Horizontal Drilling Permit Applications Lorenzo Garza

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Horizontal Drilling Permit Applications
Lorenzo Garza
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Presentation overview

• Differences between horizontal and vertical wells
• Learn how to determine if your in need of a SWR
  exception
• Learn how to resolve these SWR 37 38 exceptions

Penetration Point
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Vertical Well in Productive Zone
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Penetration Point
Penetration Point
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Horizontal Well Productive Zone
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Penetration Point
Penetration Point
To be considered a horizontal well the
displacement of the well must be at least 100
feet.
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Horizontal Well Productive Zone
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Horizontal Drainhole Containing the Productive
Portions of the Well Bore
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TERMS YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH

• Surface location
• Penetration point
• Terminus location

Statewide Rule that covers horizontal drilling is
SWR 3.86
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SWR 86 PLAT
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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  special horizontal field rules.
• What you can find
• Information concerning dual lease line distances
• Off lease penetration point information
• As-drilled tolerance box rule
• Acreage assignment based on length of lateral
• Stacked lateral rules

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

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• Where to find out more information concerning
  horizontal well

Located in Rule 2
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• PENETRATION POINTS
• Defined as the point your well penetrates the top
  of the regulatory fields correlative interval as
  defined in Rule 1 of the field rules.

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STANDARD SWR 86 FIELD
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SWR 86 PLAT
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SPECIAL HORIZONTAL FIELD RULES
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• OFF LEASE PENETRATION POINTS
• If the well is in a standard SWR 86 field then
  the penetration point must be on lease or an
  exception to rule is needed.
• If the well is in a field approved for special
  horizontal rules then application can be
  processed as long as proper notification to
  affected parties is done prior to the submission
  of the Drilling Permit application.
• If you are proposing to drill a vertical pilot
  hole to log the formation you will need to follow
  the rules for off lease penetration and provide
  notice to affected parties prior to submission of
  the application.

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SPECIAL HORIZONTAL FIELD RULES
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• Determining if you are a SWR 37 lease line or
  between well exception.
• HORIZONTAL WELL
• What is the distance to nearest lease line?
• Look at the entire length of your wellbores
  productive portion
• Use the shortest distance to a lease line from
  any point in the productive portion

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Out of compliance SWR exception needed
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Un-leased mineral interests
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330 halo around wellbore
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Multiple terminus locations can be applied for at
the same time
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• MAIN POINTS
• SWR 3.86 MUST BE ADHERED TO UNLESS THERE ARE
  SPECIAL HORIZONTAL RULES FOR THE FIELD YOU ARE
  APPLYING FOR.
• KNOW HOW TO DETERMINE DISTANCE TO NEAREST LEASE
  LINE AND WELL FOR THE TYPE OF FIELD RULES
  (STANDARD OR SPECIAL) YOU ARE WORKING UNDER.
• ONCE YOUR WELL HAS PENETRATED THE FORMATION YOU
  CANNOT CROSS INTO A TRACT THAT IS NOT LEASED.
  THIS IS MINERAL TRESSPASS.

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