Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
404 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
2 CCR 404-1 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 311 - EXPIRATION

Universal Citation: 2 CO Code Regs 404-1 ยง 311

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

a. Except as otherwise specified by Rule 314.b.(2), Oil and Gas Development Plans are valid for 3

years. The following expirations will occur 3 years from the approval date of the Oil and Gas Development Plan:

(1) If drilling operations have not commenced for a permitted Well, the Form 2 for the undrilled Well will be null and void.

(2) If drilling operations have not commenced at any Wells on an Oil and Gas Location, the Form 2A(s) for that Oil and Gas Location, any associated Production Facilities designed to serve only that Location, and the associated Form 2s will be null and void;

(3) If drilling operations have not commenced for any permitted Well in a Drilling and Spacing Unit, the Drilling and Spacing Unit order will be vacated, and any associated Form 2As and Form 2s will become null and void; or

(4) If drilling operations have not commenced for any permitted Well subject to an Oil and Gas Development Plan, the Oil and Gas Development Plan will expire, the Drilling and Spacing Unit orders will be vacated, and the associated Form 2As and Form 2s will be null and void.

b. Extensions. The Commission or Director will not approve extensions for an Oil and Gas Development Plan, a Drilling and Spacing Unit, a Form 2A, or a Form 2.

c. Applications and Refile Forms After Expiration. Oil and Gas Development Plans, Drilling and Spacing Unit applications, Refile Form 2As, and Refile Form 2s may be filed within 60 days prior to expiration or anytime following expiration and are subject to the Commission's Rules in effect at the time of submission.

d. Remedy. Any built Oil and Gas Location for which a Form 2A expires pursuant to Rule 311.a will be subject to final Reclamation pursuant to the Commission's 1000 Series Rules.

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