36.22.303    CLASSIFICATION OF WILDCAT OR EXPLORATORY WELLS

(1) If a test for fluid productivity is made in a stratigraphic well or core hole, the well must be reclassified as "wildcat or exploratory" and is subject to all the rules of a well drilled for oil or gas.

(2) Wells drilled in a delineated field to known productive horizons cannot be classified as "stratigraphic."

History: 82-11-111, MCA; IMP, 82-11-111, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, 1977 MAR p. 549, Eff. 9/24/77.