Sec. 31.05.100. Establishment of drilling units for pools.
(a) For the prevention of waste, to protect and enforce correlative rights, and to avoid the augmenting and accumulation of risks arising from the drilling of an excessive number of wells, or the reduced recovery that might result from too small a number of wells, the commission may establish a drilling unit or units for […]
Sec. 31.05.025. Conflict of interest.
(a) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial staff, are subject to AS 39.50. (b) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest.
Sec. 31.05.026. Relationship to Department of Natural Resources.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall have standing before the commission to raise all issues relating to state-owned land without regard to the type of proprietary interest held by the state in that land. (b) With respect to federal land from which the state or any subdivision of the state is entitled under federal […]
Sec. 31.05.027. Land subject to commission’s authority.
The authority of the commission applies to all land in the state lawfully subject to its police powers, including land of the United States and land subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The authority of the commission further applies to all land included in a voluntary cooperative or unit plan of development or […]
Sec. 31.05.030. Powers and duties of commission.
(a) The commission has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter. (b) The commission shall investigate to determine whether or not waste exists or is imminent, or whether or not other facts exist which justify or require action by it. […]
Sec. 31.05.032. Certification of gas storage capacity.
(a) An owner of a gas storage facility that seeks an exemption under AS 38.05.180(u) or a credit under AS 43.20.046 shall apply to the commission for certification of the facility’s working gas storage capacity and certification of the facility’s gas withdrawal capability. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) […]
Sec. 31.05.035. Confidential reports.
(a) For all wells for which a permit to drill has been issued by the commission, the commission may require (1) the making and filing of reports, well logs, drilling logs, electric logs, lithologic logs, directional surveys, and all other subsurface information on a well for which a permit to drill has been issued by […]
Sec. 31.05.040. Regulations and orders.
(a) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure before it under this chapter. (b) All orders issued by the commission shall be in writing, shall be entered in full and indexed in books kept by the commission for that purpose, and shall be public records open for inspection at all times during reasonable […]
Sec. 31.05.050. Notice.
(a) A notice required by this chapter shall be given in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (b) Procedures to be followed under (a) of this section do not apply if the nature of the notice is not of a statewide or general application but is concerned only with operations on a single well […]
Sec. 31.05.060. Action by commission.
(a) The commission may act upon its own motion, or upon the petition of an interested person. On the filing of a petition concerning a matter within the jurisdiction of the commission under this chapter, the commission shall promptly fix a date for a hearing, and shall cause notice of the hearing to be given. […]