Glossary
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Horizontal Oil Well
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Horizontal Oil Well
Horizontal Oil Well―a well with the wellbore drilled laterally at an angle of at least 80 degrees to the vertical and with a horizontal displacement of at least 50 feet in the pool in which the well is completed for production, measured from the initial point of penetration into such pool. Sources: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsPoint of Delivery
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Point of Delivery
Point of Delivery―point at which gas is vented to the atmosphere, whether from one or more wells or at any type of production facility. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsOil Allowable
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Oil Allowable
Oil Allowable―amount of oil authorized to be produced by the Office of Conservation from a well recognized by the Office of Conservation as an oil well. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsBase Oil Allowable
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Base Oil Allowable
Base Oil Allowable―amount of oil, in barrels per day, which may be produced from a well recognized by the Office of Conservation as an oil well before application of the base gas/oil ratio. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsBase Gas/Oil Ratio
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Base Gas/Oil Ratio
Base Gas/Oil Ratio―amount of natural gas, in cubic feet, which may be produced with one barrel of oil from a well recognized by the Office of Conservation as an oil well without reduction of the base oil allowable. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsStripper Well
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Stripper Well
A well having minimal hydrocarbon production. Source: IADC UBO / MPD Glossary, December 2011. Global StandardsStripper Well
Stripper Well―shall have the ordinary meaning as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry, but shall not be construed to include naturally flowing or artificial gas-lift oil wells. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsProducts
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Products
The result of activity represented in the form of materials or articles and intended for further utilisation for economic or other purposes. Source: Federal Law on Technical Regulation, No. 184-FZ, Russian Federation, December 2002 (amended September 2010). RegulationsProducts
Person, Producer, Oil, Illegal Oil, and Product―the meaning prescribed for each of said words as defined in R.S. 30:3. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsProducts
Person, Producer, Gas, and Products―shall have the meaning prescribed for each of said words as defined in R.S. 30:3. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsGas Gatherer
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Gas Gatherer
Gas Gatherer―anyone who gathers gas other than his own in a field or from several fields for delivery to a transporter or gas processing plant. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsCalendar Month
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Calendar Month
Field, Month, and Calendar Month―shall have the meaning prescribed for each of said words, respectively, in Part XIX, Subpart 3, §903 promulgated by the commissioner of conservation on December 16, 1940. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsMonth
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Month
Field, Month, and Calendar Month―shall have the meaning prescribed for each of said words, respectively, in Part XIX, Subpart 3, §903 promulgated by the commissioner of conservation on December 16, 1940. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsUnitized Sand
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Unitized Sand
Unitized Sand―the sand covered by the special order. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsResidual Oil
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Residual Oil
The words POOL, PERSON, OWNER, PRODUCER, OIL, GAS, WASTE, CORRELATIVE RIGHTS and COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY are defined by the Act, and said definitions are hereby adopted in these Rules and Regulations. From C.R.S. 34-60-103 (2012): "Oil" means crude petroleum oil and any other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravities, which are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary production methods, and which are not the result of condensation of gas before or after it leaves the reservoir. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsSubstitute Unit Well
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Substitute Unit Well
Substitute Unit Well―any well already drilled to, or to be drilled to, completed or recompleted in the unitized sand which in the interest of good conservation practices should be designated to take the place of and become the unit well. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsSpecial Order
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Special Order
Special Order―any order of the commissioner and any amendments or supplements thereto which created the unit for which the designation of a substitute unit well is requested. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsLegal Location
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Legal Location
Legal Location―any location which is in accordance with applicable special and statewide orders. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsTubingless Completion
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Tubingless Completion
Tubingless Completion―the completion of any well so as to permit the passage of production from one separate underground source through one production casing set in the well. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. RegulationsTubingless Completion
“Tubingless completion” means a well completion in which the production string of casing has an outside diameter of 2.875 inches or less. Source: Oil and Gas, New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 15, January 2013. RegulationsProperty 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.