Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-1-.01
The following Rules and Regulations shall govern submerged offshore lands operations. These rules apply to oil and gas operations conducted insubmerged offshore lands, which include all lands within Baldwin and Mobile counties that are overlain by water and within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Alabama. For the purpose of administering these rules the Board may classify lands as submerged offshore lands or onshore lands. Wells drilled from surface locations in submerged offshore lands to onshore bottom hole locations shall be permitted, drilled, completed, and plugged pursuant to offshore rules and regulations, but shall be spaced on a spacing unit in accordance with onshore rules and regulations, except for locations under barrier islands and peninsulas which are bounded on at least three (3) sides by offshore tracts, or other landed areas designated by the Board, which areas shall be spaced in accordance with offshore rules. Wells drilled from onshore surface locations to bottom hole locations in submerged offshore lands shall be permitted, drilled, completed, and plugged pursuant to onshore rules, but shall be spaced in accordance with the offshore rules. The Supervisor may require notice and hearing on any permit application in which the operator requests approval to drill a well from a surface location in submerged offshore lands to an onshore bottom hole location or from an onshore surface location to a bottom hole location underlying submerged offshore lands.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-1-.01
Author: Marvin Rogers
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-17-1, etseq.