NDAC 43-02-03-68
Gas-oil ratio limitation
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 43-02-03-68
In allocated pools containing a well or wells producing from a reservoir which contains both oil and
gas, each proration unit shall be permitted to produce only that volume of gas equivalent to the
applicable limiting gas-oil ratio multiplied by the proration unit oil allowable currently assigned to the
pool. In the event the commission has not set a gas-oil ratio limit for a particular oil pool, the limiting
gas-oil ratio shall be two thousand cubic feet [56.63 cubic meters] of gas for each barrel of oil
produced.
A gas-oil limit shall be placed on all allocated oil pools, and all proration units having a gas-oil ratio
exceeding the limit for the pool shall be adjusted unless previously exempted by the commission after
hearing, in accordance with the following formula:
1.
Any proration unit which, on the basis of the latest official gas-oil ratio test has a gas-oil ratio in
excess of the limiting gas-oil ratio for the pool in which it is located, shall be permitted to
produce that number of barrels of oil which shall be determined by multiplying the proration
unit allowable by the fraction, the numerator of which shall be the limiting gas-oil ratio for the
pool and the denominator of which shall be the official gas-oil ratio test of the well.
2.
Any unit containing a well or wells producing from a reservoir which contains both oil and gas
shall be permitted to produce only that volume of gas equivalent to the applicable limiting
gas-oil ratio multiplied by the proration unit allowable currently assigned to the pool.
All proration units to which gas-oil ratio adjustments are applied shall be so indicated in the
proration schedule with adjusted allowables stated. The adjustment shall be made effective on the first
day of the month following that in which the gas-oil ratio tests were reported for the pool, as set forth in
the special field rules applicable to the pool.
In cases of new pools the limiting gas-oil ratio shall be two thousand cubic feet [56.63 cubic meters]
per barrel until such time as changed by the commission after a hearing. After notice and hearing, the
commission shall determine or redetermine, the specific gas-oil ratio limit which is applicable to a
particular allocated oil pool.