312 IAC 29-13-3 - Drilling units and well spacing for vertical oil wells
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 3.
(a) For wells
drilled or deepened for the production of oil from either the Trenton formation
or the Black River formation in the shallow Trenton limestone reservoir region:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain five (5)
acres of land, more or less; and
(2) the well shall be located not less than
one hundred sixty-five (165) feet from the nearest external boundary lines of
the lease or production unit and not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet
from the nearest location of any of the following in the same individual
reservoir:
(A) A producing well for oil and
gas purposes.
(B) A well being
drilled for oil and gas purposes.
(C) The site of a proposed well for oil and
gas purposes for which a permit has been issued but the well is not yet
drilled.
(b)
For wells drilled or deepened for the production of oil from any formation not
specified in subsection (a), the top of which lies less than four thousand
(4,000) feet beneath the surface:
(1) the
drilling unit shall contain not less than ten (10) acres; and
(2) the well shall be located not less than
three hundred thirty (330) feet from the nearest external boundary line of the
lease or production unit, and not less than six hundred sixty (660) feet from
the nearest location of any of the following in the same reservoir:
(A) A producing well for oil and gas
purposes.
(B) A well being drilled
for oil and gas purposes.
(C) The
site of a proposed well for oil and gas purposes for which a permit has been
issued but the well is not yet drilled.
(c) For wells drilled or deepened for the
production of oil from any formation the top of which lies equal to or greater
than four thousand (4,000) feet beneath the surface:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain not less
than twenty (20) acres; and
(2) the
well shall be located not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet from the
nearest external boundary line of the lease or production unit, and not less
than six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest location of any of the
following in the same reservoir:
(A) A
producing well for oil and gas purposes.
(B) A well being drilled for oil and gas
purposes.
(C) The site of a
proposed well for oil and gas purposes for which a permit has been issued but
the well is not yet drilled.
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