Mississippi Administrative Code

Each producer or operator is prohibited from delivering illegal oil to any transporter, and each transporter is prohibited from removing any illegal oil. Each transporter shall maintain necessary records of lease allowables and quantities of oil removed from the leases to which h…

(a) Each person who succeeds to the rights under a permit shall, within ten (10) days after the rights are acquired, notify the Board in writing thereof. (b) Wells approved for unit operations under a designated operator after notice and hearing by the Board shall be exempt from …

Each transporter of oil within the state shall furnish for each calendar month a "Transporter's and Storer's Monthly Report," Form No. 10, containing complete information and data indicated by such form respecting stocks of oil on hand and all movements of oil by pipe line, withi…

. Each refiner of oil within the state shall furnish for each calendar month a "Refiner's Monthly Report," Form No. 13, containing the information and data indicated by such form respecting oil and products involved in such refiner's operations. Such report shall be filed on or b…

The Board shall notify in writing any transporter of oil, gas or condensate of the failure of any producer or operator to comply with any Statewide or Special Field Rule and such transporter so notified shall refrain thereafter from transporting oil, gas or condensate from the pr…

When a service company, other than the drilling contractor, cements, perforates, or acidizes, either before or after completion of a well, the service company shall furnish the Board with legible exact copies of reports furnished the owner of the well. The Board may require that …

Every person acting as principal or as agent for another or who is independently engaged in the production, storage, transportation (except by railroads), refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, processing of, or scientific exploration for crude oil or natural gas shall immedi…

Every person owning, operating or controlling any refinery, tank farm, cycling plant, re-pressuring or pressure maintenance facilities, extraction plant or pipeline pumping station shall, at all times, during the operation thereof, maintain on the premises near each such facility…

All producers, transporters, storers, refiners, gasoline or other extraction plant operators and initial takers of gas within the state shall make and keep appropriate books and records covering their operations in the state from which they may be able to make and substantiate th…

The forms hereinafter listed and attached to these rules as exhibits 1 to 19 and Form Z, inclusive, are hereby adopted and made a part of these rules for all purposes and the same shall be used and the information required thereby shall be furnished as directed by the Board's rul…

The adoption of these rules shall not revoke any special field rules now in force and which are applicable to particular fields or pools. Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 2-1.58 MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)

Upon the effective date of these rules, all statewide rules now in force shall be revoked and these rules shall govern; provided, however, such revocation of rules heretofore in force shall not validate any prior violation. The Board may, after notice and hearing, repeal, amend o…

1. Every well permitted by the Oil and Gas Board shall have posted at the entrance to the location during drilling, in a conspicuous place near the well bore after completion, a sign in reasonably large and clear lettering with the following information: a) DANGER (in white lette…

These rules and regulations shall be in full force and effect on and after January 1, 1952. ORDERED this the 19th day of November, 1951. STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD /s/ James McClure, Chairman Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 2-1.60 MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)

(a) Each permanent oil and/or saltwater tank or battery of oil and/or saltwater tanks now or hereafter located in the State of Mississippi shall be surrounded by a dike (or firewall) or retaining wall of sufficient height and size so that the volume enclosed shall be equal to one…

On all storage tanks or batteries of storage tanks where there is stored, either permanently or temporarily, crude oil, distillate or condensate produced from an oil well or a gas well where any hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is produced in conjunction with the fluid such that the vapor…

Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires, the words hereinafter defined shall have the following meaning when found in this rule, to wit: (a) "Area of review" means the area surrounding an injection well described according to the criteria set forth in EPA Underground In…

Permits 1. The permit for the drilling, development and continued operation of artificially formed underground liquefied compressed gas, crude oils, refined hydrocarbons, compressed air or natural gas storage space, where such cavity is dissolved in salt beds, may be issued only …

Any corporation, association, partnership or person in possession of crude petroleum oil or any substance containing any quantity of crude oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration and/or production of oil or gas, or both, being transported …

Preventative measures shall be taken to control the effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at all operations where H2S concentrations in the gas stream are equal to 100 ppm or more. Such operations shall include, but may not be limited to drilling, working over, testing, producing, ga…

1. Definitions As used herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: A. "Underground Storage" shall mean storage in an underground reservoir, stratum or formation of the earth; B. "Reservoir" shall mean a porous stratum of the earth or porous zone of a general structure…

I. Definitions For the purposes of this Rule 1. "Ambient Exposure Rate" shall mean an indication of the potential for a human to incur a radiation dose. Ambient exposure rates are measured in units of "millirem per hour" or "microroentgen per hour" at a height of one meter (three…

1. Purpose and Scope a. This rule provides regulations for control of oil field NORM to ensure that radiation exposures of workers and members of the general public resulting from oil field NORM are prevented, eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels in order to protect the pub…

1. With respect to each pool occurring in the discovery well, the top of which is encountered below a measured depth of 12,000 feet below the surface, and in the Pennsylvanian and older formations with respect to each pool occurring in the discovery well, the top of which is enco…

1. With respect to each pool occurring in the discovery well, the top of which is encountered below a measured depth of 12,000 feet below the surface, and in the Pennsylvanian and older formations with respect to each pool occurring in the discovery well, the top of which is enco…

The Board may grant an exception to any spacing rule whenever the Board shall determine, after notice and hearing, and the facts clearly support the determination, that the unit is partly outside the pool, or, for some other reason, a well so located on the unit would be non-prod…

The rules and regulations hereby adopted and hereinafter set out are general rules of statewide application and shall apply to all fields; provided, however, special rules, applicable to particular areas or subject matter shall prevail over these general rules only to the extent …

The Supervisor shall approve a plan for installation of all pipelines for which a right of use or easement has been granted by the State, or permitted under the provisions of any lease, in or over submerged offshore lands. The operator shall comply with the following requirements…

Before any person shall begin drilling of any well in search of oil or gas or assume operation of an oil or gas well or construct or operate any pipeline in the submerged offshore lands of Mississippi, said person shall file with the Board a bond in the amount of not less than ON…

Where not in conflict with these rules and regulations, all existing Statewide Rules and Regulations of the State Oil and Gas Board as adopted by Order No. 201-51, and all additions and amendments thereto, shall apply and be in force. Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.12 MCA Section 53…

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of these rules and regulations shall be punished as provided by law. Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.13 MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)

The Board reserves the right to require notice and hearing on any application for a drilling permit in submerged offshore lands. Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.14 MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)

The Board expressly reserves the right, after notice and hearing, to alter, amend, repeal or grant exceptions to any and all of the foregoing rules and regulations. Notes 26 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.15 MCA Section 53-1-17(3) (1972)

In addition to the definitions set forth in State Oil and Gas Board Order No. 201-51, Rule 2, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meanings indicated when found in these Offshore (OS) Rules: (a) "Board" shall mean the State Oil and Gas Board c…

The operator shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Identification of Platforms, Fixed Structures Platforms and structures, other than individual wellhead structures, shall be identified at two diagonal corners of the platform or structure by a sign with letters and fig…

All exploratory wells drilled for oil and gas shall be drilled in accordance with the provisions of this order. Initial development wells drilled for oil and gas shall be drilled in accordance with the provisions of this order which shall continue in effect until special field ru…

The operator shall comply with the following minimum plugging and abandonment procedures which have general application to all wells drilled for oil and gas. Plugging and abandonment operations must not be commenced prior to obtaining approval from an authorized representative of…

The operator shall comply with the following requirements. All departures from the requirements specified in this rule shall be subject to approval by the Supervisor. All applications for approval under the provisions of this rule shall be submitted to the Supervisor. References …

1. Wellhead Equipment and Testing Procedures A. Wellhead Equipment All completed wells shall be equipped with casingheads, wellhead fittings, valves and connections with a rated working pressure equal to or greater than the surface shut-in pressure of the well. Connections and va…

(a) The operator shall not cause waste or pollute land or water or damage the aquatic life of the waters or allow extraneous matter to enter and damage any mineral- or water- bearing formation. (b) If the waters are polluted by the drilling or production operations conducted by o…

The operator shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this rule in the installation and operation of all platforms, fixed and mobile structures and artificial islands, including all facilities installed on a platform or structure whether or not operated or own…

1-101.01 Purpose of the Personal Service Contract Procurement Regulations In 1997, the Mississippi Legislature established the Personal Service Contract Review Board (hereinafter "PSCRB"), and authorized it to "[p]romulgate rules and regulations governing the solicitation and sel…

Subject to principles of law and equity, these regulations will govern the creation and administration of service contracts. Notes 27 Miss. Code. R. 1-1-102 Amended 10/15/2015

These regulations require all parties involved in the negotiation, performance or administration of Mississippi contracts to act in good faith. Notes 27 Miss. Code. R. 1-1-103 Amended 10/15/2015

These regulations shall apply to every expenditure of public funds irrespective of source; however, in the event of a conflict, the guidelines of a grant, a gift, or self-generated funds shall prevail. Violation of these regulations shall carry such penalties as may be applicable…

If any provision of these regulations or any application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of these regulations which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to …

These regulations, when approved by the PSCRB as authorized by Mississippi Code Annotated § 25-9-120 (1972, as amended), shall be in effect as written until amended or repealed by the PSCRB. Notes 27 Miss. Code. R. 1-1-106 Amended 10/15/2015