Glossary
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Property Line
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Property Line
Property Line―as used herein shall mean the boundary dividing tracts on which mineral rights, royalty, or leases are separately owned, except that where conventional units shall have been created for the drilling of the well, the boundaries of the unit shall be considered the property line.1Source(s)
1. Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations
Top Allowable Wells
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Top Allowable Wells
Top Allowable Wells―proratable wells capable of producing the current monthly depth bracket allowable. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsProductivity Rate
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Productivity Rate
Productivity Rate―the rate of which the well is producing into the common storage. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsDeficient Wells
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Deficient Wells
Deficient Wells―with reference to this particular order, wells producing more than 25 percent BS&W, and/or incapable of producing the current monthly depth bracket allowable. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsOffice
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Office
Office―the Office of Conservation of the state of Louisiana. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsInterested Party
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Interested Party
“Interested party” means, in respect of an environmental assessment, any person or body having an interest in the outcome of the environmental assessment for a purpose that is neither frivolous nor vexatious; partie intéressée. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. LegislationInterested Party
Person or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive themselves to be affected by a decision or activity. Source: ISO/IEC 27000:2014, Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Overview and vocabulary, Third Edition, January 2014. Global StandardsInterested Party
Individual, group or organization affected by the performance of a certified person or the certification body EXAMPLE Certified person; user of the services of the certified person; employer of the certified person; consumer; governmental authority.- Note 1 to entry: Interested parties can be stakeholders.
Interested Party
Interested Party―any person who is known to the applicant after reasonable search to presently own an interest in production from the leases or units being considered for commingling. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsInterested Party
Interested Party―any person, as person is defined in Title 30 of the R.S. of 1950, who is known to the applicant after diligent search to own an interest in the unit affected by the application. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsInterested Party
Interested Party―any person, as person is defined in Title 30 of the Revised Statutes of 1950, who owns an interest in any unit(s) sought to be terminated. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsInterested Party
Interested Party―any person as person is defined in Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, other than an interested owner or a represented party as defined herein, who presently owns an interest within the area of, or proximate to, the tracts directly affected by the application. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsInterested Party
Interested party means an organization, or individual, who, as determined by the marine safety investigating State(s), has significant interests, rights or legitimate expectations with respect to the outcome of a marine safety investigation. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.255(84), Code of the International Standards and Recommended Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or Marine Incident (Casualty Investigation Code), 16 May 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory GuidanceCommingling Facility
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Commingling Facility
Commingling Facility―any facility which has been authorized by the office for commingling as defined herein. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsCommingling
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Commingling
Commingling―the combination of gas and/or liquid hydrocarbon production before sales from two or more leases and/or units, subject to the following:- combination of lease production with production from a unit which is wholly contained geographically within that lease is not considered commingling;
- no additional commingling approval is required for a unit if approval to commingle at the same commingling facility has previously been independently granted covering all leases contributing to the subject unit;
- once commingling approval for a unit has been granted, no additional commingling approval is required if interests in a unit change or the unit is revised if no new leases are added as a result of the change or unit revision.