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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1594 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to water and water rights; requiring
Oklahoma Water Resources Board certify review of
certain alternative uses of fresh groundwater before
approving permit; requiring certain applicants
furnish certain information with fresh groundwater
permit application; permitting Board to request
furnishing of certain supporting documen ts upon
application; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1020.9D of Title 82, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
1. Prior to approving a permit to use fresh groundwater for
enhanced recovery of oil and gas, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
shall determine that the ap plicant has reviewed all other
economically viable alternatives for the use of fresh groundwater.
2. Applicants filing a permit application to use fresh
groundwater for enhanced r ecovery of oil and gas, in addition to all
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other requirements, shall furnish the following as part of and at
the time of filing the application:
a. a copy of the easements or leases from the surface
right owners giving the appli cant the right to develop
and use the fresh groundwater for the recovery
process,
b. an estimated schedule of use showing the amount of
fresh groundwater used each year in the recovery
process,
c. an economic study containing the following
information:
(1) a detailed analysis of the relativ e cost of
obtaining salt water and any other feasible
alternative versus the relative cost of obtaining
fresh groundwater,
(2) total project costs and the amount of oil and gas
expected to be recovered and the value expec ted
to be realized,
(3) the estimated value of fresh groundwater for
other purposes including but not li mited to those
that are common to the area or vicinity subject
of the application as measured against the
overall estimated value of the oil or gas to b e
recovered,
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(4) the additional expense per barrel of oil
recovered if the applica nt is required to use or
treat salt water instead of fresh groundwater in
the recovery process, and
(5) an evaluation of other recovery methods
considered and an explanation justifying the
choice of using fresh groundwater for recovery as
necessary or the most fea sible,
d. an inventory of all wells, whether active or aband oned
within the boundaries of the proposed unitization and
within two (2) miles of the outside boundaries of the
proposed unitization ,
e. the permeability, thickness, and estimated porosity of
the injection zone, and
f. information about the reuse and recycling of the fresh
groundwater.
3. The applicant may also be required to furnish other relevant
material upon request of the Board including, but not limited to,
the following:
a. a copy of the unitization pla n on file with the
Corporation Commission ,
b. a copy of each injection well application and the
approval of such application b y the Corporation
Commission,
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c. a copy of all logs of each injection well showing the
name of each zone containing salt water , and
d. the name and chemical composition of any mate rial or
substance other than fresh groundwater proposed to be
injected underground in connection wi th the proposed
enhanced recovery operation .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective No vember 1, 2022.
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