Actual Drilling Operations definition

Actual Drilling Operations means the following operations conducted

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Actual Drilling Operations means and be defined as actual drilling and penetration of strata in a continuous manner either by rotary, cable or combination drilling equipment to reach the objective formation at the intended depth as specified by permit and shall include drilling, completing, reworking, recompleting and deepening.

Actual Drilling Operations means the following operations conducted on the Leased Premises in Good Faith and with due diligence: (a) drilling commenced by spudding-in of a new well;

Examples of Actual Drilling Operations in a sentence

• The commencement or resumption of Actual Drilling Operations or Production in Paying Quantities or payment of Rental within the ninety (90) day period shall have the same effect as though such were commenced, resumed or Rental paid on or before the Anniversary Date.

• For purposes of maintaining this Lease with Unitized Operations pursuant to this section, the definitions for the defined terms Actual Drilling Operations, Actual Reworking Operations, Production in Paying Quantities, Acceptable Lease Operations and/or Shut-in Payments, are expanded to include operations, production or payments attributed to ▇▇▇▇▇ whether located on the Leased Premises or on lands pooled or unitized therewith.

• Timely payment of a Rental shall extend for twelve (12) months from the Anniversary Date, the time within which Actual Drilling Operations or Production in Paying Quantities must be commenced in order to maintain this Lease.

• If, during the Primary Term but after the first year thereof, this Lease has been maintained and Actual Drilling Operations or Production in Paying Quantities is not occurring on an Anniversary Date, this Lease shall terminate unless Lessee pays a Rental to the Lessor on or before that Anniversary Date.

More Definitions of Actual Drilling Operations

Actual Drilling Operations means any of the following on the

Actual Drilling Operations means the following operations conducted 56 on the Leased Premises in Good Faith and with due diligence: (a) drilling 57 commenced by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-in of a new well, (b) deepening or sidetracking of an 58 existing well, (c) plugging back or attempted recompletion in a separate interval of 59 an existing well (all such operations being commenced by actual downhole 60 operations), or (d) completing any such well, including the installation of 4 Language in lines 1-3, 35-36, 42-44, and 46-53 of pg. 2 are new 5 Compare pg. 2, lines 5-33 with recitals found in 2000LF 6 Compare pg. 2, lines 38-40 with paragraph 24 of 2000LF 7 Compare pg. 2 line 55 through pg. 3, line 20 with paragraph 4(d) of 2000LF 1 equipment in the wellbore that is necessary to complete the well as a producer 2 and/or to maintain downhole completion activity. The installation of flowlines or 3 other surface facilities needed to produce the well shall not be considered as Actual 4 Drilling Operations. 5 6 Actual Drilling Operations shall include directional drilling operations (deviation 7 from vertical), in which event such Actual Drilling Operations shall be considered 8 to have commenced on the Leased Premises when the drill stem penetrates beneath 9 the surface of the Leased Premises. 10 11 Actual Drilling Operations shall be deemed to terminate on the last day downhole 12 operations of any kind are conducted, such as drilling, testing or completion. 13

Actual Drilling Operations means: (1) drilling commenced by spudding in of a new well [turning-to-the-right], or (2) the deepening or sidetracking of an existing well, or (3) plugging back or attempted recompletion in a separate interval of an existing well (all such operations being commenced by actual down hole operations). Actual drilling operations shall be deemed to terminate on the last day down hole operations of any kind, such as drilling, testing, or installation of equipment are conducted in good faith for the purpose of attempting to discover minerals or to complete a well as a producer.

Actual Drilling Operations means the following operations conducted on the Leased Premises in Good Faith and with due diligence: (a) drilling commenced by spudding-in of a new well; (b) deepening or sidetracking of an existing well; (c) plugging back or attempted recompletion in a separate interval of an existing well (all such operations being commenced by actual downhole operations); or (d) completing any such well, including the installation of equipment in the wellbore that is necessary to complete the well as a producer and/or to maintain downhole completion activity. The installation of flowlines or other surface facilities needed to produce the well shall not be considered as Actual Drilling Operations. Actual Drilling Operations shall include directional drilling operations (deviation from vertical), in which event, such Actual Drilling Operations shall be considered to have commenced on the Leased Premises when the drill stem penetrates beneath the surface of the Leased Premises. Actual Drilling Operations shall be deemed to terminate on the last day downhole operations of any kind are conducted, such as drilling, testing or completion.

Actual Drilling Operations means the following operations conducted on the Leased Premises in Good Faith and with due diligence: (a) drilling commenced by spudding-in of a new well, (b) deepening or sidetracking of an existing well, (c) plugging back or attempted recompletion in a separate interval of an existing well (all such operations being commenced by actual downhole operations), or (d) completing any such well, including the installation of equipment in the wellbore that is necessary to complete the well as a producer and/or to maintain downhole completion activity. The installation of flowlines or other surface facilities needed to produce the well shall not be considered as Actual Drilling Operations.

Actual Drilling Operations means any of the following on the Leased Premises or