North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 05 - MINING - MINERAL RESOURCES
Subchapter H - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
Section .1200 - DRILLING UNITS AND WELL SPACING
Section 05H .1202 - DRILLING UNIT APPLICATION AND REVIEW
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) An application shall be submitted to the Commission for permission to:
(b) Applications submitted to the Commission no fewer than 60 calendar days before the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting shall be considered for hearing provided the docket has not been filled. The Commission shall notify the applicant once the hearing date has been set. Upon receipt the applicant shall begin the notice process set out in Rule .1203 of this Section.
(c) The applicant shall submit the original application and one paper copy for each Commissioner plus five additional copies to the following address: Oil & Gas Program, Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources, 1612 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1612. In addition, the applicant shall submit an electronic copy in .pdf format to the Commission at Oil&Gas@ncdenr.gov.
(d) Applicants or permittees petitioning the Commission for the creation of drilling units or modifications of existing drilling units shall be persons who own or have leased an interest in the mineral estate underlying the tract or tracts and have the right to use the surface land for development activities within the drilling unit.
(e) The application for the creation of a drilling unit or modification of an existing drilling unit shall include the following information:
(f) The applicant shall provide to the Commission within seven days after the hearing any additional information requested by the Commission at the hearing.
(g) The Commission shall assign a new docket number to each application submitted.
(h) The Commission shall approve, deny, or modify drilling units pursuant to G.S. 113-392(b) within 30 calendar days after conducting the hearing pursuant to Rule .0701 of this Subchapter on the application for creating or modifying a drilling unit.
(i) If the Commission approves an application, a drilling unit number shall be issued to the applicant. The drilling unit number shall be used to meet the requirement of Rule .1304(a)(5) of this Subchapter.
(j) The Commission approved drilling units shall expire 36 months after the approval date, if the applicant has not spud the first oil or gas well on the well pad.
Authority
G.S.
113-391(a)(12);
113-392(b);
Eff. March 17, 2015.