OAR 632-010-0157
Exceptions to Special Rules

(1)

The board may grant exception to special rules after holding a hearing, when necessary, on the basis of geology, productivity, topography, or environmental protection.

(2)

Before granting an exception for a well proposed within the setback distance set forth in a special rule, the department will notify mineral owners in the spacing unit where the well is proposed to be drilled and in the adjacent spacing unit(s) within the setback distance. A mineral owner may request a hearing by the board to consider the application. The owner must request hearing within 20 days of the date of the department notice or waive the right to one. If no written request for a hearing is made, the department may issue a permit for the proposed well. If the applicant is the only mineral owner in the adjacent spacing units, or has leased the right to drill from the mineral owner(s) in the adjacent spacing units, and has obtained a written waiver from these mineral owners to allow the drilling, the department may approve the application immediately.

(3)

If a mineral rights owner submits a written request for a hearing, it will be held within 30 days of receipt of request, provided the request is made within the 20-day period specified in section (2) of this rule. A mineral owner must request hearing within 20 days or waive the right to one. Any order by the department or board granting an exception to special rules under this rule will include provisions to prevent the production from the proposed well in excess of its just and equitable share of oil and/or gas in the pool.

(4)

If a permittee proposes to change the planned location of a well, such that it will not comply with the setback distances in a special rule, an exception necessary for the permit to remain valid may be granted according to the process above.

(5)

Whenever a uniform spacing plan has been prescribed for any pool, exceptions may be permitted if the board finds, after notice and hearing, that conditions within the pool are such that the special rules would be impracticable.

Source: Rule 632-010-0157 — Exceptions to Special Rules, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=632-010-0157.

632‑010‑0002
General Rules 632‑010‑0004
Supremacy of Special Rules 632‑010‑0008
Definitions 632‑010‑0010
Application and Permit to Drill, Redrill, Deepen, Alter Casing, or Rework 632‑010‑0011
Active Permits 632‑010‑0012
Modifications to Drilling Permits 632‑010‑0014
Drilling Practices 632‑010‑0015
Down Hole Loss and Decommissioning of a Radioactive Source 632‑010‑0016
Enclosure and Identification of Wells, Tanks, and Other Oil Measuring Devices 632‑010‑0017
Well Records (Logs) 632‑010‑0018
Organization Reports 632‑010‑0020
Surface Equipment 632‑010‑0128
Boiler or Light Plant 632‑010‑0130
Rubbish or Debris 632‑010‑0132
Tubing 632‑010‑0134
Chokes 632‑010‑0136
Separators 632‑010‑0138
Fire Walls 632‑010‑0140
Reserve Pits, Sumps, and Above-Ground Tanks 632‑010‑0142
Directional Drilling 632‑010‑0144
Report of Perforating or Well Stimulation Treatment 632‑010‑0146
Vacuum Pumps Prohibited 632‑010‑0148
Production Practice 632‑010‑0150
Removal Of Casing 632‑010‑0151
Notification of Fire, Breaks, Leaks, or Blowouts 632‑010‑0152
Multiple Completion of Wells 632‑010‑0154
Determining and Naming Fields and Pools 632‑010‑0156
Spacing Units, Notification 632‑010‑0157
Exceptions to Special Rules 632‑010‑0159
Underground Reservoirs for Natural Gas Storage 632‑010‑0161
Compulsory Integration Orders 632‑010‑0162
Illegal Production 632‑010‑0163
Limitation of Production 632‑010‑0164
Commingling of Production Prohibited 632‑010‑0165
Allocation of Gas Pursuant to Special Pool Rules 632‑010‑0166
Reports by Purchasers and Producers 632‑010‑0167
Maximum Efficient Rate Hearings 632‑010‑0168
Use of Earthen Reservoirs 632‑010‑0170
Reservoir Surveys 632‑010‑0172
Operators to Assist in Reservoir Surveys 632‑010‑0174
Measurement of Potential Open-Flow of Gas Wells 632‑010‑0176
Supervision of Open-Flow and Pressure Tests 632‑010‑0178
Duration of Tests 632‑010‑0182
Gas to Be Metered 632‑010‑0184
Direct Well Pressure 632‑010‑0186
Gas-Oil Ratio 632‑010‑0188
Gas-Oil Ratio Surveys and Reports 632‑010‑0190
Gas Utilization 632‑010‑0192
Disposal of Brine or Salt Water 632‑010‑0194
Water Injection and Water Flooding of Oil and Gas Properties 632‑010‑0196
Gas Injection of Oil and Gas Properties 632‑010‑0198
Abandonment, Unlawful Abandonment, Suspension, Well Plugging 632‑010‑0205
Drilling Surety Bond 632‑010‑0210
Disposal of Solid and Liquid Wastes 632‑010‑0220
Measurement of Oil 632‑010‑0225
Spacing Plan 632‑010‑0230
Location of Wells 632‑010‑0235
Exceptions
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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