The State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama will hold its regular hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, and Thursday, October 26, 2023, in the Board Room of the State Oil and Gas Board, Walter B. Jones Hall, University of Alabama Campus, 420 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to consider, among other items, the following petition:
DOCKET NO. 10-24-23-01
Petition by Jabsco Oil Operating, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company, authorized to do and doing business in the State of Alabama, requesting the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama to enter an Order approving an exceptional location for the proposed re-entry of the Booth 29-2 #1 well, Permit No. 13195, on a 320-acre wildcat drilling unit consisting of the East Half of Section 29, Township 18 South, Range 15 West, Pickens County, Alabama. The location of said well is 330 feet from the west line of the proposed drilling unit and as such is an exception to Rule 400-1-2-.02 (2)(c) of the State Oil and Gas Board Administrative Code which requires that wells drilled in search of gas on a governmental half section drilling unit be located at least 660 feet from every exterior boundary of said unit.
Petitioner further intends to identify the alternate 40-acre drilling unit in the permit application for the Booth 29-2 #1 well as being the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 29. The location of said well is 120 feet from the south line of the proposed alternate drilling unit and as such is an exception to Rule 400-1-2-.02 (2)(c) of the State Oil and Gas Board Administrative Code which requires that wells drilled on a 40-acre drilling unit be located at least 330 feet from every exterior boundary of said unit.
This petition is filed in accordance with §9-17-12(c) of the Code of Alabama (1975), as amended.
The public is further advised that pursuant to this hearing and the applicable provisions of the Code of Alabama (1975) and the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama Administrative Code, the Board will enter such Order or Orders as in its judgment may be necessary in accordance with the evidence submitted and accepted.
Hearings of the State Oil and Gas Board are public hearings, and members of the public are invited to attend and present their position concerning petitions. Requests to continue or oppose a petition should be received by the Board at least two (2) days prior to the hearing. A petition may be set for hearing on the first day or the second day of the hearing, or may be continued to another hearing at a later date. You may want to contact the Board to determine the status of the petition. You may elect to submit your comments in writing regarding a particular item before the Board. You are not required to attend, nor are you required to make any written comments. For additional information, you may contact S. Marvin Rogers, General Counsel for the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama, P. O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, telephone no. (205) 247-3680, fax no. (205) 349-2861, or by email at petitions@ogb.state.al.us.