26 MAC Pt. 2, Ch. 1, R. 1.35
ADJUSTED OIL WELL ALLOWABLE
Cite as 26 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Ch. 1, R. 1.35
ADJUSTED OIL WELL ALLOWABLE.
(a) If a newly completed oil well comes into production during any allowable period, or if
any oil well is placed back into production after having been removed from the allowable
schedule, such well may produce, during the remainder of such allowable period, only an
allowable equivalent to that assigned, for the remainder of such allowable period, to any regular
allowable unit in the field; provided, however, if such well is located on a unit smaller than the
regular drilling unit prescribed by the Board for the field, such well shall be permitted to produce
during the remainder of such allowable period, only that proportion of the allowable assigned,
for the remainder of such allowable period, to such a regular allowable unit as the acreage in the
smaller unit bears to the acreage in a regular allowable unit. The Board reserves the right to
adjust such allowable, and, if such allowable is reduced, to charge the overproduction against the
future production of such well.
(b) Pending the fixing of the maximum efficient rate of production for an oil well completed
in a non-allocated pool, unless the Board, after notice and hearing, either heretofore or hereafter,
expressly finds that allowables shall not be imposed on a particular pool, the allowable shall be
based upon the depth of the completion zone and shall be as follows:
Depth Maximum Allowable
- 7,000
feet
150 BOPD
7,000
- 8,000
feet
200 BOPD
8,000
- 9,000
feet
250 BOPD
9,000
- 10,000
feet
300 BOPD
10,000
- 12,000
feet
350 BOPD
12,000
- 14,000
feet
400 BOPD
Below
- 14,000
feet
500 BOPD
However, in order to prevent waste and protect co-equal and correlative rights of all parties,
the depth of the zone in which the discovery well of a pool is completed shall be used in
determining the depth allowable of additional wells in that pool until an MER is established by
the Board after notice and hearing.