Every application for a permit to drill and operate a well or wells, including a re-entry to an abandoned well, shall be verified under oath and in writing, and signed by the applicant or some duly authorized person who may sign on the applicant's behalf; it shall be filed with the City Finance Department and be accompanied with a filing fee as set forth in the Manual of Fees adopted by the Bethany City Council. A separate application shall be required for each well. The application(s) shall include the following:
(A) The name and address of applicant.
(B) The name and address of operator.
(C) The date of application.
(D) A legal description of the land.
(E) Approximate street address of any proposed drill site entrance road.
(F) A block map of the 40 acres surrounding the drill site, showing thereon the location of the proposed well in the 40 acres and the location of all abandoned wells, all structures designed for the occupancy of human beings, animals, all easements, property boundaries, lease boundaries, private roads to the well, all fresh water wells within the 40 acres, all oil and gas facilities proposed to be used with the well site. The map shall show the distances between the drill site and these items and show a north arrow pointing to drawing top.
(G) The name and address of the surface owner(s) as shown by the tax rolls maintained in the county where the land is located, and of the mineral owner(s) if different from the applicant or surface owner(s).
(H) A copy of the approved drilling permit from the Corporation Commission and a copy of the staking plat.
(I) The drilling prognosis, to specify in detail the amount, weight, size of conductor pipe and surface pipe, the procedures to be used for cementing such. Plugging procedures to be used in the event the production is not established shall also be specified.
(J) A statement of provisions for water for the drilling rig, and the mud program to be utilized.
(K) The name and address of the service agent within the State of Oklahoma upon whom service of process on behalf of the applicant may be made. In the case of any nonresident person, there shall be attached to the application a designation of such a service agent, resident in the county where the land is located, and a consent that service of summons may be made upon such a person in any action to enforce any of the obligations hereunder.
(L) Plans and engineering specifications of structures, drilling derricks, drilling masts, tanks and high-pressure systems to be used; standard plans and specifications already on file and approved by the city at the time of application may be incorporated by reference.
(M) The proposed depth of the well.
(N) Certified, photostatic, or electronic (PDF-preferred) copies of all leases or contracts with the owners.
(O) The location of mud pits, pollution prevention equipment, and fire suppression equipment, together with a list to this equipment.
(P) A certificate from a licensed, bonded abstracting company, certifying the names and addresses of all property owners within a radius of 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the lease, as shown by the Oklahoma County tax rolls in the affected areas.
(Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)