§ 72-26. Deeper drilling.

(a)

Once any well has either been completed as a producer or abandoned as a dry hole, it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to drill such a well to a deeper depth than that reached in the prior drilling operations without the permittee as to such well obtaining a supplemental permit after filing a supplemental application with the city secretary specifying:

(1)

The then condition of the well and the casing therein;

(2)

The depth to which it is proposed such well be deepened, not to exceed in any event a total true vertical depth from the surface in excess of 20,000 feet;

(3)

The proposed casing program to be used in connection with, proposed deepening operations;

(4)

And evidence of adequate current tests showing that the casing strings in said well currently pass the same tests as are in this chapter provided for in case of the drilling of the original well.

(b)

In the event the city council is satisfied that said well may be deepened with the same degree of safety as existed in the original well, a supplemental permit may be issued with an additional filing fee of $500.00 to the permittee authorizing the deepening and operation of the well to such specified depth as applied for, not exceeding in any event a total true vertical depth from the surface in excess of 20,000 feet. In any deeper drilling or any deeper completion or any deeper production operations the permittee shall comply with all other provisions contained in this chapter and applicable to the drilling, completion and operation of a well or wells.

(Ord. No. 1251-3-01, 3-20-2001; Ord. No. 1535-11-09, § 3, 11-17-2009)