312 IAC 29-13-4 - Drilling units and well spacing for vertical natural gas wells
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 4.
(a) For wells
drilled or deepened for the production of natural gas 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; and
(2) the well shall be located not less than
one hundred sixty-five (165) feet from the nearest external boundary line 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 natural gas from any
sandstone reservoir, not specified in subsection (a), the top of which lies
less than one thousand (1,000) feet below the surface:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain ten (10)
acres of land, more or less; 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 natural gas from any formation not specified in subsections (a)
and (b), the top of which lies less than one thousand (1,000) feet below the
surface:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain
twenty (20) acres of land, more or less; 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.
(d) For wells drilled or deepened for the
production of natural gas from any formation, the top of which is greater than
or equal to one thousand (1,000) feet below the surface:
(1) the drilling unit shall contain forty
(40) acres of land, more or less; 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 nine hundred ninety (990) 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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