055-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-34 - Surface Commingling of Production or Multiple Zone Completion or Commingling in One Wellbore
(a) Except as
provided in subsection (c) of this section, the multiple zone completion of a
well and the production of oil or gas from more than one pool from one well
without segregation of such production are permitted only upon order of the
Commission, or approval of the Supervisor, pursuant to an application filed in
accordance with the Rules of Practice and Procedure, Chapter 5.
(b) The application shall set forth:
(i) The manner and method of completion
proposed, including a diagrammatic sketch of the mechanical installation for a
multiple zone completion;
(ii) The
names of all Owners within one-half (1/2) mile of the well or wells in which
the multiple zone completion is to be attempted or in which the production is
to be commingled; and,
(iii) A plat
showing the location of all wells on the applicant's lease and all offset wells
on direct and diagonally offsetting leases which have been or may be capable of
being completed in the same pool or pools.
(c) Except as indicated below, the multiple
zone completions and recompletions within wells producing gas and associated
hydrocarbons from coal zones of the Fort Union Formation in the Powder River
Basin shall be permitted at the discretion of the Supervisor without order of
the Commission, upon the filing and approval of Form 4, Sundry Notice of
Intent, after the well has been drilled, completed, or recompleted. Such Form 4
notice shall indicate the coal zones in which production is to be commingled.
This subsection (c) shall not apply:
(i) When
the coal zones to be commingled do not have common ownership both as to working
interests and royalty interests;
(ii) When the well is not located on an
eighty (80) acre drilling and spacing unit established by order or rule for the
production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fort Union Formation
coal zones or on a federal exploratory unit in which Fort Union Formation coal
zones are unitized.
The sundry notice shall identify the eighty (80) acre drilling and spacing unit, including the order or rule under which it was established or shall identify the federal exploratory unit, as applicable.
(d)
The Supervisor may require such tests as deemed necessary to determine the
effectiveness of the segregation of the different productive zones in a
multiple zone completion.
(e) The
production from each well must be measured by meters, gauge or by some other
method the Commission has approved after notice and opportunity for hearing. An
Owner/Operator may not, prior to metering or measurement as required under
Chapter 3, Section 13(a), 30(a) or 31(a), commingle production from two or more
oil or gas wells with diverse working interest or royalty interest ownership,
specifically excluding overriding royalty interests, without prior approval of
the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing. Notice must be
provided to working interest and royalty interest owners.
(f) If commingled wells have common working
interest and royalty interest ownership, specifically excluding overriding
royalty interests, the production from each well need not be measured at the
wellhead if the Owner/Operator of the wells demonstrates to the Supervisor that
the production from each well can be accurately determined at reasonable
intervals by other means.
Notes
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