NDAC 43-02-03-44
Vented, flared, and metered casinghead gas
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 43-02-03-44
1.
Pending arrangements for disposition for some useful purpose, all vented casinghead gas
must be burned. Each flare must be equipped with an automatic ignitor or a continuous
burning pilot, unless waived by the director for good reason.
2.
All casinghead gas produced must be reported monthly to the director in units of one
thousand cubic feet [28.32 cubic meters] computed at a pressure of fourteen and
seventy-three hundredths pounds per square inch absolute [1034.19 grams per square
centimeter] at a base temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [15.56 degrees Celsius].
Associated gas production may not be transported from a well premises or central production
facility until its volume has been determined through the use of properly calibrated
measurement equipment. All measurement equipment and volume determinations must
conform to American gas association standards. The operator of a well shall notify the director
within thirty days on a well sundry notice of the connection date to a gas gathering system, the
metering equipment, transporter, and purchaser of the gas. Any gas produced and used on
lease for fuel purposes or flared may be estimated or measured and must be reported on a
gas report in accordance with section 43-02-03-52.1. Meters used to determine the use on
lease or flared gas volumes must be installed and calibrated in accordance with American
petroleum institute or American gas association standards or to the meter manufacturer's
recommendations.