(1) All oil wells drilled shall be equipped so that gas/oil ratios can be taken at any time. Production and gas/oil ratio tests shall be made when requested by the Supervisor, and shall be witnessed by the Supervisor or his representative.
- (a) Gas production potential tests shall be made on the Gas Well Deliverability Tests (Form R-DT-1) and submitted as prescribed above to the Supervisor, and conducted every three years until the well is plugged and abandoned when requested by the Supervisor.
- (b) Gas wells shall not be tested by the "open-flow" method. The back-pressure method of determining the open-flow, as outlined by the Bureau of Mines in their Monograph 1, "Back-Pressure Data on Natural Gas Wells”, shall be used. When for any reasons, the completed back-pressure method is not feasible, an acceptable method, not entailing excessive physical waste of gas may be used upon recommendation of the Department.
- (c) Gas/Oil (c: Gas/Condensate) ratios shall be reported on Form CN-0221. DOWNHOLE WORK)
- (d) In the event any operator considers that, for the purpose of determining field allowable, his well has not had a fair determination of its gas/oil ratio, or that its gas/oil ratio has changed because of natural causes or corrective work on his well, he may make application in writing to the Supervisor for a re-test or a special test of the gas/oil ratio of his well, and for an adjustment of his well if applicable. If, upon re-testing a well, the Supervisor finds that the new gas/oil ratio justifies a change in the allowable, he is authorized to make such change.
Authority: T.C.A §§ 60-1-201 et seq., and 4-5-201 et seq. Administrative History: Original rule filed March 20, 2013; effective June 18, 2013.