La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-4103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XIX-4103 - Survey Plats

A. Survey plats presented to the Office of Conservation for approval after the issuance of an order shall properly identify all of the geologically significant wells and these wells shall be located on the ground based on the Lambert Plane Coordinate System or other recognized control, such as section corners, USC & GS monuments, etc. The survey plat shall show the distance of each geologically significant well from the unit boundary line which it controls and all geologically significant wells shall be located on the plat in correct relation to each other.

1. If a geologically significant well has been abandoned and cannot be found on the ground, the location as shown on the permit plat shall be used.

2. The affected tracts shall be identified on the survey plat by the names of the fee and lease owners, based on the best available information. Further, each unit plat shall have an inset or attachment showing the number, name, acreage (or other basis of participation) and the unit percentage participation of each tract.

B. If geographical units are adopted by a unit order, there shall be shown on the survey plat the property, lease or governmental subdivision lines which are used as unit boundaries and they shall be identified as such, based on the best available information.

C. The surveyed unit plat shall be based on the Louisiana Lambert Plane Coordinate System where practicable. If an orientation other than the Lambert Plane Coordinate System is used, the point of beginning for the unit outline shall be defined on the plat by relating the point to a known monument or section corner and the basis of the bearing orientation used for the survey shall be specifically defined.

D. Unit boundaries shall be defined by using Lambert coordinates or courses and distances with the length of each course dependent upon the sinuosity of the outline of the boundary.

E. If a unit order creates more than one unit the survey plat shall, if practicable, be a composite of all of the units, and if different unit operators are designated, the survey plat or plats shall be prepared through a coordinated effort of all designated operators. If not practicable to use a single composite survey plat for all of the units, a separate survey plat shall be prepared for each unit, with a composite plat showing all units.

F. When the survey plat is completed and before recordation thereof, as many copies as may be needed by the operator, plus two copies of the survey plat and a film overlay on the scale of the unit plat attached to the order, shall be submitted to the Office of Conservation in Baton Rouge for approval. There shall be placed on or attached to each survey plat submitted for approval the following certificate signed by the surveyor.

1. The requirements for Unit Plats and Survey Plats adopted by the Commissioner of Conservation have been complied with in all respects.

2. Each producing unit shall be surveyed and the survey plat submitted for approval in accordance with the foregoing within 90 days after the issuance date of the unit order. If a unit is not producing when created, a survey plat thereof shall be submitted within 90 days after the date production commences.

G. Exceptions to the provisions hereof may be granted by the Commissioner of Conservation, upon the showing of good cause therefor, without the necessity of public hearing or formal order.

H. These requirements shall apply to any unitization proceedings initiated on and after the first day of July 1973.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-4103

Adopted by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, October 1983, amended and promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 19:765 (June 1993), repromulgated LR 19:1030 (August 1993).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4 et seq.