Alabama Administrative Code
Title 400 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF ALABAMA
GOVERNING COALBED METHANE GAS OPERATIONS
Chapter 400-3-4 - DRILLING
Section 400-3-4-.04 - Directional Surveys
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
If required by this rule, a directional survey, which may include logging while drilling (LWD) or measurement while drilling (MWD) logs, shall be run and one (1) copy thereof filed by the operator with the Supervisor within thirty (30) days after completion of a well. Directional surveys shall be run from total depth to base of surface casing or the kickoff point, whichever is shallowest, unless otherwise approved by the Supervisor. However, directional surveys to total depth shall be unnecessary in cases where the interval below the survey is less than five hundred (500) feet. In such an instance, a projection of the latest survey shall satisfy Board requirements. In the event the proposed or final location of the producing interval of the directionally controlled well is not in accordance with spacing or other rules of the Board applicable to the reservoir, proper applications shall be made to obtain approval of exceptions to such rules. Such approval shall be granted, or denied, at the discretion of the Board, after notice and hearing. Directional surveys shall be run when:
(1) The well is directionally controlled and is thereby intentionally deflected from the vertical; or
(2) The well is drilled as an exceptional location and such directional survey is ordered by the Board.
Author: State Oil and Gas Board
See history note at end of chapter.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-17-1, et seq.
