N.D. Admin. Code 43-02-03-44

Current through Supplement No. 392, April, 2024
Section 43-02-03-44 - [Effective 4/1/2024] Metered casinghead gas

All casinghead gas produced must be reported monthly to the director in units of one thousand cubic feet [28.32 cubic meters] computed at a pressure of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths pounds per square inch absolute [1034.19 grams per square centimeter] at a base temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [15.56 degrees Celsius]. Associated gas production may not be transported from a well premises or central production facility until its volume has been determined through the use of properly calibrated measurement equipment. All measurement equipment and volume determinations must conform to American gas association standards. The operator of a well shall notify the director within thirty days on a well sundry form of the connection date to a gas gathering system, the metering equipment, transporter, and purchaser of the gas. Any gas produced and used on lease for fuel purposes or flared may be estimated or measured and must be reported on a gas production report (form 5b) in accordance with section 43-02-03-52.1. Meters used to determine the use on lease or flared gas volumes must be installed and calibrated in accordance with American petroleum institute or American gas association standards or to the meter manufacturer's recommendations.

N.D. Admin Code 43-02-03-44

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2014-352, April 2014, effective April 1, 2014. .
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.

General Authority: NDCC 38-08-04

Law Implemented: NDCC 38-08-04