Top Problems That Can Delay A Completion Packets Final Approval

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Top Problems That Can Delay A Completion

Packets Final Approval

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Top Problems That Can Delay A Completion Packets Final Approval

1. Failing to respond to messages online from the RRC Analyst, even if you have corrected the problem.

2. Not filing all required forms with the packet.

3. Over-assigning acreage. If acreage assignment changes as wells are drilled, filing revised P-15’s, proration plats, and or acreage list for all wells on the lease that have revised acreage.

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4. Log headers do not have all the required information.

5. Amending Drilling Permit ASAP and follow-up for approval.

6. Make sure all questions are answered correctly and completely.

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7. Adding a second/another P-4 when an initial P-4 has already been filed.

8. Make sure that P-4 gatherers and purchasers have an active P-5.

9. Make sure all electronic forms are completed, certified, and submitted.

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10. Filing information that is not needed.

11.Improperly labeling attachments.

12. Make sure that all of the following are correct:– Type of Completion– Purpose of Filing–Well Type

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13.File drilling permit prior to drilling the well.

14. If the information on the G-5 does not meet the requirements, be sure to file a PVT Analysis or Compositional Analysis.

15.Lease lines measurements should be the same as drilling permit lease line measurements, if not explain

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16. Use the remarks section of the completion forms (G1/W2) to explain any changes or amendments. Also use this section for any information that you want the analyst or the RRC to know.

17. Make sure that any attached files display properly (P12’s, plats).

18. W12 not filled out correctly or is incomplete. The most common mistake is not answering questions #17 thru #22 on the form.

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19. No change in completed, commenced, and completion dates when the well is worked over or re-completed.

20. Not addressing remarks related to SWR10 information (i.e. remarks, perfs, formations).

21. If a well is worked over or recompleted, showing how the perfs were isolated.

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22. Hard copy filings that are filed with incomplete or missing information.

23. Operators adding zeros in the extra spaces linked to the well numbers.

24. Once an ID/ Lease # has been assigned, it should be added to all subsequent packets.

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25. Shut-In/Time of Run for G-1’s (1 Point Test) should be 1440 minutes (24 hours).

26. The well is completed in formations that are outside the designated correlative interval for the completed field and a SWR 10 has not been filed.

27. The formation record section on the G-1/W-2 should show the formation names that define each completed field.

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28. Not filing proration acreage plats when the

field rules require that acreage be assigned to each well.

29. Not checking the field rules before filing.

30. Not utilizing the RRC Website to retrieve well information.

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31. Filing packets as re-classes when they are actually

work overs32. Filing completion packets as producing even

though the well is only producing water or nothing at all.

Please take advantage of our Well Compliance Phone Queue system for immediate assistance with general proration questions, online filings, opening packets, etc. A knowledgeable member of the Compliance Department staff will assist you.

Phone: 512-463-6975E-mail: [email protected]

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Top Problems That Can Delay A Completion Packets Final Approval