizing, or other chemical stimulations done to complete a well are
				  considered permitted under the drilling permit for that well.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-042 - HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Current through June 17, 2024
New and existing wells which will be stimulated by hydraulic
				  fracturing must demonstrate suitable and safe mechanical configuration for the
				  stimulation treatment proposed.
042.01
				Prior to the initiation of fracture stimulation, the operator must evaluate the
				well. If the operator proposes stimulation through production casing or through
				intermediate casing, the casing must be tested to the maximum anticipated
				treating pressure. If the casing fails the pressure test, it must be repaired
				or the operator must use a temporary casing/tubing fracturing string.
042.02 If the operator proposes fracturing
				through a temporary casing/tubing string it must be stung into a liner or run
				on a packer set not less than one hundred (100) feet below the cement top of
				the production or intermediate casing and must be tested to not less than
				maximum anticipated treating pressure.
042.03 Casing/tubing pressure test will be
				considered successful if the pressure applied has been held for ten (10)
				minutes with no more than a ten percent pressure loss.
042.04 Maximum treating pressure shall not
				exceed the test pressure determined above.
042.05 The surface casing valve must remain
				open while hydraulic fracturing operations are in progress. The annular space
				between the fracturing string and production casing must be monitored and may
				be pressurized to a pressure not to exceed the pressure rating of the lowest
				rated component that would be exposed to pressure should the fracturing string
				fail.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-043 - DISCLOSURE OF WELL STIMULATION FLUIDS

Current through June 17, 2024
Within sixty (60) days of the hydraulic fracture stimulation
				  is performed, the operator shall post on the FracFocus Chemical Disclosure
				  Registry (FracFocus.org) all the elements made viewable by the FracFocus
				  website.
Statute
					 57-905(4)(b)
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - DRILLING, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCING AND ABANDONMENT › Section 267-3-044 - PROPRIETARY CHEMICALS AND TRADE SECRETS

Current through June 17, 2024
Where the formula, pattern, compilation, program, device,
				  method, technique, process or composite of a chemical product is proprietary to
				  the owner or operator, or service company and would if disclosed reveal methods
				  or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets, such as a chemical, need
				  not be disclosed to the Director or staff unless:
044.01 If necessary to respond to a spill or
				release of a trade secret product, the operator or service company must provide
				to the Director upon request a list of the chemical constituents contained in a
				trade secret product. The Director may request information be provided orally
				directly to a laboratory or other third party performing analysis for the
				Commission. Commission staff and any third parties receiving trade secret
				information on behalf of the Commission may be required to execute a
				nondisclosure agreement.
044.02 The
				operator or service company must provide the chemical constituents of a trade
				secret to a health professional who provides a written statement that knowledge
				of the chemical constituents of such product is needed for purposes of
				diagnosis or treatment of the individual being diagnosed or treated may have
				been exposed to the chemical concerned. The health professional may not use the
				information for purposes other than the health needs asserted in the statement
				of need and may be required to execute a nondisclosure agreement.
044.03 Where a health professional determines
				that a medical emergency exists and the chemical constituents of a trade secret
				product are necessary for emergency treatment, the operator or service company
				shall immediately disclose the chemical constituents to a product to that
				health professional upon verbal acknowledgement by the health professional that
				such information shall not be used for purposes other than health needs
				asserted and that the health professional shall otherwise maintain the
				information as confidential.
Statute
					 57-905(4)(b)
Statute:
					 57-905;
					 57-906;
					 57-907;
					 57-908;
					 57-919
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION › Section 267-4-001 - CLASSIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELLS

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 Enhanced recovery injection well is a
				well which injects fluids to increase the recovery of oil and/or gas.
A commercial enhanced recovery facility includes single or
				  multiple wells that are specifically engaged in the business of underground
				  injection of brine generated by third party producers for a fee or
				  compensation. In addition, the produced brine must originate off-site as a
				  result of oil and gas production operations only, and must be transported to
				  the facility by tank truck.
001.02 Disposal well is a well which injects
				for purposes other than enhanced recovery those fluids brought to the surface
				in connection with the production of oil and/or gas.
A commercial disposal facility includes single or multiple
				  wells that are specifically engaged in the business of underground injection of
				  brine generated by third party producers for a fee or compensation. In
				  addition, the produced brine must originate off-site as a result of oil and gas
				  production operations only, and must be transported to the facility by tank
				  truck.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Title 267 - NEBRASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - UNDERGROUND INJECTION › Section 267-4-002 - APPROVAL OF ENHANCED RECOVERY INJECTION WELLS OR DISPOSAL WELLS

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Commencement of waterflooding and
				other enhanced recovery operations involving the introduction of extraneous
				forms of energy into any reservoir, including cycling or recycling operations
				and the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas in
				connection therewith is permitted only upon order of the Commission.
002.02 Underground disposal of salt water,
				brackish water or other water unfit for domestic, livestock, irrigation or
				other general uses is permitted only upon order of the Commission.
002.03 All injection wells must have
				sufficient surface casing run to reach a depth below the base of all water
				sources that are less than three thousand (3,000) parts per million total
				dissolved solids or water sources that are or could be reasonably utilized as
				domestic fresh water unless those sources are exempted. Casing shall be
				sufficiently cemented to fill the annulus to the top of the hole.
002.04 All injection wells shall be cased and
				the casing cemented in such a manner that damage will not be caused to oil and
				gas resources by any injection activity.
002.05 Authorization for injection may be
				conditioned upon the applicant taking action to protect fresh water as may be
				specified by the Commission in its order.
002.06 For wells converting from production
				to injection, the well must be remedially cemented behind the casing to protect
				any aquifers that contain from 3,000 ma/L to 10,000 mg/L TDS to ensure that no
				fluid migration outside of the intended injection zone occurs.