Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 165 - Corporation Commission
Chapter 10 - Oil And Gas Conservation
Subchapter 15 - Oil Well Production and Allowables
Section 165:10-15-13 - Production tests and reports for unallocated oil wells
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 165:10-15-13
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Per-well basis allowable.
(1) If the well is an allocated well, or an
unallocated well located on lands in which drilling and spacing units have not
been established and the operator elected to accept allowables on a per-well
basis, or an unallocated well located on lands in which drilling and spacing
units have been established, the operator shall file a production test no later
than 30 days after the earlier of:
(A) Making
the election,
(B) Completion of the
well, or
(C) Recompletion of the
well.
Each individual well shall be tested for not less than six hours and not more than 24 hours with the production calculated and reported at a daily rate (24 hours).
(2) Each new well shall be given an allowable
equal to the allowable for an unallocated per-well basis well until the
production test has been performed with the results reported to the
Conservation Division. The allowable shall be effective for a period not longer
than 30 days from completion of the well. A Form 1002A Completion Report may be
used in lieu of a Form 1029A to establish an oil allowable if oil and gas
production rates reported on Form 1002A establish the well's classification as
an oil well. No further allowable shall be assigned to the well until
compliance with this subsection.
(3) Until an operator submits the required
test results for any well, as provided in subsection (a)(1), no allowable shall
be assigned to the well. If said test results are filed late, then the
allowable shall be effective the first day of the following month after the
Conservation Division accepts the test.
(4) All initial tests shall be conducted in
the manner set forth in (1) of this subsection.
(5) Annual testing shall not be
required.
(b) Per-lease basis allowables.
(1)
If the well is an unallocated well located on lands in which drilling and
spacing units have not been established and the operator elects to accept
allowables on a per-lease basis, the operator shall file a production test with
the Conservation Division not later than 30 days after:
(A) Making the election,
(B) Completion of the initial well on the
lease,
(C) Completion of a
subsequent well on the lease,
(D)
Recompletion of any well on the lease, or
(E) Retesting of any well on the lease.
Each well on the lease shall be tested for not less than six hours and not more than 24 hours with the production calculated and reported at a daily rate (24 hours).
(2) Each lease shall be given an additional
allowable equivalent to the shallowest ten-acre or less allowable from the
Allocated Well Allowable Table (Appendix A to this Chapter) multiplied by the
current market demand factor for each new producing well added to the lease
until the production test has been performed with the results reported to the
Conservation Division. The additional allowable shall be effective for a period
not longer than 30 days from completion of the well. No further additional
allowable shall be assigned to the lease until compliance with this
subsection.
(3) If an operator
fails to submit the required test results for any lease with allowables
calculated on a per-lease basis, no allowable shall be assigned to the lease.
The operator may submit the results of the test to the Conservation Division to
reinstate the allowable. A Form 1002A Completion Report may be used in lieu of
a Form 1029A to establish an oil allowable if oil and gas production rates
reported on Form 1002A establish the well's classification as an oil well. The
allowable shall be effective the first day of the following month after the
Conservation Division accepts the test.
(4) No lease shall be granted underage
resulting from failure to perform a required test in compliance with this
Section.
(5) All initial tests,
annual tests and retests shall be conducted in the manner set forth in (1) of
this subsection.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2337, eff 6-25-92; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2206, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2498, eff 7-11-09
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