DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT Sample Clauses
The "Drilling and Development" clause outlines the obligations and procedures related to the exploration, drilling, and subsequent development of oil, gas, or mineral resources on a leased property. It typically specifies timelines for commencing drilling operations, standards for conducting such activities, and requirements for ongoing development, such as the number of wells to be drilled or production targets to be met. This clause ensures that the lessee actively pursues resource extraction, thereby preventing the property from remaining idle and protecting the lessor’s interests in timely and efficient resource development.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. Agreement To Drill and Complete: PDC shall commence drilling of a well or ▇▇▇▇▇ on each Prospect within 180 days of the date of the initial formation of the Partnerships, but in no case later than March 30, 2004 and shall continue drilling thereafter with due diligence to the Target formation unless a condition which renders further drilling impractical is encountered at a lesser depth, or unless the Partnership agrees to complete or abandon the well at a lesser depth. PDC shall make reasonable tests of all formations encountered during drilling which give indication of containing economic quantities of oil and/or gas. If such tests indicate the presence of economic quantities of oil and/or gas, PDC shall complete the well and install such surface and well equipment, gathering pipelines, heaters, separators, etc., as are necessary and normal in the area in which the Prospect is located. If it is determined that the well is not likely to produce oil and/or gas in commercial quantities PDC shall plug and abandon the well in accordance with applicable regulations.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. Agreement To Drill and Complete: PDC shall commence drilling of a well or ▇▇▇▇▇ on each Prospect within 180 days of the date of the initial formation of the Partnerships, but in no case later than March 30, 2005 [2006 for PDC 2005-designated Partnerships and 2007 for PDC 2006-designated Partnerships] and shall continue drilling thereafter with due diligence to the Target formation unless a condition which renders further drilling impractical is encountered at a lesser depth, or unless the Partnership agrees to complete or abandon the well at a lesser depth. PDC shall make reasonable tests of all formations encountered during drilling which give indication of containing economic quantities of oil and/or gas. If such tests indicate the presence of economic quantities of oil and/or gas, PDC shall complete the well and install such surface and well equipment, gathering pipelines, heaters, separators, etc., as are necessary and normal in the area in which the Prospect is located. If it is determined that the well is not likely to produce oil and/or gas in commercial quantities PDC shall plug and abandon the well in accordance with applicable regulations.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. Procedures for Drilling ▇▇▇▇▇ in the AMI:
1. During the Term of the Participation Agreement. So long as the Participation Agreement is in effect all ▇▇▇▇▇ are to be drilled pursuant to the terms of the Participation Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. Initial Well:
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. Agreement To Drill and Complete: PDC shall commence drilling of a well or ▇▇▇▇▇ on each Prospect within 180 days of the date of the initial formation of the Partnerships, but in no case later than March 30, 2002 with respect to the partnerships designated “PDC 2001- Limited Partnership; March 30, 2003 with respect to the partnerships designated "PDC 2002- Limited Partnership" and March 30, 2004 with respect to partnerships designated “PDC 2003 Limited Partnership” and shall continue drilling thereafter with due diligence to the Target formation unless a condition which renders further drilling impractical is encountered at a lesser depth, or unless the Partnership agrees to complete or abandon the well at a lesser depth. PDC shall make reasonable tests of all formations encountered during drilling which give indication of containing economic quantities of oil and/or gas. If such tests indicate the presence of economic quantities of oil and/or gas, PDC shall complete the well and install such surface and well equipment, gathering pipelines, heaters, separators, etc., as are necessary and normal in the area in which the Prospect is located. If it is determined that the well is not likely to produce oil and/or gas in commercial quantities PDC shall plug and abandon the well in accordance with applicable regulations.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. (a) FULL DEVELOPMENT: After a well capable of producing oil or gas has been completed on the Premises, Lessee shall exercise the diligence of a reasonably prudent operator in drilling such additional well or ▇▇▇▇▇ as may be reasonably necessary to fully develop the Premises. Neither bonus, pre- paid delay rental, royalties, nor other fees paid or to be paid hereunder shall relieve Lessee from the obligation to fully develop the Premises. Additionally, Lessee will, upon reasonable request from an adjoining lessee of other lands, join with such requesting lessee in pooling to achieve secondary or advanced recovery of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons that might be produced through the use of enhanced methods covering a greater area than the Premises.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. The Company and the Lender agree to continue to engage in drilling and development efforts pursuant to the Operating Agreement, including the drilling and development of the App Energy H-33 well and the next unnamed well to be drilled thereafter (such two ▇▇▇▇▇, the “Planned ▇▇▇▇▇”). With respect to the Planned ▇▇▇▇▇, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Operating Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the Lender, the Company agrees to fund on the Lender’s behalf one-half of the Lender’s costs to participate in the Planned ▇▇▇▇▇ (such one-half of the Lender’s costs, the “Carry”). The Lender agrees that as part of drilling the App Energy H-33, certain operations have been or will be conducted that are outside the scope of typical drilling and completion operations. The Parties agree that these operations are being conducted to benefit the Parties in the future development of the leasehold. Specifically, these operations include the drilling and logging of the vertical portion of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ H-34 and the coring, core analysis, and other mutually agreed to reporting of the App Energy H-33. The Parties agree that some of the costs involved in these operations are not included in the Carry and, therefore the Lender agrees to pay its full share (i.e., 25%) of any costs that are incurred in 1) operations related to coring and analyzing the Berea formation; and, 2) operations involving the drilling and logging the vertical well referred to as the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ H-34.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. 9 C . COMPLETION OF ▇▇▇▇▇; REWORKING AND PLUGGING BACK:........................................................ 15 ARTICLE VII.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. A. WELL: On or before October, 2012, Contract Operator shall commence the drilling of those certain oil and/or gas well(s) known as MEI # 120 (hereinafter "the oil and/or gas well(s) within the AMI" at the location identified in Exhibit "A," which also defines the Area of Mutual Interest. The drilling of the oil and/or gas well(s) within the AMI and the participation therein by all parties is obligatory, subject to Article V1.C.1. as to participation in Completion operations and Article V1.F. as to termination of operations and Article XI as to occurrence of force majeure.
DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. Subsequent Operations – Proposals – The Task Force discovered that there were no standards for the content of proposals – “AFE” had been added to the Form 610-1989 JOA – In the 610-1989 Horizontal Modification Form, the information to be included in a proposal for a horizontal well is specifically set forth, including the requirement for AFE • The Article VI.B.1 requires proposals to include: – Drilling and completion plans – Depth – Surface and bottom hole locations (if deviated) – Objective Zone – Rig utilization – Stimulation operations – sizing and staging – Established drilling and completion costs as set forth in the AFE – Article VI.B.4, relating to “Deepening” was modified • New Article VI.B.6 – Control the financial and mechanical risk of drilling a longer lateral by requiring written notice and consent if the extension exceeds a given percentage of the original proposal • Article VI.B.8 (formerly subsection 7) was modified to clarify that exceptions to existing well patterns granted by the governing regulatory agency are authorized • “Rework” was defined in the Form 610-1989 JOA • Usually includes adding perforations and/or fracking a zone in a well • Workover operations are defined as routine maintenance and repair work conducted on a well pursuant to Article VI.D • Workover operation is not a Rework operation • Workover operations can range from cleaning out a wellbore with soap bars or acid to remove paraffin or other buildup, repairing equipment such as tank batteries, heaters, treaters and pumping units • Approval requires only a majority vote for an Other Operations • Routine maintenance and repair work • The revision changes the types of operations covered by the Other Operations provision by including Workovers and artificial lift equipment but does not include or cover SWD ▇▇▇▇▇ • Form 610-1989 Horizontal Modification Form added a special provision exonerating the Operator from liability for deviation from an approved proposal based on new information or facts and circumstances occurring after the commencement of operations, this was included in the Form 610-215 JOA • Operator must act reasonably • Incorporated as a new Article VI.E in the Form 610-2015 JOA • Form 610-2015 JOA now provides that any party may propose the abandonment of ▇▇▇▇▇, which while producing, are no longer economic • Article VII.C allows the Operator to demand advanced payments • Payments must be made within thirty days following receipt of the demand (previously pa...