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Advanced Horizontal Drilling Permit Applications - Overview

Learn about the differences between horizontal and vertical wells, how to determine if you need a SWR exception, and how to resolve SWR 37 & 38 exceptions. Explore advanced techniques for drilling permits and online filing for both vertical and horizontal wells in productive zones.

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Advanced Horizontal Drilling Permit Applications - Overview

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  1. Horizontal Drilling Permit ApplicationsLorenzo Garza

  2. Presentation overview • Differences between horizontal and vertical wells • Learn how to determine if your in need of a SWR exception • Learn how to resolve these SWR 37 & 38 exceptions Penetration Point

  3. Vertical Well in Productive Zone Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Penetration Point Penetration Point

  4. Horizontal Well Productive Zone Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Penetration Point Penetration Point To be considered a horizontal well the displacement of the well must be at least 100 feet.

  5. Horizontal Well Productive Zone Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Horizontal Drainhole Containing the Productive Portions of the Well Bore

  6. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced TERMS YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH • Surface location • Penetration point • Terminus location Statewide Rule that covers horizontal drilling is SWR 3.86

  7. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced SWR 86 PLAT

  8. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well:

  9. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well:

  10. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well:

  11. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning special horizontal field rules. What you can find: • Information concerning dual lease line distances • Off lease penetration point information • As-drilled tolerance box rule • Acreage assignment based on length of lateral • Stacked lateral rules

  12. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well:

  13. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well:

  14. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Where to find out more information concerning horizontal well: Located in Rule 2

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  16. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced PENETRATION POINTS Defined as the point your well penetrates the top of the regulatory field’s correlative interval as defined in Rule 1 of the field rules.

  17. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced STANDARD SWR 86 FIELD

  18. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced SWR 86 PLAT

  19. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced SPECIAL HORIZONTAL FIELD RULES

  20. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced OFF LEASE PENETRATION POINTS • If the well is in a standard SWR 86 field then the penetration point must be on lease or an exception to rule is needed. • If the well is in a field approved for special horizontal rules then application can be processed as long as proper notification to affected parties is done prior to the submission of the Drilling Permit application. • If you are proposing to drill a vertical pilot hole to log the formation you will need to follow the rules for off lease penetration and provide notice to affected parties prior to submission of the application.

  21. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced

  22. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced SPECIAL HORIZONTAL FIELD RULES

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  24. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Determining if you are a SWR 37 lease line or between well exception. HORIZONTAL WELL: What is the distance to nearest lease line? • Look at the entire length of your wellbore’s productive portion • Use the shortest distance to a lease line from any point in the productive portion

  25. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Out of compliance SWR exception needed

  26. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Un-leased mineral interests

  27. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced 330’ halo around wellbore

  28. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced Multiple terminus locations can be applied for at the same time

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  30. Drilling Permits and Online Filing - Advanced MAIN POINTS SWR 3.86 MUST BE ADHERED TO UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIAL HORIZONTAL RULES FOR THE FIELD YOU ARE APPLYING FOR. KNOW HOW TO DETERMINE DISTANCE TO NEAREST LEASE LINE AND WELL FOR THE TYPE OF FIELD RULES (STANDARD OR SPECIAL) YOU ARE WORKING UNDER. ONCE YOUR WELL HAS PENETRATED THE FORMATION YOU CANNOT CROSS INTO A TRACT THAT IS NOT LEASED. THIS IS MINERAL TRESSPASS.

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