NDAC 43-02-15-03
Director certification of a restimulation well
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 43-02-15-03
1.
Upon receipt of an application for restimulation well certification, the director shall review the
application, information, and all relevant information contained in the books, files, and records
of the commission.
2.
Restimulation well certification must be determined on the basis of the qualified calculated
maximum barrels of oil per day for the most recent reporting month prior to the restimulation
operation during which the restimulation well was produced at a maximum efficient rate for the
pool in the well the restimulation was performed in. To qualify production from a restimulation
well for the calculated barrels of oil per day, the restimulation well must have been maintained
at the maximum efficient rate of production or is not capable of exceeding the production
threshold if the well had been maintained at the maximum efficient rate of production
throughout the qualifying reporting month.
3.
Within thirty days of the receipt of a complete application for restimulation well certification, or
a reasonable time thereafter, the director shall either grant or deny the application.
4.
If an application for restimulation well certification is denied, the director shall enter a written
determination denying the application and specify the basis for the denial. If an application for
restimulation well certification is granted, the director shall enter a written determination
granting the application and forward a copy to the tax commissioner. A copy of the
determination either granting or denying the restimulation well certification application must be
forwarded by the director to the operator. It is the obligation of the operator to notify and
advise all other owners in the well and the purchaser of the crude oil of the determination of
the director.