SECTION 165:10-27-7. Post-sale reports

(a)   Within sixty days after the end of the month of production, each producing owner shall report and account to the operator of the well, the identity of the first purchaser or shipper of the gas and information specified in 165:10-27-13.

(b)   Within fifteen days after the end of the month of production, each owner of a gas meter taking gas solely from a gathering system shall provide upon first request by the owner of such gathering system and thereafter, the gross volume of gas measured by such meter both in MCF and British Thermal Unit equivalent.

(c)   Within twenty days after the end of the month of production, each owner of a gas meter shall provide or cause to be provided in writing to the operator of the well, the gross volume of gas measured by such meter, both in MCF and British Thermal Unit equivalent, and the volume of gas allocated at the meter to each first purchaser or shipper and each contracted producing owner that sold gas to the owner of the gas meter. Each meter owner shall, within the same time period, furnish each first purchaser or shipper the volume of gas allocated at the meter to that first purchaser or shipper. However, if the gas processing plant operator is performing the allocations, then within ten days after the end of the month of production, the owner of the pipeline residue gas meter shall provide, upon first request by the processing plant operator and thereafter, the volume in MCF and British Thermal Unit equivalent measured through its meter as required by the gas processing plant operator for its allocations under this subsection.

(d)   As an alternative to supplying the operator with information in the manner prescribed by subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, the owner of a gas meter who has a contract with one or more producing owners, covering all of the gas flowing through its meter, may furnish monthly volume statements to the operator of the well, provided said owner of the gas meter has previously furnished the operator with names of the producing owners and the decimal interest owned by each such producing owner or owners or any method other than by decimal interest then in effect for allocating gas among the producing owners. After adopting alternative reporting under this subsection, the owner of the gas meter shall be required to supply the operator of the well with any change to the name of a producing owner, the decimal interest by a producing owner or the method, other than by decimal interest, for allocating gas among the producing owners: such change to reported by the owner of the gas meter to the operator of the well within thirty days after the owner of the gas meter receives notice of such change.

(e)   Within thirty-five days after the end of the month of production, each first purchaser or shipper of gas from a gas meter shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the operator of the well, a volume allocation statement showing the volume of gas purchased from or shipper for each contracted producing owner. Within thirty days after making any retroactive gas volume adjustment for such well, the first purchaser or shipper shall furnish notice of such retroactive gas volume adjustment to the operator of the well.

(f)   Any person subject to multiple reporting requirements under this Section shall not be required to re-report the same information to the operator if such information has been previously provided by such person in a different report. Such person may consolidate the required information into a single report to the operator; provided, however, that all such reporting must comply with the applicable statutory time periods for the type of information being communicated to the operator.

(g)   Any first purchaser, shipper or owner of a gas meter that does not provide the information required of it by this Section shall be subject to having its takes from the well suspended by the operator of the well pursuant to 165:10-27-8.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 2601, eff 7-11-94; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3699, eff 7-11-94]