HomeMy WebLinkAbout(PH1) 04272021 PWPT_Aspect_Energy_LLC_Drilling_Permit_PresentationCITY OF PORT ARTHUR
PUBLIC HEARING
Drilling Permit
(Oil & Gas Well)
Permit No. 173
(Aspect Energy, LLC)
Department of Development Services
Division of Planning
April 27, 2021
City Council is being asked to consider and approve
Permit No. 173, authorizing the drilling of an oil and
gas well by Aspect Energy, LLC of Denver, CO, on a
proposed site described as part of a 64.78-acre Tract of
Land out of Section 9, T&NO RR CO Survey, Abstract
No. 242, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas.
Request…
Background…
Aspect Energy, LLC applied for a drilling permit on August 12, 2019.
City Council held a public hearing October 7, 2019.
Notices were mailed to adjacent property owners within a 200 feet radius, as well as published in the Port Arthur Newspaper.
City Council approved Resolution No. 19-750, authorizing the drilling of the oil and gas well at the October 7, 2019 regular meting.
Permit expired on October 7, 2020, one (1) year from the approval/execution date.
Applicant submitted a new application on February 2, 2021.
Notices were mailed to adjacent property owners on April 15, 2021, as well as Published in the Port Arthur Newspaper.
In accordance with Section 66-4. –Well location
No well shall be drilled and no permit shall be issued for any
well to be drilled:
Within 450’of any occupied residential,
commercial or industrial structure without
the applicant having first secured written
consent of the owner;or
Nearer than 700’from a school,church,
hospital,convalescent home,orphanage,
nursing home or other housing for children
or the elderly without the applicant
having first secured written consent of the
owner.
No well shall be drilled within any of the streets, alleys,
easements or rights-of-way of the city.
Well
Location…
Requirements for
Permitting…
Any person desiring to drill, complete and operate a well within the
regulated area of the city shall present an application in writing, signed by
the applicant or some person duly authorized to sign for the applicant, and
shall state:
•Date of Application
•Name and address of the applicant;
•Number of drilling unit and the particular lot and block
number or tract in the drilling unit on which the proposed
well is to be located, together with certified copies of each
deed, lease or drilling contract with the owners of the land
covering the lots…
•Proposed depth of the well;
•Proposed casing program of the well;
•Exact and correct number of surface square feet in the
drilling unit, together with a plat prepared by a duly
licensed surveyor (Exhibit 1.1)…
Requirements for
Permitting
Cont’d…
•Each application shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check in
the amount of $1,500.00 made payable to the City f Port Arthur,
which shall be a filing fee;
•Not more than one (1)well shall be permitted in each drilling
unit;
•If the issuance of a permit is authorized by proper vote of the
city council,the permit shall not issue until the applicant file a
bond executed by the permittee as principal and by a good and
sufficient corporate surety company licensed to do business in
the state,as surety,conditioned that the principal obligor will
drill and operate such well in strict accordance with the terms
of Section 66-9 and permit,and otherwise faithfully comply
with all provisions
Exhibit 1.1
The granting of a permit as provided and its acceptance
by the permittee obligates such permittee to hold the
city harmless from any and all liability of every kind and
nature whatsoever, which may arise because of any act
done or omitted by the permittee or successors thereto.
Section 66-11.-Permittee to hold city harmless against
liability.
Liability…
Public Notice…
NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FT.
RADIUS ON APRIL 15, 2021.
NO WRITTEN AND/OR SPOKEN OPPOSITION
HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
Aspect Energy,LLC’s application meets all the
requirements of Chapter 66,Article I,Sections 66-3
through 66-24 of the Port Arthur Code of Ordinances.
The company will be required to post two surety bonds in
the amount of $25,000 as required by Section 66-9 and an
amount determined by the department of public works,
based on the estimated cost to the city,at the time of
the agreement,for materials,labor and equipment which
would be reasonably necessary to reconstruct the
particular roadway covered by the agreement,as
required by Section 106-7 &8,Heavy Haul Permit.
Recommendation…
Questions…