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ALABAMA
Administration
1. Official name of agency regulating oil/gas exploration & production: State Oil and
Gas Board, 420 Hackberry Lane, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999.
Phone (205) 349-2852; Fax (205) 349-2861. Staff e-mail addresses are:
*@ogb.state.al.us (*Insert staff person’s first initial and last name or insert "info"
for general information).
2. Contact for regulatory updates: Marvin Rogers
3. Docketing procedure: Regular Board hearings are generally held every 4 to 6
weeks. For a hearing schedule check our Web site. Meetings are held in the Board
Room of the State Oil and Gas Board building located on the campus of the
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, unless otherwise specified in the Board's
Notice of Meeting. The petitioner shall file a proposed notice for publication with
the Board accompanied by a written request for approval to publish the notice for
hearing on a specific scheduled hearing date of the Board not less than twenty three
(23) days prior to the meeting at which the petition shall be heard. The Supervisor
will review the notice and provide petitioner an approved notice for publication
including the newspaper(s) in which the notice should be published. Petitioner shall
publish the notice in the newspaper at least 10 days prior to the hearing. When a
petition pertains to specific land, notice of such petition shall be published once in
the newspaper with the largest circulation in the county or counties where the
affected land lies. When a petition pertains to a matter or statewide application,
notice of such petition shall be published in the newspaper with the largest
circulation in Jefferson and Mobile Counties. Upon filing a notice petitioner shall
submit a $150 filing fee. Five copies of all exhibits to be presented as evidence must
be submitted to the Board at least 14 days prior to the hearing. Affidavits and
petitions must be filed at least 14 days prior to the hearing. One filing fee may be
submitted for all notices filed by the same petitioner that relate to the same subject
matter.
a. Emergency orders: Emergency action may be taken by the Board without a
public hearing. The emergency order will remain in force until relief is
granted after notice and hearing, except that such emergency order will not
remain in force longer than 45 days.
b. Notice: Additionally, the petitioner must give notice by first class mail
when the petition involves an exceptional location, establishing a drilling or
production unit, amending or reforming an established drilling or
production unit, establishing or amending allowables, force pooling, or
compulsory unitization, or when the Board determines that notice to
certain parties is necessary because of the particular petition filed. The
notice of the hearing is posted on the Web site of the Office of the Alabama
Secretary of State.
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