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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-31 - "Completion" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 31.
"Completion" means work performed on a well for oil and gas
				  purposes following the conclusion of drilling or redrilling operations wherein
				  the well is equipped or prepared for production or use consistent with its
				  intended purpose. The term includes, but is not necessarily limited to:
(1) the installation of downhole tubulars and
				equipment;
(2) the use of well
				stimulation or other treatment operations to enhance the productivity or
				utility of the well; or
(3) the
				installation of hardware used to monitor production or to optimize the
				production from a well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-32 - "Completion fluid waste" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 32.
"Completion fluid waste" means any fluid or other substance
				  that flows back to the surface, or is circulated or otherwise removed from a
				  well during well completion operations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-33 - "Completion pit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 33.
"Completion pit" means a lined pit used for storage of
				  completion fluid waste including flow-back fluid, frac flowback fluids, and
				  drilling fluids or other materials that have been cleaned out of the well bore
				  during the initial completion or stimulation of a well. Reserve pits may be
				  used as a completion pit when drilling operations conclude.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-34 - "Concrete production fluid storage structure" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 34.
"Concrete production fluid storage structure" means a formed
				  concrete impoundment, the base of which is at or below ground level, which is
				  or has been used for the temporary storage of liquid oilfield waste or produced
				  water prior to disposal.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-35 - "Confining zone" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 35.
"Confining zone" means a stratum or group of strata that
				  prevent the vertical migration of fluid above the injection zone.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-36 - "Controls or has controlled a well for oil and gas purposes" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 36.
"Controls or has controlled a well for oil and gas purposes"
				  means one (1) or more of the following:
(1) An operator of a well for oil and gas
				purposes.
(2) An owner of a well
				for oil and gas purposes.
(3) An
				officer, director, partner, or other authorized representative of an entity
				owning or operating a well for oil and gas purposes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-37 - "Cushion gas" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 37.
"Cushion gas" means, for purposes of underground gas
				  storage, the volume of gas required as permanent storage inventory to maintain
				  adequate reservoir pressure for meeting minimum gas deliverability demands
				  throughout the withdrawal season. Cushion gas may also be referred to as "base
				  gas".
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-38 - "Cuttings" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 38.
"Cuttings" means fragments of rock resulting from the
				  cutting action of the drill bit on rock strata encountered in the well that are
				  transported to the surface.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-39 - "Directional well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 39.
"Directional well" means a well purposely deviated from the
				  vertical, to intersect the planned zone of production in the target formation
				  at a projected location different than the surface location of the well
				  specified in the permit. A directional well is not a horizontal well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-40 - "Discharge" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 40.
"Discharge" means the release, overflow, leakage, or seepage
				  of any fluids covered by this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-41 - "Disposal well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 41.
"Disposal well" means a Class II well used to inject fluids
				  brought to the surface in connection with conventional oil or natural gas
				  production and may be commingled with wastewaters from gas plants that are an
				  integral part of production operations unless those waters are classified as
				  hazardous waste at the time of injection.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-42 - "Diverter" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 42.
"Diverter" means a device attached to the well head to close
				  any vertical flow of fluids above the device and direct the flow into a line
				  away from the rig floor and into a drilling pit or workover pit. Diverters
				  differ from blowout preventers in that flow is not stopped but is redirected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-43 - "Division" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC
				  14-9-4-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 43.
"Division" refers to the division of oil and gas established
				  under IC 14-9-4-1(15).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-44 - "Division director" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 44.
"Division director" refers to the director of the division
				  of oil and gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-45 - "Division of reclamation" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC
				  14-9-4-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 45.
"Division of reclamation" refers to the division of
				  reclamation established under IC
				  14-9-4-1(18).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-46 - "Division of water" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC
				  14-9-4-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 46.
"Division of water" refers to the division of water
				  established under IC
				  14-9-4-1(22).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-47 - "Drilling fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 47.
"Drilling fluid" means any of a number of liquid and gaseous
				  fluids and mixtures of fluids and solids as solid suspensions, mixtures and
				  emulsions of liquids, gases, and other solids utilized during oil or gas
				  drilling operations. Drilling fluid typically contains bentonitic clays,
				  chemical additives, foaming agents, lubricants, emulsifiers, and weighting
				  materials. Drilling fluid may also be referred to as drilling mud.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-48 - "Drilling pit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 48.
"Drilling pit" means an excavated pit or above ground vessel
				  used during the drilling of a well for storing drilling fluids, drill cuttings,
				  and other fluids or solids used or encountered during drilling operations.
				  Circulation pits and reserve pits are examples of drilling pits.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-49 - "Drilling unit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 49.
"Drilling unit" means the acreage allotted to a production
				  well taking into consideration the maximum acreage that can be efficiently and
				  economically drained by a single well from a specified formation. Owners of oil
				  and gas interests in the allotted acreage are entitled to share in the
				  production from the well. Unless specifically authorized by this article or IC
				  14-37, not more than one (1) well for the production of oil, gas, or coal bed
				  methane may be drilled within a drilling unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-50 - "Dry hole" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 50.
"Dry hole" means an uncased exploratory or development well
				  for oil and gas purposes that the owner or operator determines is:
(1) incapable of producing oil, gas, or coal
				bed methane in sufficient quantities to justify completion of the well as a
				production well; or
(2) otherwise
				unsuitable for its intended use.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-51 - "Dump bailer method" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 51.
"Dump bailer method" means placement of cement used in
				  plugging a well by using a dump bailer on a wireline.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-52 - "Enhanced recovery unit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 52.
"Enhanced recovery unit" means a lease, or an area comprised
				  of a group of leases, operating under an agreement that provides for the
				  sharing of production by all of the owners within the unit, which has one (1)
				  or more enhanced recovery wells permitted and in operation within the project.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-53 - "Enhanced recovery well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 53.
"Enhanced recovery well" means a Class II well that is used
				  to inject fluid under pressure into a geological formation for the enhancement
				  of oil or gas production.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-54 - "Exempted aquifer" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 54.
"Exempted aquifer" means an aquifer or a portion of an
				  aquifer that is an underground source of drinking water, but has been exempted
				  under 312 IAC 29-16-2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-55 - "Existing injection well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 55.
"Existing injection well" means a Class II well in operation
				  as an injection well before January 1, 1990.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-56 - "Flow line" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 56.
"Flow line" means a pipe used for transporting crude oil,
				  coal bed methane, natural gas, petroleum products, produced water, or any
				  combination of these in connection with the operation of a well for oil and gas
				  purposes. The term includes all lines within the boundaries of a lease or
				  production unit that transport produced fluids from a well for oil and gas
				  purposes to a central tank battery, gas processing facility, or other point of
				  initial processing or treatment prior to custody transfer. The term also
				  includes all lines within the boundaries of a lease or production unit that
				  transport fluids to a Class II well or underground storage well from:
(1) a central tank battery, in the case of
				Class II fluids; or
(2) that point
				where an underground storage operator assumes control of the storage gas or
				product.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-57 - "Fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 57.
"Fluid" means a liquid or gaseous material or substance that
				  flows or moves.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-58 - "Formation" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 58.
"Formation" means a body of consolidated rock or
				  unconsolidated earth material characterized by a degree of lithographic
				  homogeneity that is mappable on the earth's surface or traceable in the
				  subsurface.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-59 - "Frac flow-back fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 59.
"Frac flow-back fluid" means fluids that consist of water
				  and additives that flow from a well following hydraulic fracturing of a well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-60 - "Fresh water" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 60.
"Fresh water", for purposes of identifying an underground
				  source of drinking water, means water that contains no more than ten thousand
				  (10,000) milligrams per liter of total dissolved solids.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-61 - "Gas" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 61.
"Gas" means natural gas unless otherwise specified.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-62 - "Gas storage observation well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 62.
"Gas storage observation well" means a well used in
				  conjunction with an underground gas storage reservoir that has been completed
				  or recompleted for the purpose of observing and measuring subsurface phenomena,
				  including the presence of hydrocarbon gas, pressure fluctuations, fluid levels
				  and flow, and temperature by physical, electrical, or geophysical methods.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-63 - "Gas storage well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 63.
"Gas storage well" means a well used for the injection of
				  gas into or the withdrawal of gas from an underground gas storage reservoir.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-64 - "Gas well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 64.
"Gas well" means any well that:
(1) produces natural gas not associated with
				oil; or
(2) produces more than ten
				thousand (10,000) cubic feet of natural gas to each barrel of oil produced from
				the same producing formation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-65 - "General oilfield waste" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 65.
"General oilfield waste" means oily rags, used sorbent
				  materials, chemical containers including any unused chemicals, oil filters and
				  gaskets, used motor oils, lubricating oils, hydraulic fluids, diesel fuels,
				  paint, and solvent wastes and other similar wastes generated during drilling,
				  completion, production, workover, and plugging activity that are not exempt
				  from the provisions of Subtitle C of the Federal Resource Conservation Recovery
				  Act of 1976 (RCRA).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-66 - "Geological or structure test well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 66.
"Geological or structure test well" means a nonproduction
				  well drilled to investigate geologic, structural, or hydrogeologic
				  stratigraphic intervals.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-67 - "Ground water" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 67.
"Ground water" means all water occurring beneath the surface
				  of the ground.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-68 - "Horizontal drain hole" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 68.
"Horizontal drain hole" means the portion of a well bore
				  with seventy (70) degrees to one hundred ten (110) degrees deviation from
				  vertical drilled at least one hundred (100) feet into the producing interval
				  beginning at the point where the well bore penetrates the producing interval
				  and ending at the farthest point drilled within the producing interval.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-69 - "Horizontal well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 69.
"Horizontal well" means any well that is developed with at
				  least one (1) horizontal drain hole.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-70 - "Hydraulic fracturing" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 70.
"Hydraulic fracturing" means the process of pumping fluid
				  into a closed well bore with sufficient downhole pressure to crack or fracture
				  the formation, allowing the injection of a proppant into the fractures, thereby
				  creating a high-permeability plane through which fluids can flow.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-71 - "Hydraulic fracturing fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 71.
"Hydraulic fracturing fluid" means one (1) or more base
				  fluids mixed with physical and chemical additives for the purpose of hydraulic
				  fracturing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-72 - "Indiana department of environmental management" or "IDEM" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC
				  13-13-1; IC 14-37
Sec. 72.
"Indiana department of environmental management" or "IDEM"
				  means the agency established under IC
				  13-13-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-73 - "Indiana geological survey" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37; IC
				  21-47-2-2
Sec. 73.
"Indiana geological survey" refers to the Indiana geological
				  survey established by IC
				  21-47-2-2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-74 - "Injection well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 74.
"Injection well" means a well into which fluids are
				  injected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-75 - "Injection zone" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 75.
"Injection zone" means a geological formation, group of
				  formations, or part of a formation receiving fluids through a well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-76 - "Inspector" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 76.
"Inspector" means an oil and gas inspector of the
				  department.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-77 - "Karst" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 77.
"Karst" means terrain, generally underlain by limestone or
				  dolomite, in which the topography is chiefly formed by the dissolving of rock
				  and that may be characterized by sinkholes, sinking streams, closed
				  depressions, subterranean drainage, and caves.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-78 - "Karst prone areas" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 78.
"Karst prone areas" means areas where karst is likely to be
				  encountered when drilling wells for oil and gas purposes. Karst prone areas
				  will be identified by the division after consultation with the Indiana
				  geological survey and the location of these areas made available on the
				  division website.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-79 - "Kick-off point" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 79.
"Kick-off point" means the point in the vertical section of
				  a well where the well bore is intentionally deviated from vertical in order to
				  complete a directional or horizontal well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-80 - "Lease" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 80.
"Lease" means the property from which an owner or operator
				  may produce oil or gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-81 - "Log" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 81.
"Log" means a systematic, written or digital record that
				  describes or depicts the properties of the strata and formations progressively
				  encountered in a well bore. The term includes data recorded, which may depict,
				  but is not necessarily limited to:
(1)
				electrical properties (resistivity and conductivity at various
				frequencies);
(2) sonic
				properties;
(3) active and passive
				nuclear measurements;
(4)
				dimensional measurements of the well bore;
(5) cementation of the well bore;
(6) the results of formation fluid
				sampling;
(7) formation pressure
				measurement, wireline-conveyed sidewall coring tools; and
(8) other well bore or formation
				characteristics.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-82 - "Lost-circulation zone" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 82.
"Lost-circulation zone" means any zone that prevents or
				  reduces the circulation of drilling fluid or a cement slurry back to the
				  surface after being pumped into a well as a result of fluid loss into natural
				  fissures, fractures, or strata of high permeability.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-83 - "Microroentgens per hour" or "µR/hr" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 83.
"Microroentgens per hour" or "µR/hr" means a
				  measurement of exposure from x-ray and gamma ray radiation in air.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-84 - "Mud-laden fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 84.
"Mud-laden fluid" means a mixture that is predominantly
				  water and clay, but may contain fabricated additives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-85 - "Natural gas" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 85.
"Natural gas" means hydrocarbons that, when produced in a
				  natural state from an underground reservoir, maintains a gaseous state at
				  atmospheric conditions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-86 - "Noncommercial well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 86.
"Noncommercial well" means a well permitted under IC 14-37
				  and this article for which the owner or operator has demonstrated that the coal
				  bed methane or natural gas produced does not enter commerce or undergo a
				  transfer of ownership and:
(1) is
				consumed on the property on which the well is located for:
(A) heating a residential
				structure;
(B) heating a barn or
				similar agricultural structure;
(C)
				drying grain or similar agricultural purpose; or
(D) heating a retail or commercial business;
				or
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-88 - "NORM-contaminated equipment" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 88.
"NORM-contaminated equipment" means equipment used in oil or
				  gas production operations or Class II disposal operations where the
				  equipment:
(1) is or has been in
				contact with oil and gas waste or produced fluids; and
(2) exhibits a minimum radiation exposure
				level greater than twenty-five (25) µR/hr above background radiation
				levels at any accessible point on the equipment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-89 - "Oil" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 89.
"Oil" means all liquid petroleum produced at a well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-90 - "Oil and gas NORM waste" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 90.
"Oil and gas NORM waste" means any solid, liquid, or gaseous
				  material or combination of materials, except NORM-contaminated equipment,
				  that:
(1) in its natural physical
				state spontaneously emits radiation;
(2) is discarded or unwanted;
(3) constitutes, is contained in, or has
				contaminated oil and gas waste; and
(4) prior to treatment or processing emits
				radiation at or in excess of:
(A) five (5)
				pCi/g Ra-226 or Ra-228; or
(B) one
				hundred fifty (150) pCi/g of any other NORM radionuclide.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-91 - "Oil and gas waste materials" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 91.
"Oil and gas waste materials" means any solid or liquid
				  material, or combination of these materials, generated, used, or produced in
				  connection with the exploration, production, or operation of wells for oil and
				  gas purposes that is discarded, abandoned, or recycled.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-92 - "Oil-based drilling fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 92.
"Oil-based drilling fluid" means any oil-based drilling
				  fluid containing greater than five percent (5%) by volume crude oil, diesel
				  oil, or other refined oil product.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-93 - "Oil well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 93.
"Oil well" means any well which produces one (1) barrel or
				  more of oil to each ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet of natural gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-94 - "Operator" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 94.
"Operator" refers to a person:
(1) issued a permit under this article;
				or
(2) engaging in an activity for
				which a permit is required under this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-95 - "Owner" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 95.
"Owner" means a person who has the right to drill into and
				  produce from a pool and to appropriate the oil and gas produced from the pool
				  for:
(1) the person or others;
				or
(2) the person and
				others.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-96 - "Packer" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 96.
"Packer" means an expanding mechanical device used in a well
				  to seal off fluids from certain sections of the well when cementing, testing,
				  or isolating the well from the completed interval.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-97 - "Pattern of violations" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 97.
"Pattern of violations" means two (2) or more violations of
				  IC 14-37 or this article by an applicant, a permit holder, an officer, a
				  partner, a director, or other authorized representative of an applicant or
				  permit holder, determined by the division based on two (2) or more violations
				  within any twenty-four (24) month period.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-98 - "Person" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 98.
"Person" means an individual, a partnership, an association,
				  a fiduciary, an executor or administrator, a limited liability company, a
				  corporation, or a governmental entity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-99 - "Person owning or controlling an applicant" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 99.
"Person owning or controlling an applicant" means one (1) or
				  more of the following:
(1) An
				individual who is the applicant.
(2) Based on instruments of ownership or
				voting securities, owning of record in excess of fifty percent (50%) of an
				applicant.
(3) An officer or
				director of the applicant.
(4) A
				general partner in a partnership.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-100 - "Petroleum storage well" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 100.
"Petroleum storage well" means a well that is used for the
				  injection of:
(1) petroleum, other
				than crude oil, coal bed methane, or natural gas; or
(2) any hydrocarbon that is a gas under
				standard temperature and pressure other than coal bed methane or natural gas;
				into an underground geologic formation or structure or the subsequent
				withdrawal therefrom. The term does not include a well that is used for the
				injection or withdrawal of any hydrocarbon that is a liquid at standard
				temperature and pressure. For purposes of this article, the term includes
				propane and butane or mixtures thereof, also commonly referred to as liquid
				petroleum gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-101 - "Picocuries per gram" or "pCi/g" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 101.
"Picocuries per gram" or "pCi/g" means a measure of the
				  radioactivity in one (1) gram of a material. One (1) picocurie is that quantity
				  of radionuclide or radionuclides that decays at the rate of 3.7 ×
				  10-2 disintegrations per second.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-102 - "Plug" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 102.
"Plug", when used as a verb, means to stop the flow of
				  water, oil, or gas into or from any formation through a bore hole or a well
				  penetrating that formation. "Plug", when used as a noun, refers to a material,
				  usually cement, or a device such as a bridge plug, that is placed in the well
				  bore or inside casing to provide hydraulic isolation and prevent the flow of
				  water, oil, or gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-103 - "Plugging pit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 103.
"Plugging pit" means an excavated lined pit or above ground
				  vessel used during the plugging of a well for storing or containing well
				  fluids, cement, and any other fluids or solids used or encountered during the
				  plugging of a well.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-104 - "Pollution" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 104.
"Pollution" means an artificial or artificially induced
				  alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological properties of
				  the water.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-105 - "Pool" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 105.
"Pool" means an accumulation of oil or natural gas that
				  occurs in a separate underground reservoir under a single pressure system.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-106 - "Pooled production unit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 106.
"Pooled production unit" means an area comprised of a group
				  of leases operating under an agreement that provides for the sharing of
				  production by all of the owners within the unit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-107 - "Produced water" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 107.
"Produced water" means water produced from any productive or
				  potentially productive oil or gas producing interval in a well, which is not
				  completion flow-back fluid, frac flow-back fluid, workover flow-back fluid, or
				  encountered water.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-108 - "Production fluid storage pit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 108.
"Production fluid storage pit" means any impoundment, other
				  than a concrete production fluid storage structure that is or has been used for
				  the temporary storage or separation of produced fluids.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-109 - "Proppant" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 109.
"Proppant" means sized particles, typically sand, mixed with
				  hydraulic fracturing fluid to hold fractures open after a hydraulic fracturing
				  treatment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-110 - "Radiation survey instrument" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 110.
"Radiation survey instrument" means a piece of equipment
				  used to detect and measure radiation exposure levels from one (1) µR/hr
				  through at least five hundred (500) µR/hr.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-111 - "Recomplete" or "recompletion" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 111.
"Recomplete" or "recompletion" means completion for
				  production of an existing well bore in another interval from that in which the
				  well was previously completed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-112 - "Reserve pit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 112.
"Reserve pit" means a drilling pit not part of the active
				  circulation system, used to store drilling fluids or to contain fluids
				  generated during drilling operations. Such fluids include, but are not limited
				  to, drill cuttings, drilling fluids, encountered water, rig wash water, and
				  spills or leaks from drilling equipment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-113 - "Reservoir" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 113.
"Reservoir" means an underground geological formation that
				  contains oil or natural gas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-114 - "Safety data sheet" or "SDS" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 114.
"Safety data sheet" or "SDS" is a form with data regarding
				  the properties of a particular substance that meets the requirements of the
				  United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard
				  Communication Standard under 29 CFR 1910.1200.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-115 - "Saltwater" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 115.
"Saltwater" means water that is brought to the surface in
				  connection with conventional oil or gas production or wastewater (other than
				  wastewaters classified as hazardous waste) from gas plants that are an integral
				  part of production operations. The term includes fluids contaminated with
				  saltwater.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-116 - "Saltwater drilling fluid" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 116.
"Saltwater drilling fluid" means drilling fluid with a total
				  chlorides content of ten thousand (10,000) parts per million or greater.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-117 - "Secondary containment structure" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 117.
"Secondary containment structure" means a structure
				  specifically constructed to contain a spill of crude oil or saltwater for a
				  period of no less than seventy-two (72) hours.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-118 - "Shallow Trenton limestone reservoir region" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 118.
"Shallow Trenton limestone reservoir region" means a
				  carbonate reservoir of Ordovician age where the top of the Trenton formation is
				  located:
(1) within one thousand five
				hundred (1,500) feet of the surface; and
(2) in the following counties: Adams, Allen,
				Bartholomew, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clinton, Dearborn, Decatur,
				Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard,
				Huntington, Jasper, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Kosciusko, Lake, Madison, Marion,
				Miami, Newton, Pulaski, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Shelby, Switzerland, Tipton,
				Union, Wabash, Wayne, Wells, White, and Whitley.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-119 - "Spill" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 119.
"Spill" means any unexpected, unintended, abnormal, or
				  unapproved dumping, leakage, drainage, seepage, discharge, or other loss of
				  crude oil or saltwater from any operation governed by IC 14-37.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-120 - "Standard temperature and pressure" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 120.
"Standard temperature and pressure" means, for purposes of
				  determining the physical characteristics of a gas, an environment where the
				  temperature of the gas is zero (0) degrees Celsius at an absolute pressure of
				  one (1) bar or fourteen and five hundred four thousandths (14.504) psi.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-121 - "Stratum" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 121.
"Stratum" means a single sedimentary bed or layer,
				  regardless of thickness, that consists of generally homogeneous rock material.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-122 - "Tank battery" or "tank battery facility" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 122.
"Tank battery" or "tank battery facility" means an area
				  where one (1) or more tanks have been placed for the purpose of storing and
				  managing produced fluids received from wells for oil and gas purposes or
				  resulting from the treatment of produced fluids. Included also would be
				  associated fluid processing equipment such as separators and heater treaters.
				  The term does not include a location where temporary or portable tanks are used
				  to store produced fluids produced in connection with well completion, workover,
				  testing, or plugging operations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-123 - "Tank bottoms" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 123.
"Tank bottoms" means fluids, consisting primarily of
				  emulsified oil, bottom sediments, and water, from stock tanks that are a part
				  of primary field operations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 29 - OIL AND GAS › Rule 2 - Definitions › Section 2-124 - "Top plug" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 124.
"Top plug" means a plug or series of plugs placed between
				  the deeper of fifty (50) feet below the lowermost commercially minable coal
				  resource, or the lowest underground source of drinking water, and extending to
				  the surface.