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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 test allowable requests!

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

Conservation Enforcement Specialists

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, 2004 - test date no earlier than March 15, 2004).
3. Shut-in status should be the actual shut-in date (or last day the well produced) [i.e. 2/1/88].
4. PERFORATIONS must match what is currently on file with our office. 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 giving a current test.
6. The font used for the reports must be legible. Small fonts (i.e. this size and smaller are not acceptable). It is too difficult to determine the numbers when reading small fonts.
7. Type the name of the company agent who signs the report underneath his/her signature along with a telephone number 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.) next to names.

Report dates for DM-1-R and DT-1's [The first of May and November].

Oil and Gas Proration Dates:

May 1^st DM-1-R/DT-1 is utilized to prorate allowables to be effective July 1 through December 31 [each year].

November 1^st DM-1-R/DT-1 is utilized to prorate allowables to be effective January 1 through June 30 [each year].

The report dates underlined 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.

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).

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 TEST CLEARANCE: Date(s) of test production along with total amount of liquids and gas produced.
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 EXTENSION OF THIS ALLOWABLE WILL BE GRANTED UNLESS A UNIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR!

INACTIVE WELLS are those in which no production operations or use as a service well were conducted in the six-month period preceding MAY 1 and NOVEMBER 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: There are no longer a "Houma", Lake Charles, or New Orleans district office. ALL Wells in South Louisiana are in the "LAFAYETTE" district office. Therefore, when a "district" is requested, please fill in "LAFAYETTE".

Under the DISTRICT: ___________________ column on the report, please type in a telephone number and a contact name in the event there are questions about the report.

The Lafayette District Office accepts the submission of Drilling Reports via e-mail. Note that this form was revised January 2008. Please submit only the current version of the form.

• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (WordPerfect format) (10 KB)
• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (Word format) (57 KB)
• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (Excel format) (34 KB)
• Download the Weekly Drilling Report form (Acrobat format) (46 KB)

Completed Drilling Reports are to be sent in either WordPerfect or Microsoft Word format as an attachment via e-mail to Laf-Drill@la.gov.

If you have any questions regarding any information on this web page, please feel free to
send email to Laf-Info@la.gov or contact any of the following for assistance at 337.262.5777 during normal working hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

On May 1, 2008 the Lafayette District Office has had auto-attendant installed.  The main number will remain the same (337) 262-5777 and the employee extensions are as follows:

ALL Fields alphabetically from A-K:	Cindi Youngblood, District Engineer
ALL Fields alphabetically from L-Z:	Rodolph Hebert Jr, District Engineer
General Information:	Janet C Lemaire, Mineral Production Supervisor

For VERBAL APPROVAL on work permits, please contact the engineer listed below in the appropriate area:

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