North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development › Chapter 43-02-15 - Certification of Restimulation Wells › Section 43-02-15-02 - Application to certify a restimulation well

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any operator desiring to certify a restimulation well for
				  purposes of eligibility for the tax reduction provided in North Dakota Century
				  Code chapter 57-51.1 shall submit to the director an application for
				  certification of the restimulation well. The operator has the burden of
				  establishing entitlement to the certification and shall submit all data
				  necessary to enable the director to determine whether the well should be
				  certified as a restimulation well and entitled to the tax reduction provided in
				  North Dakota Century Code section 57-51.1-03.
The application must be on a well sundry form and include the
				  following:
1. The name and address of
				the operator of the restimulation well, including the phone number and
				electronic mail address of the submitting representative.
2. The well name and number, file number, and
				legal description of the surface location of the well by quarter-quarter,
				section, township, range, and county for which the certification is
				requested.
3. The field and pool
				for the well the restimulation was performed in for which the certification is
				requested.
4. The legal description
				of the spacing unit for the pool in the well the restimulation was performed in
				for which the certification is requested.
5. The original completion date for the pool
				in the well the restimulation was performed in for which the certification is
				requested.
6. The date previous
				stimulations were performed in pool in the well the restimulation was performed
				in for which the certification is requested.
7. A copy of the completion report for the
				pool in the well the restimulation was performed in for which the certification
				is requested, including the restimulation date and details.
8. Calculated barrels of oil per day for the
				most recent reporting month during which the restimulation well was produced at
				a maximum efficient rate for the pool in the well the restimulation was
				performed in for which the certification is requested.
9. Certification by the operator that:
a. The restimulation well is not located
				within the exterior boundaries of a reservation, is not located on trust
				properties outside a reservation boundary as defined in North Dakota Century
				Code section 57-51.2-02, and is not a straddle well located on reservation
				trust land as defined in North Dakota Century Code section 57-51.1-07.10,
				unless a tribe has made an irrevocable election to opt-in to the tax reduction
				by providing written notice to the tax commissioner. A copy of such notice
				shall be included.
b. The
				restimulation well is not a qualified stripper well or part of a qualified
				stripper well property as defined in North Dakota Century Code section
				57-51.1-01.
c. The restimulation
				well is not part of a qualifying secondary recovery project or qualifying
				tertiary recovery project as defined in North Dakota Century Code section
				57-51.1-01.
The application for certification must be accompanied by
				  sufficient documentation for the director to determine the restimulation well
				  constitutes a well as specified in North Dakota Century Code section
				  57-51.1-01. If the application does not contain sufficient information to make
				  a determination, the director may require the operator to submit additional
				  information.