Well #4 Permit Application/Approval Timing InfoI pulled the well application/permit recently approved for well #4. The application was filed on April 21, 2021 and was approved by the Arizona Oil & Gas Conservation Commission on April 28, 2021.
Here are the application and approval dates for the other DME drilling permits (from 2020):
DME Well Application Date AOGCC Approval Date
#3 November 9, 2020 November 18, 2020
#2 April 26, 2020 May 15, 2020
#1 April 26, 2020 May 15, 2020
I am quite encouraged that it only took 7 days for the AOGCC to approve the most recent drill permit after the filing of the application, and none of the 2020 permits took more than 3 weeks to be approved.. It doesn't appear that DME will need to wait long for approval after it submits applciations for wells #5 and #6.
However, I was a bit surprised that the application for well #4 was not actually filed earlier than April 21 (presuming that it was delays at the AOGCC that was holding things up). I wonder what the gating criteria is for the timing of the company's filing of additional applications for drilling permits as we move forward.