The secretary shall publish a notice of recommendation before issuing, denying, suspending, revoking, transferring, or renewing any permit application or petition filed for the following:
- (1) Request to drill an oil well on a tract containing less than 35 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:04;
- (2) Request to drill a gas well on a tract containing less than 576 acres, pursuant to § 74:12:02:05;
- (3) Request to drill at an exception location to statewide or field spacing, pursuant to § 74:12:02:08;
- (4) Request to drill a directional well or a horizontal well in an area not already spaced by the Board of Minerals and Environment for directional or horizontal wells, pursuant to § 74:12:02:02;
- (5) Request for an exception to the gas-oil ratio, pursuant to § 74:12:04:01;
- (6) Request to commingle oil from separate pools underground, pursuant to § 74:12:04:03;
- (7) Permit to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:01;
- (8) Request for major modifications of permits to inject, pursuant to § 74:12:07:08;
- (9) Request to increase injection pressure, pursuant to § 74:12:07:21;
- (10) Request to increase injection volumes, pursuant to § 74:12:07:22;
- (11) Exemption of a portion of an aquifer, pursuant to § 74:12:07:24; and
(12) Request to complete well in more than one pool, pursuant to § 74:12:04:04.
The secretary may require the applicant to submit geologic, geophysical, topographic, lease, ownership, engineering, or production information in support of any petition or application submitted under this section.
Source: 38 SDR 117, effective January 12, 2012.
General Authority: SDCL 45-9-11 , 45-9-13 , 45-9-73.
Law Implemented: SDCL 45-9-73.