Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-87.5
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Applications for approval of increased density wells –
Official statutory text
Notice and hearing.
A. When any application is filed with the Corporation
Commission for approval of an increased density well in any drilling
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and spacing unit, notice of the hearing to be held upon such
application shall be given by the applicant to:
1. Those persons, including government entities, entitled to
oil or gas or the proceeds of oil or gas produced from the common
source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit for which the
application for an increased density well has been filed; and
2. The operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of
each well which is commencing or currently producing from the same
common source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit or any
separate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and
spacing unit for such an increased density well.
B. If the applicant is seeking approval of an increased density
well to be completed in a common source of supply for which the
Commission has established field rules, and for which no application
for an increased density well in such common source of supply has
been approved by the Commission subsequent to January 1, 1998, and
prior to the effective date of this act, notice shall also be given
to the operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of each
well commencing or currently producing from that same common source
of supply governed by the field rules.
C. If the applicant is the operator of a well commencing or
currently producing from the same common source of supply applicable
to the increased density well in a drilling and spacing unit or a
separate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and
spacing unit for such increased density well, notice shall also be
given to each owner, as shown by the records of the operator, with a
working interest in such well in such common source of supply.
D. The notices required by subsections A, B and C of this
section shall be given by mailing by regular mail no less than
fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing.
E. No person except for those persons provided for in this
section shall be entitled to notice of the hearing on an application
for approval of an increased density well in any drilling and
spacing unit.
F. The Commission shall require that notice of the hearing be
published one time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing
in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in
which the lands embraced in the application are located. If the
increased density well is to be completed in a common source of
supply for which the Commission has established field rules and for
which no application for an increased density well in such common
source of supply has been approved by the Commission subsequent to
January 1, 1998, and prior to the effective date of this act, notice
of the hearing shall also be published one time at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
published in each county in which the lands subject to the field
rules are located.
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A. When any application is filed with the Corporation
Commission for approval of an increased density well in any drilling
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 67
and spacing unit, notice of the hearing to be held upon such
application shall be given by the applicant to:
1. Those persons, including government entities, entitled to
oil or gas or the proceeds of oil or gas produced from the common
source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit for which the
application for an increased density well has been filed; and
2. The operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of
each well which is commencing or currently producing from the same
common source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit or any
separate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and
spacing unit for such an increased density well.
B. If the applicant is seeking approval of an increased density
well to be completed in a common source of supply for which the
Commission has established field rules, and for which no application
for an increased density well in such common source of supply has
been approved by the Commission subsequent to January 1, 1998, and
prior to the effective date of this act, notice shall also be given
to the operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of each
well commencing or currently producing from that same common source
of supply governed by the field rules.
C. If the applicant is the operator of a well commencing or
currently producing from the same common source of supply applicable
to the increased density well in a drilling and spacing unit or a
separate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and
spacing unit for such increased density well, notice shall also be
given to each owner, as shown by the records of the operator, with a
working interest in such well in such common source of supply.
D. The notices required by subsections A, B and C of this
section shall be given by mailing by regular mail no less than
fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing.
E. No person except for those persons provided for in this
section shall be entitled to notice of the hearing on an application
for approval of an increased density well in any drilling and
spacing unit.
F. The Commission shall require that notice of the hearing be
published one time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing
in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in
which the lands embraced in the application are located. If the
increased density well is to be completed in a common source of
supply for which the Commission has established field rules and for
which no application for an increased density well in such common
source of supply has been approved by the Commission subsequent to
January 1, 1998, and prior to the effective date of this act, notice
of the hearing shall also be published one time at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
published in each county in which the lands subject to the field
rules are located.
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