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• 06/18/2024: In accordance with 62 Ill. Adm. Code 240.420(d), Form OG-10A (Request for Permit Amendment to Designate Drilling Unit for Previously Permitted Oil Production Well) was created for the following situations:
  • The previously drilled well is located on the boundary line of two or more drilling units.
  • The previously drilled well is located less than 10 feet from the drilling unit boundary line.

Please note that, in accordance with 62 Ill. Adm. Code 240.420(e), a nonrefundable $400.00 fee must accompay your request. If you have questions about Form OG-10A and its applicability, please contact the Permitting Technical & Services Unit at 217-782-7756.

Form OG-10A is available below in "Oil and Gas Forms."

• 06/18/2024: Due to the amendments to the Oil and Gas rules, effective March 27, 2024, the OG 10 Permit Application Guidance document has been revised. It is available below in "Oil and Gas Forms."

• 02/20/2024: The annual active permitted Class II injection well lists were mailed on 02/15-16/2024. This mailing reminds injection well operators of the submittal of Form OG-18 by May 1, 2024. Please allow time for the arrival of your list due to the federal holiday on 02/19/2024. If you don't received your list by 02/29/2024, please contact Hernando Albarracin.

• 02/06/2024: Form OG-10 and the OG-10 Permit Application Guidance document have been revised. Please note that item #37 on the OG-10 form contains clarification about the permit application fees as follows:
  • The nonrefundable $400.00 appliaction fee applies to Oil Production, Water Supply, Gas Production, Coal Bed Gas, and Coal Mine Gas wells.
  • The nonrefundable $300.00 application fee still applies to Gas Storage, Observation, and Service wells.

The Department will amend its adminsitrative rules to rectify the discrepancy. After the rules are amended, the permit application fee to drill, deepen, or convert a production well will be $400.00 for all wells, which was the original intent of the amendments that became effective on Janaury 1, 2023.

• 01/03/2024: Due to Mark Merritt's retirement from IDNR, questions about the Plugging and Restoration Fund program should be directed to Hernando Albarracin or Jessica Donnelly.

• 12/26/2023: The OG-15C Annual Temporary Abandonment Certification Form has been revised. First, the title of the form was changed to coincide with the intent of the form. That is, the annual certification period is on a fiscal year basis, or from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current year. Secondly, the question (#3) about the TA fee was removed because the Department will send a TA statement for the TA fee to all operators annually; therefore, the question is not necessary. The revised form is available below in "Oil and Gas Forms."

• 12/13/2023: The OG-15 Requet for Temporary Abandonment form has been revised. A place to print the name of the person authorized to sign the form was added. Also, the notes at the bottom of form were updated. Effective immediately, please use the December 2023 version of the form, which is available below in "Oil and Gas Forms."

• 10/23/2023: On January 1, 2023, the  amendments of the Temporary Abandonment (TA) regulations became effective.  These regulations are codified at 62 Illinois Administrative Code 240.1130. Please read more information in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). There are two important changes regarding the application for TA status. First, you must mail initial requests (see FAQs for the definition of initial request) to the Springfield office. Second, you must use the revised OG-15 form, which is available below in "Oil and Gas Forms."

• 10/03/2023: Form OG-01 has been revised. Now it contains a fifth choice for question 1. Please use "Other" if your business structure is a Trust, an Estate, or other type.

• 05/01/2023: Questions about requests for transfer of permits should be directed to Kyle Fitzpatrick or Jennifer Clarke.

• 02/15/2023: Beginning January 1, 2023, permit application fees and annual well fees have increased as indicated below. Please note that the fee for Application for a Liquid Oilfield Waste Transportation Vehicle Tank Permit has also increased from $100.00 to $150.00. That was inadvertently omitted from the prior announcement on January 1, 2023. In addition, the Application for a Liquid Oilfield Waste Transportation Vehicle Tank Permit form (OG-16A) has also been updated to reflect the fee increase. (See "Oil and Gas Forms" below.)
   

NOTE: All Class II Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit applications received after April 1, 2018, requesting a Maximum Injection Pressure based upon a treatment or test, must include the corresponding OG-30 or OG-31 form. Failure to utilize the new forms may lead to the receipt of a deficiency letter and delay the permit review process.

The following list of applications will be accepted via email if sent to DNR.OOGRMApps@illinois.gov:

• OG-03 Permit Application to Drill, Deepen or Convert to a Class II Injection Well
• OG-04 Application to Amend a Class II Injection Well Permit

All other applications are required to be mailed to:

Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Office of Oil and Gas Resource Management
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271

The Department will afford five (5) business days, following the date an application is determined received, for arrival of items that are not currently accepted via email, such as payment or the original certification of publication, if required, prior to sending a deficiency letter. Please include the original application when mailing these items with a cover letter, indicating the application was also submitted via email. Please make sure scanned items are legible and include the operator, or permittee, number and well name in the Subject line of the email.

• Oil & Gas Weekly Drill Log 
• Plugging and Restoration Fund Well List
• Notice of Intent to Set Alternative Surface Casing
• Illinois Landowner Grant Program Applications – Application form with instructions
• New Operator Packet
• Temporary Abandonment Status for Inactive Production Wells -  Frequently Asked Questions - NEW 10/20213

• ​Plugging and Restoration Program Prequalification Packet

• Assignment of CD
• CD Bond
• Citizen Complaint Form
• Letter of Credit
• MIR Determined by Static Fluid Level Measurement
• OG-01 Permittee Status Reporting Form - REVISED 10/2023
• OG-02 Lease Road Oiling Permit - REVISED 12/2022
• OG-02 SOC Lease Road Surface Owner Consent Form
• OG-03 Permit Application Guidance - REVISED 04/2022
• OG-03 Permit Application to Drill, Deepen or Convert to a Class II Injection Well - REVISED 12/2022
• OG-04 Application to Amend a Class II Injection Well Permit - REVISED 12/2022
• OG-04 Permit Application Guidance - REVISED 04/2022
• OG-05 Well Drilling Report - REVISED 04/2022
• OG-07 Application For Test Hole Permit
• OG-09 Well Completion Report - REVISED 04/2022
• OG-10 Application to Drill, Deepen or Convert to a Production Well - REVISED 01/2024
• OG-10 Permit Application Guidance - REVISED 06/2024
• OG-10 Supplemental Larger Map

• OG-10A Request for Permit Amendment to Designate Drilling Unit for Previously Permitted Oil Production Well - NEW 06/2024

• OG-11 Concrete Storage Structure Permits
• OG-12A Permittee Spill Report
• OG-14 Application for Vacuum Permit - REVISED 04/2022

• OG-15 Request for Temporary Abandonment - REVISED 12/2023
• OG-15B Notice of Termination of Future Use Status for Production Well
  

• OG-15C Annual Temporary Abandonment Certification - REVISED 12/2023
• OG-16 Liquid Oilfield Waste Transportation System Permit Form

• OG-16A Liquid Oilfield Water Transportation Tank Permit Form
• OG-17 Annual Report Secondary Tertiary Oil Recovery Form
• OG-18 Annual Class II Well Report - REVISED 04/2022
• OG-19 Permittee Tank Battery Registration
• OG-21A Director's Decision Abatement Form
• OG-22A Notice of Non-compliance
• OG-26A Plugging Program (PRF) Well Transfer Request - REVISED 12/2022
• OG-26CP Notification of Well Transfer
• OG-26NP Notification of Acceptance of Well Transfer - REVISED 12/2022
• OG-27 Application for Landowner Grant
• OG-30 Frac or Acid Treatment
• OG-31 Step Rate Test
• Power of Attorney
• Surety Bond