SECTION 165:10-5-4. Application for approval of enhanced recovery projects

(a)   An enhanced recovery project shall be permitted only by order of the Commission after notice and hearing.

(b)   The application for an order authorizing an enhanced recovery project shall contain the following:

(1)   The names and addresses of the operator or operators of the project.

(2)   A plat showing the lease, group of leases, or unit included within the proposed project; the location of the proposed injection well or wells, and the location of all oil and gas wells including abandoned and drilling wells and dry holes; and the names of all operators offsetting the area encompassed within the project.

(3)   The common source of supply in which all wells are currently completed.

(4)   The name, description, and depth of each common source of supply to be affected.

(5)   A log of a representative well completed in the common source of supply.

(6)   A description of the existing or proposed casing program for injection wells and the proposed method of testing casing.

(7)   A description of the injection medium to be used, its source, and the estimated amounts to be injected daily.

(8)   For a project with an allocated pool, a tabulation showing recent gas-oil ratio and oil and water production tests for each of the producing oil and gas wells.

(9)   The proposed plan of development of the area included within the Project.

(c)   A copy of the application and notice of hearing shall be mailed to the owner or owners of the surface of the land upon which the project is located and to each operator offsetting the project as shown on the application within five days after the application is filed. An affidavit of compliance with this Section shall be filed on or before the hearing.