Program Authorization: La. Const.: Article IX, Sec.1; R.S. 36:351; 30:1
Mineral property rights are important to the economy of Louisiana. A system of regulations is required to ensure that the rights of all parties in the exploration and production of oil and gas can be respected. To this end, this program pursues its mission of regulating the exploration and production of oil and gas under the guidance of and in support of the Commissioner of Conservation. This effort requires extensive geological and engineering study of requests for new wells, unitization requests and other activities related to mineral exploration and production as well as the maintenance of a depository of records. The mission of this program is to protect the correlative rights of all parties involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources while minimizing the waste of these mineral resources and of capital investments to acquire them. The goal of this program is to serve the citizens of Louisiana by managing and preserving non-recurring natural resources in the state. This program contains three activities: Oil and Gas Regulation, Remote Site Services, and Plug and Abandoned. The one activity of this program is: Oil and Gas Regulatory.
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indicators are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM
This program is funded with General Fund Direct, Interagency Transfers, Fees and Self-generated Revenues and Statutory Dedications. The Interagency Transfers are from the Oil Spill Contingency Fund (Act 7 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1991) for abatement of certain unauthorized discharges or the threat of discharges in cases in which the commissioner certifies that a viable responsible party cannot be located. Fees and Self-generated Revenues are derived from application fees, regulatory fees and the sale of publications. The Statutory Dedications are derived from: (1) the Oil Spill Contingency Fund for continuation of an inventory of all well facilities, sump pits, and reservoirs in the state and for planning and assistance in the development of an oil spill emergency plan; (2) the Oil and Gas Regulatory Fund (Act 826 of 1997) is for the deposit of the collection of Capable Oil and Capable Gas Production, Class I and Class II Injection Wells fees. (Per R.S. 39:32B. (8), see table below for a listing of expenditures out of each statutory dedicated fund.)
The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 110.0% of the existing operating budget. It represents 95.1% of the total request ($9,286,747) for this program. The 10.0% increase is due to funding provided for acquisitions and major repairs, Salary Base Adjustment and archiving historical records. This program does not have any positions that have been vacant for one (1) year or more.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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$40,000 |
To provide eleven software modules for the mapping of oil and gas pits on the current GIS system |
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TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
OTHER CHARGES
ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS
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$103,187 |
Additional equipment to locate and access orphaned oilfield sites |
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$13,000 |
1 Color plotter and 1 Network scanner to bring plots and maps into electronic format |
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$22,065 |
New and Expanded - Funds for computers and office equipment for four (4) Mineral production Analysts |
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$180,079 |
Replacement of equipment and furnishings for district offices |
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TOTAL ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS |