North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 43 - Industrial Commission
Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development
Chapter 43-02-08 - Stripper Well and Stripper Well Property Determination
Section 43-02-08-02.1 - Property determination
Current through Supplement No. 392, April, 2024
The director recognizes the following as properties:
1. A unit.
2. A spacing unit.
3. Contiguous tracts within a lease.
4. A single well drilled and completed prior to July 1, 2013, is considered a single well stripper well property. A single well drilled and completed after June 30, 2013, is considered a single well stripper well.
Any well or portion of a property previously qualified as a stripper well property may not be redesignated to be included in another property unless approved by the commission after notice and hearing or unless such property lies within a unitized common source of supply.
All wells on the property must have been completed prior to July 1, 2013. A well completed after July 1, 2013, may not be added to an existing property.
General Authority: NDCC 38-08-04(1)(e)
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-08-04(1)(d), 57-51.1-01