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Introduction
Welcome to the Monroe 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.

ATTENTION ALL OPERATORS:
Effective July 1, 2004, all well logs including Five Inch (5") are required to be submitted to the appropriate district office. Well logs should not be submitted to the Baton Rouge Office.


ATTENTION ALL OPERATORS:
Right-to-Know Unit Notice from Louisiana State Police

All operators are required to comply with
· Hazardous Material Release and Reporting Requirements and
· Tier Two Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory

For more  information on these requirements contact:
(225) 925- 6248 or online at www.lsp.org/rtk.html
read the Memorandum from DNR/OC and the LSP to All Operators Adobe Acrobat File (PDF)


 
Physical Address Mailing Address

Office of Conservation
122 St. John Street,
Room 228
Monroe, LA 71201

Office of Conservation
P.O. Drawer 1651
Monroe, LA 71210

Phone / Fax Office Hours

Phone: 318.362.3111
FAX: 318.362.5227

Monday through Friday,
8:00A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

District Personnel

Joseph F. DeVall District Manager
Vacant District Engineer
 L. Sheron Simms  Mineral Production Supervisor
Valerie Merrells Mineral Production Analyst 1

Conservation Enforcement Specialists
Ronnie Atkins
197 Peaceful Lane
Downsville, LA 71234
Home:
Cell:
318/982-5036
318/372-1132
Union
Robbie J. Edwards
730 Hwy 1241
Colfax, LA 71417
Home:
Cell:
318/640-6799
318/758-0095
Catahoula, Grant, Portions of Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides
Gary Mott
293 Mott Road
Columbia, LA 71418
Home:
Cell:
318/649-5673
318/331-1945
East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland
James Heath Mott
281 Mott Road
Columbia, LA 71418
Home:
Cell:
318/649-8665
318/758-4796
Caldwell, LaSalle, Portion of Winn Parish
Jeff H. Pflieger, Jr.
P.O. Box 462
Columbia, LA 71418
Home:
Cell:
318/649-3211
985/232-6450
Ouachita, Portions of Claiborne, Lincoln, Jackson
Kenneth C. Ware
601 North Oak Street
Vidalia, LA 71373
Home:
Cell:
318/336-9847
318/481-2823
Concordia, Tensas
Donald G. Womack
75 Womack Lane
Mangham, LA 71259
Home:
Cell:
318/248-2678
318/366-7124
Morehouse

Electric Log Policy

All electric logs checked out of the Monroe Office are due back in the Monroe Office by 4:30 P.M. the following day. NO EXCEPTIONS! Failure to comply with this policy will result in termination of your company's privilege to check logs out of this office in the future.

Joseph F. DeVall
District Manager

DM-1-R and DT-1 Facts and Filing Information

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

  1. All wells should be listed in 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 -September 1, 1999 - test date no earlier than July 15, 1999).
  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 OVER a year 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.
DM-1-R and DT-1 Report Dates

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

Oil and Gas Proration Dates:

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

November 1st 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.

DM-1-R and DT-1 Important Notes

On the DT-1 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:

WELL DATA
SERIAL NUMBER LUW CODE POOL AND LEASE NAME
116383 116383 AA1 SAND

JL&S CO.

117700 117700 MM SAND

JL&S CO.

608129 194490 KK1 RB SUA

JL&S CO.

 

EXAMPLE #2:

WELL DATA
SERIAL NUMBER POOL AND LEASE NAME
116383

116383

AA1 SAND

JL&S CO.

117700

117700

MM SAND

JL&S CO.

608129

194490

KK1 RB SUA

JL&S CO.

 

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).

New statement for 90-day test allowable requests

WHEN AN OPERATOR WANTS TO TEST AND/OR PRODUCE 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 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 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 Well Report (Form WR-1)

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 1st day of May and the 1st day of NOVEMBER 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

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.

Questions and Assistance

If you have any questions regarding any information on this web page, please feel free to
contact any of the following for assistance at 318/362-3111 Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Gas Wells:

L. Sheron Simms, Mineral Production Supervisor

Oil Wells:

L. Sheron Simms, Mineral Production Supervisor

General Information:

Valerie Merrells – Mineral Production Analyst 1

122 St. John Street, Room 228, Monroe, LA 71201 Phone: 318.362.3111 FAX: 318.362.5227
Revised on Thursday September 24 2009 by the DNR Web Team