Vented, flared, and metered casinghead gas.

43-02-03-44. Vented, flared, and metered casinghead gas. 1. Pending arrangements for disposition for some useful purpose, all vented casinghead gas must be burned. Each flare must be equipped with an automatic ignitor or a continuous burning pilot, unless waived by the director for good reason. 2. All casinghead gas produced must be reported monthly to the director in units of one thousand cubic feet [28.32 cubic meters] computed at a pressure of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths pounds per square inch absolute [1034.19 grams per square centimeter] at a base temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit [15.56 degrees Celsius]. Associated gas production may not be transported from a well premises or central production facility until its volume has been determined through the use of properly calibrated measurement equipment. All measurement equipment and volume determinations must conform to American gas association standards. The operator of a well shall notify the director within thirty days on a well sundry notice of the connection date to a gas gathering system, the metering equipment, transporter, and purchaser of the gas. Any gas produced and used on lease for fuel purposes or flared may be estimated or measured and must be reported on a gas report in accordance with section 43-02-03-52.1. Meters used to determine the use on lease or flared gas volumes must be installed and calibrated in accordance with American petroleum institute or American gas association standards or to the meter manufacturer's recommendations. History: Amended effective April 30, 1981; January 1, 1983; May 1, 1992; July 1, 1996; September 1, 2000; April 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 38-08-04 Law Implemented: NDCC 38-08-04