74:12:09:01Applicability

of procedure. The secretary shall publish a notice of recommendation before issuing, denying, suspending, revoking, transferring, or renewing any permit application or petition filed for the following: (1) Request to drill an oil well on a tract containing less than 35 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:04; (2) Request to drill a gas well on a tract containing less than 576 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:05; (3) Request to drill at an exception location to statewide or field spacing, pursuant to § 74:12:02:08; (4) Request to drill a directional well or a horizontal well in an area not already spaced by the Board of Minerals and Environment for directional or horizontal wells, pursuant to § 74:12:02:02; (5) Request for an exception to the gas-oil ratio, pursuant to § 74:12:04:01; (6) Request to commingle oil from separate pools underground, pursuant to § 74:12:04:03; (7) Permit to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:01; (8) Request for major modifications of permits to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:08; (9) Request to increase injection pressure, pursuant to § 74:12:07:21; (10) Request to increase injection volumes, pursuant to § 74:12:07:22; (11) Exemption of a portion of an aquifer, pursuant to § 74:12:07:24; and (12) Request to complete well in more than one pool, pursuant to § 74:12:04:04. The secretary may require the applicant to submit geologic, geophysical, topographic, lease, ownership, engineering, or production information in support of any petition or application submitted under this section.

Source: 38 SDR 117, effective January 12, 2012.