Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 30 - Taking and Use of Groundwater
Subchapter 3 - Permit Application Requirements and Processing
Section 785:30-3-2 - Additional application requirements for enhanced recovery of oil and gas
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 785:30-3-2
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) To aid the Board in making its determinations, applicants filing for the use of fresh water for enhanced recovery of oil and gas, in addition to all other requirements, must furnish the following as part of and at the time of filing the application:
(1) A copy of the easements or leases from
the surface right owners giving the applicant the right to develop and use the
fresh groundwater for the recovery process;
(2) An estimated schedule of use showing the
amount of fresh water used each year in the recovery process;
(3) An economic study containing the
following information:
(A) A detailed analysis
of the relative cost of obtaining salt water and any other feasible alternative
versus the relative cost of obtaining fresh water,
(B) Total project costs and the amount of oil
and gas expected to be recovered and the value expected to be
realized,
(C) The estimated value
of fresh water for other purposes (purposes or uses common to the area or
vicinity subject of the application) as measured against the overall estimated
value of the oil or gas to be recovered,
(D) The additional expense per barrel
recovered if the applicant is required to use or treat salt water instead of
fresh water in the recovery process, and
(E) An evaluation of other recovery methods
or alternatives considered and why recovery requiring the use of fresh water
was deemed to be necessary or the most feasible.
(4) An inventory of all wells, fresh water,
salt water, oil, gas, disposal, injection, both active and abandoned, within
the boundaries of the proposed unitization and within two (2) miles of the
outside boundaries of the proposed unitization;
(5) The permeability, thickness, and
estimated porosity of the injection zone; and
(6) Information about reuse and recycling the
fresh groundwater.
(b) The applicant may also be required to furnish other relevant material upon request which may include the following:
(1)
A copy of the unitization plan on file with the Corporation
Commission;
(2) A copy of each
injection well application and the approval of such application by the
Corporation Commission;
(3) A copy
of all logs of each injection well showing the name of each zone containing
salt water; and
(4) The name and
chemical composition of any material or substance proposed to be injected
underground in connection with the proposed enhanced recovery operation (other
than fresh water).
Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2869, eff 7-1-96
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