47.02.070 Measurement
(a) The severance of al l crude oiI and condensate normally measured in liquid form shall be measured and reported in units of barrels of 42 U.S. gallons corrected to standard temperature, gravity and other variables established in the regulations of the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
(b) The severance of all natural gas and other vaporous hydrocarbon substances normally measured in gaseous form shall be measured and reported in units of one thou sand cubic feet (MCF) saturated with water vapor corrected to the standard pressure of 14.73 psa and temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The BTU content shall be measured while the gas is saturated with water vapor at 60 degrees under a pressure equivalent to that of 30 inches of mercury at 32 degrees under standard gravitational force.
(c) Processed Natural Gas Liquids ("NGLs") shall be measured in U.S. gallons.
(d) Reportable volumes shall be those established through measurement at the well head unless otherwise approved in writing by the Tribal Council or its authorized representative.
(e) Metering devices measuring the flow of severed substances described in Section 47.02.010 shall be accurate devices based upon prevailing industry practice and acceptable to the Bureau of Land Management in the measurement of Indian lease production. No electronic flow measurement devices shall be used in metering for purposes of this Code in the absence of express prior written permission from the Tribal Council or its authorized representative. Such permission is hereby conditioned upon the operator of such metering devices maintaining a record, subject to the record retention requirements of Section 47.02.060, of all raw data acceptable to the Tribe obtained or obtainable from the electronic flow measurement device. Any request for permission to use electronic flow measurement devices shall specify the location for intended use, and pe1mission for such use as to one location shall not constitute permission for any other location. Any violation of the requirements of this subsection shall subject the violator to the penalty provisions set forth in Section 47.02.110 – Section 47.02.110(d) of this Code.
