Section 15.55.021. Days of well operation.

	(a)  An operator of a lease or property from which oil or gas is produced during a month before January 1, 2012 shall, no later than the last day of the following month, submit to the department a detailed account of the individual well data showing the number of days and fractions of days that each well operated for the month. If the lease or property is within a unit participating area or includes a unit participating area, the well data must be reported for the unit participating area.  
	(b)  Repealed 5/3/2007.  
	(c)  A well is operating for purposes of this section when the well is yielding oil or gas that is considered to be produced under AS 43.55  and this chapter. An injection well, or a well yielding only gas that is not considered to be produced under 15 AAC 55.151(e), is not operating within the meaning of this section.  
	(d)  Repealed 5/3/2007.  
	(e)  Repealed 5/3/2007.  
	(f)  A hole drilled or bored in the ground to produce oil or gas, or both, is a single well, regardless of how many completions or lateral extensions that hole contains; how many pools, formations, or zones are produced through that hole; or whether that hole produces both oil and gas.  
	(g)  Repealed 5/3/2007.  
	(h)  Repealed 5/3/2007.  
	(i)  Repealed 1/1/2000.  

Authorities

43.05.080;43.55.030;43.55.110;43.55.180

Notes

Reference

15 AAC 55.520
15 AAC 55.800

Authority

AS 43.05.080 AS 43.55.030 AS 43.55.110 AS 43.55.180

History

Eff. 1/1/95, Register 132; am 1/1/2000, Register 152; am 1/1/2002, Register 160; am 5/3/2007, Register 182; am 10/21/2009, Register 192