LAC 43:XIX.4903. Application to Drill

A. All applications for permits to drill wells for geothermal resources or conversions of existing wells for geothermal development below the fresh water sands shall be made on Form GR-10, or revisions thereof, and mailed or delivered to the district office. These applications, in duplicate, shall be accompanied by three copies of the location plat, preferably drawn to a scale of 500 feet to the inch. The plats shall be constructed from data compiled by a registered civil engineer or surveyor and shall definitely show the amount and location of the acreage with reference to quarter-section corners, or other established survey points. There shall also be shown all pertinent lease and property lines, leases, and offset wells, including oil and gas wells. When the tract to be drilled is composed of separately owned interests which have been pooled or unitized, the boundaries to and the acreage in each separately owned interest must be indicated. A well location certification must be either written on or attached to the well location plat and the certification must be signed by a registered civil engineer, qualified surveyor, or a qualified engineer regularly employed by the applicant. If possible, the application card shall give the name and address of the drilling contractor; otherwise, the infor­mation, as soon as determined, shall be supplied by letter to the district manager. B. Dual completion will be granted only after proper application to the commissioner. C. No well shall be drilled, nor shall the drilling be commenced, before a permit for such well has been issued by the Office of Conservation; furthermore, any work, such as digging pits, erecting buildings, derricks, etc., which the operator may do or have done, will be done at his own risk and with the full understanding that the Office of Conservation may find it necessary to change the location or deny the permit because of the rules and regulations applying in that instance. D. No well shall commence drilling until a sign has been posted on the derrick and subsequently on the well if it is a producer, showing the ownership and designation of the well, name of lease, section, township, range, and the serial number under which the permit was issued. In order to make the designation of wells, as referred to above, more uniform throughout the state, and thus facilitate the handling of all matters relative to any particular well, the following system of rules has been developed for use in the naming of wells in the future in Louisiana: 1. In no case shall any operator name or well name exceed thirty characters. (A space is equivalent to one character.) a. Abbreviation shall be used whenever possible to comply with the above. It is recommended that "S" be used for Sand and "U" for Unit. b. The official well name appearing on Form GR-10 (Application to Drill) shall be used when reporting on all Office of Conservation forms and also in any correspondence. 2. Lease Wells all wells drilled on a lease basis shall bear the lessor’s surname and initial or given name. Example: | Lease Name | Well No. J.R. Smith | 2 3. The commissioner shall prescribe or cause the have prescribe the procedure for assigning well and/or unit nomenclature and may issue a memorandum concerning same from time to time as the need arises. a. Developmental Units proposed at a hearing shall be named in accordance with the latest memorandum. (Memo dated December l, 1972 -Procedure for Assigning Nomenclature, Coding, Allowables, and Filing of Reports for all types of units) b. Any unit maps filed with an application for hearing must reflect proposed unit names in accordance with the latest memorandum. 4. Units with Alternate Unit Wells. For those cases where more than one 1 well serves the same proration unit, the wells shall be named in accordance with the latest memorandum (December l, 1972) and the well number shall be followed by the letters "ALT" in the case of each alternate well. Example: | Lease Name | Well No. Hayes SUE: J.R. Smith | 2 Hayes SUE: Dave Luke | 1 ALT Hayes SUE: St. Mary | 22 ALT