State Oil and Gas Board Board Members JOHN R. PARKER, Laurel Chairman JAMES HEIDELBERG, Pascagoula Vice-Chairman DAVID A. SCOTT, Jackson CARROLL V. HOOD, Hazlehurst JERRY WILBURN, Mantachie State Of Mississippi 500 Greymont Ave, Suite E Jackson, MS 39202 Telephone (601) 576-4900 LISA IVSHIN Executive Director HOWARD LEACH Board Attorney Wednesday, June 29, 2011 The regular monthly meeting of the State Oil and Gas Board will be held in Suite E, 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi, on the 15 of June, 2011 commencing at 9:00 am with an administrative meeting to consider such business as may come before the Board and at 10:00 am to consider the dockets hereinafter set out. Applications are on file in the office of the State Oil and Gas Board, Suite E, 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson Mississippi for your examination. All exhibits and data to be used in a hearing in support of a petition will be filed with the Supervisor at least nine (9) days prior to the hearing. DOCKET NUMBER CONTINUED DOCKET 478-2010-D ADAMS COUNTY. Petition of Wallace, et al., requesting the Board to reform the presently-existing 688.6-acre oil unit for the Wallace et al. No. 1 Well, to a new 40-acre oil unit, situated in Sections 5 and 6, Township 6 North, Range 3 West, for production from the Wilcox Formation. ORDER NO. 479-2010 - DECISION - Continued from the December 2010 meeting. 30-2011-D NEW HOME SALT DOME FIELD - Smith and Jasper Counties. Petition of Leaf River Energy Center, LLC, requesting the Board to dissolve the Special Field Rules for the New Home Salt Dome Gas Storage Field. ORDER NO.201-2011 - DECISION Dismissed without Prejudice 38-2011-D 63-2011-D HIGH ROAD FIELD - Wayne County. Petition of Escambia Operating Co., LLC, requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the Unit 31-1 No. 1 Well. ORDER NO.202-2011 - DECISION Continued to August CROOKED CREEK FIELD- Wilkinson County. Amended Petition of Alpine Well Service, Inc., requesting authority to reenter and drill the U.S.A. 33-2 No. 2 Well, located on a 40-acre oil unit, situated in the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 33, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, at a resulting exception location for geological reasons less than 330' from the North unit boundary, to a depth of 7,100' to test the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.203-2011 - DECISION Continued 72-2011-D BAKERS CREEK FIELD - Hinds County. On the Board's own motion, Show Cause Order 112-2011 was issued to Phoenix Operating, Inc, as to why it should not be penalized for violation of Statewide Rule 63, Underground Injection Control, for the Gaddis-McLaurin No. 8 Well, located in Section 25, Township 6 North, Range 3 West. ORDER NO.204-2011 - DECISION Continued 73-2011-D RIVER BEND FIELD - Wilkinson County. On the Board's own motion, Show Cause Order 113-2011 was issued to Kennth O. Williams, Jr., as to why it should not be penalized for violation of Statewide Rule 6, Well Identification, for the Ventress SECL No. 1 Well and Ventress No. 2 SWDW, located in Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, for the Haynes No. 1 Well, located in Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 5 West, and for the Pritchartt No. 1 SWDW, located in Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 5 West. ORDER NO.205-2011 - DECISION Continued
82-2011-D LEESBURG FIELD - Rankin and Scott Counties. Petition of Epco Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc., requesting the Board to remove Denbury Onshore, LLC, as operator of the Stuart et al., Unit No. 1 Well, situated in S/2 of Section 36, Township 7 North, Range 5 East and N/2 of Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 5 East in Rankin County, Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 5 East, S/2 of the S/4 of Section 36, Township 7 North, Range 5 East in Scott County, and designate Epco Carbon Dioxide Products Inc., as the operator of the well. ORDER NO.206-2011 - DECISION Dismissed without Prejudice 83-2011-D OLDENBERG FIELD - Franklin County. Petition of Miss-Lou Petroleum, LLC, requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the T. J. Landers No. 1 Well. ORDER NO.207-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 84-2011-D PINEY CREEK FIELD - Wilkinson County. Petition of Array Operating, LLC, requesting the Board to integrate all interests in a 40- acre oil unit, situated in the SW/4 of the NW/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, to drill the Array Operating, LLC-Haney 2-5 No. 1 Well to a depth of 6,800' to test the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be enountered at a regular location, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.208-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 90-2011-D 91-2011-D 94-2011-D OVERTON FIELD - Adams County. Petition of Nevanen Energy, Inc., requesting authority to perform downhole work on the Sligo C No. 8 Saltwater Disposal Well, located in Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 2 West, by installing a liner inside the long string from the surface to 1,862'. ORDER NO.209-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit BUTLER CREEK FIELD - Lincoln County. Petition of Maxwell Exploration, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the Dickey No. 1 Well. ORDER NO.210-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit SALT LAKE FIELD - Adams County. Petition of Day Dreams Resources, LLC, requesting authority to directionally drill the Salt Lake Field No. 2 Well, as an increased density well, located on the previously approved exceptional sized 688.6 acre-oil unit, situated in Section 11, Township 6 North, Range 4 West, and Sections 31 and 33, Township 6 North, Range 3 West, to a depth of 7,300' to test the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered to a bottomhole location no closer than 660' from the Salt Lake Field No. 1 Well and no closer than 330' from any unit line, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.211-2011 - DECISION Dismissed without Prejudice 95-2011-D BELMONT LAKE FIELD - Wilkinson County. On the Board's own motion, Show Cause Order 156-2011 was issued to Big River Oil Field Service, as to why it should not be penalized for violation of Statewide Rule 4, Application for Permit to Drill, Workover or Change of Operator, for the Rosenblatt No. 2 Well, located in Section 42, Township 2 North, Range 4 West. ORDER NO.212-2011 - DECISION Continued 96-2011-D EAST YELLOW CREEK AND NORTH YELLOW CREEK FIELDS - Wayne and Clarke Counties. On the Board's own motion, Show Cause Order 157-2011 was issued to Logan Oil, LLC, as to why it should not be penalized for violation of Statewide Rule 63, Underground Injection Control, for the EYCFU 5-5, EYCFU 5-14, EYCFU 5-11 and EYCFU 8-3, located in Section 5, Township 9 North, Range 7 West, the NYCFU 19-6 and NYCFU 19-4, located in Section 19, Township 10 North, Range 7 West and NYFCU 18-13, located in Section 18, Townhip 10 North, Range 7 West. ORDER NO.213-2011 - DECISION Continued
102-2011-D SOUTHERN PINE GAS STORAGE FIELD - Greene County. Petition of SG Resources Mississippi, LLC, requesting authority to increase the total depth of the Gas Storage Cavern No. 4A Well, situated in the NW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 16, Township 3 North, Range 7 West, from 6,100' to 7,100' in the Byrd Salt Dome. ORDER NO.214-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 103-2011-D GLUCKSTADT FIELD - Madison County. Amended Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting authority to modify the previouslypermitted location for the Yandell No. 1 SWD Well, located in Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 2 East, increase the depth from 7,560' to 7,700' and increase the injection interval from 7,200' - 7,500' to 6,900' - 7,650' in the Lower Tuscaloosa Formation. ORDER NO.215-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 104-2011-D MIDDLE FORK FIELD - Franklin County. Petition of Black Jack Oil Company, Inc., requesting authority to drill the Ducker Unit 17-3 No. 2 Well, located on a 40-acre oil unit, situated in Section 17, Township 7 North, Range 3 East, as an increased density well, to a depth of 4,500' to test the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.216-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 105-2011-D MIDDLE FORK FIELD - Franklin County. Petition of Black Jack Oil Company, Inc., requesting authority to drill the Ezell 8-14 No. 1 Well, located on a 40-acre oil unit, situated in Section 8, Township 7 North, Range 3 East, as an increased density well at an exception location due to geological reasons 2,626' FEL and 1,157' FSL of Section 8, to a depth of 4,500' to test the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.217-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 106-2011-D GWINVILLE FIELD - Jefferson Davis and Simpson Counties. Petition of Delphi Oil, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the GGU 22-16 No. 1 and GGU 103-A No. 1 Wells. ORDER NO.218-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 107-2011-D PISTOL RIDGE FIELD - Forrest and Pearl River Counties. Petition of Delphi Oil, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for certain wells in the field. ORDER NO.219-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 112-2011-D WEST HEIDELBERG FIELD - Jasper County. Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting authority to reform the presently-existing 603.71-acre oil unit for the Heidelberg 6-1 No. 3 Well, to a new 41.764-acre oil unit, situated in the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 6, Township 10 North, Range 10 West, for production from the Lower Tuscaloosa Oil Pool. ORDER NO.220-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 117-2011-D DRI DOCK FIELD - Rankin County. Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting authority to change the disposal zone in the Dri Dock No. 1 SWD well located in Section 32, Township 7 North, Range 3 East from 6,930 7,125 to 6,900 7,208 in the Lower Tuscaloosa Formation and to change the injection pressure from 1,869 psi to 1,861 psi. ORDER NO.221-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit
118-2011-D HEIDELBERG FIELD - Jasper County. Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting authority to plug the M.H. Clayton 1-A Well, situated in Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 13 East, as an exception to Statewide Rule 28. ORDER NO.222-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 119-2011-D EAST HEIDELBERG FIELD - Jasper County. Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting authority to plug the Francis Morrison, et al No. 2 Well, situated in Section 29, Township 1 North, Range 13 East, as an exception to Statewide Rule 28. ORDER NO.223-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 120-2011-D TALLAHOMA CREEK FIELD - Jones County. Petition of Bulldog Operating Company, LLC, requesting authority to simultaneously produce and commingle downhole production from the 16,200' Cotton Valley Oil Pool, the 16,570' Cotton Valley Oil Pool and stray Cotton Valley Sands at 15,850' - 15,950' in the L. R. Posey et al No. 1 Well, located on a 168-acre oil unit, situated in Section 22, Township 8 North, Range 12 West, as an exception to Statewide Rule 21, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.224-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 121-2011-D TALLAHOMA CREEK FIELD - Jones County. Petition of Bulldog Operating Company, LLC, requesting authority to simultaneously produce and commingle downhole production from the 16,200' Cotton Valley Oil Pool and stray Cotton Valley Sands at 15,850' - 15,950' in the W. A. Johnson et al No. 1 Well, located on a 168-acre oil unit, situated in Section 27, Township 8 North, Range 12 West, as an exception to Statewide Rule 21, with a full allowable. ORDER NO.225-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit DOCKET NUMBER NEW DOCKET 108-2011-D MAXIE FIELD - Forrest County. Petition of Ventex Operating Corp., requesting the Board to integrate, with alternate risk charges, all interests in an exceptional sized 401.2-acre gas unit, situated in the N/2 of Section 6, Township 1 South, Range 12 West, to drill the Allar 6-7 No. 1 Well at an exception location due to topographical reasons 2,150' FEL and 2,550' FNL of Section 6, to a depth of 11,200' to test all zones down through the Washita-Fredericksburg Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered. Alternatively, Petitioner requests the Board to integrate all interests in said unit without alternate risk charges. ORDER NO.226-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit - Continued as to unknowns 109-2011-D MAXIE FIELD - Forrest County. Petition of Ventex Operating Corp., requesting the Board to integrate, with alternate risk charges, all interests in an exceptional sized 401.8-acre gas unit, situated in the N/2 of Section 5, Township 1 South, Range 12 West, to drill the W. J. Morris 5-11 No. 1 Well at an exception location due to topographical reasons 1,496' FWL and 2,878' FNL of Section 5, to a depth of 11,200' to test all zones down through the Washita-Fredericksburg Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered. Alternatively, Petitioner requests the Board to integrate all interests in said unit without alternate risk charges. ORDER NO.227-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit - Continued as to unknowns 110-2011-D PICKENS FIELD - Yazoo and Madison Counties. Petition of Vitruvian Exploration, LLC, requesting the Board to approve the Unitization for the Wilburn Sand Fieldwide Unit. ORDER NO.228-2011 - DECISION Continued Plan of
111-2011-D 113-2011-D PICKENS FIELD - Yazoo and Madison Counties. Petition of Vitruvian Exploration, LLC, requesting the Board to amend the Special Field Rules so as to define the Wilburn Sand, to establish rules authorizing secondary and tertiary recovery operations, establish spacing restrictions and allocation of production among units in the Field. ORDER NO.229-2011 - DECISION Continued TINSLEY FIELD - Yazoo County. Petition of Denbury Onshore, LLC, requesting the Board to amend the Special Field Rules so as to allow no limitations on the spacing of water injection wells so long as the bottomhole location of any well is within the unit boundaries. ORDER NO.230-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 114-2011-D NORTH DARBUN FIELD - Walthall County. Amended Petition of Miss-Lou Operating, LLC, requesting the Board to integrate, with alternate risk charges, all interests in an exceptional sized 80-acre oil unit, situated in the S/2 of the NW/4 of Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 11 East, to drill the McLaughlin 3-5 No. 1 Well at an exception location due to geological reasons 710' FWL and 2,200' FNL of Section 3, to a depth of 10,200' to test the Lower Tuscaloosa Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered, with a full allowable. Alternatively, Petitioner requests the Board to integrate all interests in said unit without alternate risk charges. ORDER NO.231-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 116-2011-D SMYRNA PLANTATION FIELD - Wilkinson County. Petition of Ram Petroleum, LLC, requesting the Board to integrate, with alternate risk charges, all interests in an exceptional sized 174.2-acre oil unit, situated in Sections 37 and 41, Township 4 North, Range 2 West, for the reentry of the Brannan No. 1 Well to a depth of 7,400' to test the Minter Sand of the Wilcox Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered at a regular location, with a full allowable. Alternatively, Petitioner requests the Board to integrate all interests in said unit without alternate risk charges. ORDER NO.232-2011 - DECISION Approved Affidavit 122-2011-D MCCOMB FIELD - Pike County. On the Board's own motion, Show Cause Order 200-2011 was issued to E. B. Germany & Sons, LLC, as to why it should not be penalized for violation of Statewide Rule 42, Producer's Monthly Report, for the Watkins 34-15 No. 1 Well, located in Section 24, Townhip 4 North, Range 7 East. ORDER NO.233-2011 - DECISION Continued Applications on all the above dockets may be examined in the office of the State Oil and Gas Board. Any person may appear before the Board and be heard. Lisa A. Ivshin OIL & GAS BOARD SUPERVISOR This docket can be viewed on our Internet Home Page at www.ogb.state.ms.us
Emergency Docket Docket Number 124-2011-D GRANGE FIELD - Jefferson Davis & Lawrence Counties. Petition of Spooner Petroleum Company requesting authority to plug the Robertson Estate No. 1 Well, situated in Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 20 West, as an exception to Statewide Rule 28. ORDER 234-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency 125-2011-D REEDY CREEK FIELD - Jones County. Petition of Venture Oil & Gas, Inc., requesting authority to convert the Terral Smith No. 4 Well, located in Section 10, Township 9 North, Range 11 West, to a Saltwater Disposal Well, with an injection interval of 3,120 4,020 in the Wilcox Formation. ORDER 235-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency 126-2011-D 154-2011-D 155-2011-D 176-2011-D 177-2011-D 178-2011-D 189-2011-D BAXTERVILLE FIELD - Lamar and Marion Counties. Petition of Tellus Operating Group, LLC, requesting aurthority to produce the W. J. Howard No. 19 Well, located on a 40-acre oil unit, situated in the SE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 16 West, as a exception third increased density well, at a depth of 9013' from the Lower Tuscaloosa Oil Pool, with a full allowable. ORDER 236-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency MONROE COUNTY. Petition of Southern Ionics, Inc., requesting authority to drill the Industrial Park No. 2 Well, located in Section 2, Township 15 South, Range 6 East, as a Saltwater Disposal Well with an injection interval of 5,300' to 5,600' in the Lower Devonian Formation, to conduct injectivity tests and other similar tests, as an exception to Statewide Rule 63. ORDER 237-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency NORTH OVERTON FIELD - Adams County. Petition of Radzewicz Operating Corporation, requesting authority to plug the Egypt Plantation No. 4 Well, located in Section 6, Township 5 North, Range 2 West, as an exception to Statewide Rule 63. ORDER 238-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency GWINVILLE FIELD - Jefferson Davis and Simpson Counties. Petition of EOG Resources, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for certain wells in the field. ORDER 239-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG FIELD - Covington and Jefferson Davis Counties. Petition of EOG Resources, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the Jordan 8-12 No. 1 and the Napier 18-9 No. 1 Wells. ORDER 240-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency COLUMBIA FIELD - Marion County. Petition of EOG Resources, Inc., requesting the Board to approve an extension of inactive well status under Statewide Rule 28 for the Conerly 17-6 No. 1 Well. ORDER 241-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency PISTOL RIDGE FIELD - Forrest and Pearl River Counties. Petition of Delphi Oil, Inc., requesting the Board to integrate all interests in an existing 315.9-acre oil unit, situated in Section 3, Township 1 South, Range 14 West, to directionally drill the Delphi Oil 3-7 No. 1 Well as an increased density well to a depth of 9,100' to test the Washita Fredericksburg Formation and all other formations and pools that may be encountered at a regular location, with a full allowable. ORDER 242-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency 197-2011-D LAGRANGE FIELD - Adams County. Petition of Martineau Petroleum, Inc., requesting authority to change the disposal zone in the Baker No. 1 Saltwater Disposal Well, located in Section 34, Township 6 North, Range 2 West, to 1,930' - 2,990' in the Catahoula and Cockfield Formations. ORDER 243-2011 DECISION Approved Affidavit Emergency