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PART 13
Release of Information
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123 In this Part,
"associated well" means the nearest well from a well that:
(a) has been cased for production; and
(b) has not been abandoned as a dry hole;
"deeper pool wildcat" means a well that is located less than 0.8 km from an associated well and that has a projected total depth that is in a deeper formation than that of the associated well.
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124 The director may release information that was obtained from a well and submitted to the branch in compliance with the Act or this regulation, as follows:
(a) in the case of a development well:
(i) where information respecting the associated well is not confidential under the Act, 30 days after the finished drilling date of the development well; and
(ii) where, on the day a well licence is issued in respect of a development well, information respecting the associated well is confidential under the Act, on the later of:
(A) 30 days after the finished drilling date of the development well; or
(B) the day that information from the associated well is released;
(b) in the case of a deeper pool wildcat:
(i) with respect to information to the base of the producing formation in the associated well, on the later of:
(A) 30 days after the finished drilling date; and
(B) the day that information respecting the associated well is released; and
(ii) with respect to other information, one year after the finished drilling date;
(c) for an exploratory well that is not referred to in clause (b), one year after the finished drilling date of the well.
PART 13.1
Review
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124.1 Not later than January 1, 2000, the minister shall:
(a) review the effectiveness of the operation of this regulation after consulting such persons affected by the regulation as the minister considers appropriate; and
(b) if the minister considers it advisable, recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council that the regulation be amended or repealed.
PART 14
Repeal and Coming into Force
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125 The Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulation, Manitoba Regulation 430/87R, is repealed.
126 This regulation comes into force on the day The Oil and Gas and Consequential Amendments Act, S.M. 1993, chapter 4, comes into force.
SCHEDULE A
(Clauses 4(2)(a), 6(1)(a), 8(b), and 75(1)(a), and subsection 54(4))
Schedule of Fees and Levies
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1. The fee for an application to change the name of one or more wells is $250.
1.1 The fee and levy to be submitted along with an application to transfer a well licence is $250 for each well licence.
(a) fee: $200 per well licence;
(b) levy for the Abandonment Fund Reserve Account:
$50. per well licence.
2. The fee and levy to be submitted with an application for a well licence is $1000., comprised of the following:
(a) fee: $750.,
(b) levy for the Abandonment Fund Reserve Account: $250.
3. The annual non-refundable levy for the Abandonment Fund Reserve Account for the following classes of wells and batteries is as follows:
(a) Class 1 ..........................$150. per well;
(b) Class 2 ..........................$500 per well;
(c) Class 3 ........................$1000 per well;
(d) Class 4 ..........................$500 per battery.
3.1 the penalty for failure to pay the non-refundable levy by the date set out in subsection 54(5) is 25% of the levy set out in Item 3. if the levy is paid before October 31 of that year, and 50% of the levy if payment is received after October 31 of that year.
4. The fee and levy to be submitted with an application for a Battery Operating Permit is $1000, comprised of the following:
(a) fee: $750.,
(b) levy for the Abandonment Fund Reserve Account: $250.
5. The fee to be submitted with an application to vary the size and shape of a spacing unit is $2,000.
6. The fee to be submitted with an application for a salt water disposal permit is $200.
7. The fee to be submitted with an application for the approval of a project of enhanced recovery is $2000.
8. The fee and levy to be submitted with an application for a geophysical licence is $300, comprised of the following:
(a) fee: $250.,
(b) levy for the Abandonment Fund Reserve Account: $50.
Schedule B
(Clause 8(a))
Form of Transfer of Well Licence
See Transfer of Well Licence Form
