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Welcome to the Lafayette Conservation District Office web page. Here are a few notes of importance to ALL OPERATORS that we hope will serve as reminders to keep you in compliance.

The Weekly Drilling Report form was revised in January 2008. Please submit only the current version of the form.

Urgent! Make a note! New statement for 90-day conditional test allowable requests!

Check with us frequently for any updates and points-of-interest in our office. See you soon!

If you have any questions regarding any information on this web page, please feel free to
send email to Laf-Info@la.gov. Our normal working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Lafayette Disctrict Office has auto-attendant installed. The main number will remain the same (337) 262-5777 and the employee extensions are as follows:

The Lafayette District Office accepts the submission of Drilling Reports via e-mail. Completed Drilling Reports are to be sent as an attachment via email to: Laf-Drill@la.gov. Please submit the report using one of the versions below.

• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (WordPerfect format) (9 KB)
• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (Word format) (70 KB)
• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (Excel format) (31 KB)

When an operator wants to test a well for which a unit is required or for which a unit has been applied for; a "REQUEST FOR A TEST CLEARANCE AND/OR A 90-DAY CONDITIONAL TEST ALLOWABLE" shall include the following information in a written request to this Office.

1. A statement to the effect that all monies GENERATED from the first date of production shall be disbursed based upon the unit to be created.
2. FOR EMERGENCY TEST CLEARANCE (See "Emergency Test Clearance Form")
3. FOR 90-DAY CONDITIONAL TEST ALLOWABLE: Date of first production for a 90-Day test allowable (note: Form Completion/Recompletion report required prior to allowable being issued)
4. Gas purchaser and oil transporter
5. Status of unitization application

NOTE: NO EXTENSIONS OF THIS ALLOWABLE WILL BE GRANTED UNLESS A UNIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR!

DM-1-R and DT-1 Report Dates: MAY 1 and NOVEMBER 1 (each calendar year)

The report dates above are "CRITICAL REPORT DATES". If we do not receive these specific reports your company's allowables will be CANCELLED. No allowable will be reinstated until the specific form is received in the district office and "DATE STAMPED". Your allowable will be reinstated the date that the form is date stamped.

Listed here are a few important facts regarding the DM-1-R and DT-1:

1. All wells should be listed in ASCENDING LUW CODE ORDER and WITHIN LUW CODE by ASCENDING SERIAL NUMBER order - failure to do this will have all forms RETURNED to the operator for compliance.
2. All test dates for active wells should be within six (6) weeks prior to the due date of the report (i.e. report date - May 1 - test date no earlier than March 15).
3. Shut-in status should be the actual shut-in date (or last day the well produced) [format mm/dd/yy].
4. PERFORATIONS must match what is currently on file on SONRIS. If they do not match, an allowable can not be issued or reinstated until the operator clarifies what is correct either by correcting the DM-1-R/DT-1 or by submitting recompletion paperwork for the new set of perforations.
5. Wells back on production after being shut-in will require a letter from the operator indicating when the well went back on production and providing current test information.
6. The font used for the reports must be easily readable or the form will be returned.
7. Type the name of the company representative who signs the report underneath his/her signature along with a telephone number and/or email address of that person to contact for questions or concerns.
8. Enter codes where applicable (i.e., Field Codes, Operator Codes, Parish Codes, District Code, etc.).

On the DT-1 and DM-1-R under the heading: Serial Number and "POOL AND LEASE NAME" this district is requiring that you indicate the LUW code number according to one of the examples below:

EXAMPLE #1:

EXAMPLE #2:

For SHUT-IN wells on DM-1-R and DT-1:

In the "STATUS IF IN-ACTIVE" column if your well has future utility you would indicate a "1"; if your well has NO future utility you would indicate a "2".

In the "DATE OF TEST OR STATUS" column you would indicate the last date of production (or the actual last day the well produced) [format: mm/dd/yy].

INACTIVE WELLS are those in which no production operations or use as a service well were conducted in the six-month period preceding APRIL 1 and OCTOBER 1 of each year.

This report is due in the district office where the wells are located, in duplicate, on the 1s^t of MAY and NOVEMBER of each year.

This report is for all shut-in wells operated by a single operator. You can list all of your SHUT-IN wells on this same report [all fields/all wells/ONE operator].

Leave one space between each field.

All of the SHUT-IN wells listed below must listed on the WR-1:

UTILITY STATUS CODE SHALL BE SHOWN AS:

1. DM-1-R and DT-1 (status if-inactive codes "1" and "2")
2. All wells which carry a status code of "31" [shut in Dry-Hole - future utility]*
3. All wells which carry a status code of "32" [shut in Dry Hole - no future utility]*

*The wells that carry status code 31 or 32 usually were shut-in after the drilling phase and have never produced.*

FUTURE UTILITY STATUS CODE MUST BE SHOWN AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Future salt water disposal	FSWD
2. Future secondary recovery	FSR
3. Future deepening or redrill	FDR
4. Future recompletion	FRCP
5. Future recondition	FRC
6. Shut-in (producible)	SIP
7. Other	Specify Other

Important note: ALL Wells in South Louisiana are in the "LAFAYETTE" district office. Therefore, when a "district" is requested, please fill in "LAFAYETTE".

Since this report is not signed, please type in a telephone number and/or email address of a contact person under the DISTRICT: ___________________ column on the report in the event there are questions about the report.

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