Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 39-1-5 - Secondary Recovery Rules5.1. Waterflooding and other recovery operation. 5.1.1. Applications for secondary or additional recovery operations, whether by waterflooding or repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, for a pool productive of oil shall contain: 5.1.1.a. A plat drawn to a scale of 1 inch equal to 2,000 feet showing the area involved, together with the well or wells, including shallow wells and dry and abandoned wells located thereon, all of which shall be properly designated;5.1.1.b. The name, description and depth of the formations to be affected;5.1.1.c. The log of any injection well or such similar information as is available;5.1.1.d. A description of any injection well's casing or the proposed casing program and the proposed method for testing casing before use in any injection well;5.1.1.e. A statement as to the type of fluid to be used for injection, its source and the estimated amounts to be injected daily;5.1.1.f. A full description of the particular operation for which approval is requested, including the additional oil recovery anticipated and the economic feasibility of the project;5.1.1.g. A copy of the unit agreement showing the approval of the plan and its terms of operation by the operators of approximately three fourths (3/4) of the acreage (calculating partial interests on a pro rata basis for operator interests on any parcel owned in common) and the royalty owners of approximately three fourths (3/4) of the acreage (calculating partial interests on a pro rata basis for royalty interests on any parcel owned in common); and5.1.1.h. A statement of the designated operator for the unit.5.2. Unit operations. -- Subsequent to notice and hearing, at which the applicant will provide a copy of the unit agreement showing the approval of the plan and its terms of operation by the operators of at least three fourths (3/4) of the acreage (calculating partial interests on a pro rata basis for operator interests on any parcel owned in common) and the royalty owners of at least three fourths (3/4) of the acreage (calculating partial interests on a pro rata basis for royalty interests on any parcel owned in common), the Commission may enter an order as provided in W. Va. Code § 22C-9-8.5.3. Monthly report. -- A monthly report of fluids injected and withdrawn shall be filed in a form prescribed by the Commission.5.4. Notice of commencement and discontinuance of injection operations. -- The Commission shall be notified in writing within three (3) days of the commencement of injection operations and within ten (10) days of injection operations. No injection well shall be plugged without a permit.