West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 35 - Oil And Gas › Title 35 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS › Series 35-05 - Designation Of Future Use And Inactive Status For Oil And Gas Wells Rule › Section 35-5-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning, the definitions contained in W. Va. Code ''22-1-2 and 22-6-1 shall apply to this rule in addition to the definitions set forth below:
2.1. "W Va. Code" shall mean the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.
2.2. "Abandoned well" shall mean any well which is completed as a dry hole or which has not produced in commercial quantities for a period of twelve consecutive months.
2.3. "Active Status" shall mean any well producing oil or gas in commercial quantities, or being operated pursuant to underground injection control permits, or being operated in conjunction with the underground storage of hydrocarbons.
2.4. "Barrel" shall mean forty-two (42) U. S. gallons of two hundred thirty-one (231) cubic inches each of liquid, including slurries, at a temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.
2.5. "Chief" shall mean the Chief of the Office of Oil and Gas as designated by the Director of the Division of Environmental Protection.
2.6. "Completion of the drilling process" shall mean the date on which a drilling rig ceases operation on the drilling site for more than thirty (30) consecutive days.
2.7. "Cubic foot of gas" shall mean the volume of gas contained in one (1) cubic foot at a standard pressure base of fourteen point seven three (14.73) pounds per square inch (absolute), and a standard temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.
2.8. "Gas-oil ratio test" shall mean a test, by any means generally accepted in the industry, to determine the number of cubic feet of gas produced per barrel of oil produced.
2.9. "Gas well" shall mean any well which produces or appears capable of producing a ratio of six thousand (6,000) cubic feet of gas or more to each barrel of oil on the basis of the initial gas-oil ratio test.
2.10. "Initial gas-oil ratio test" shall mean the gas-oil ratio test performed for the purpose of completing Form WR-36, "Well Operator's Report of Initial Gas-Oil Ratio Test," to designate the type of well.
2.11. "Log or Well log" shall mean a systematic, detailed geologic record of all formations, including coal, fresh water, and salt water encountered in the drilling of a well.
2.12. "Oil well" shall mean any well which produces or appears capable of producing a ratio of less than six thousand (6,000) cubic feet of gas to each barrel of oil on the basis of the initial gas-oil ratio test.
2.13. "Payout ratio" shall mean for the purposes of this rule, the ratio of the estimated gross receipts of income from the well divided by the estimated cost of completing and placing the well into production.
2.14. "Production in commercial quantities" shall mean production of natural gas or oil or both from a well or reservoir which is either sold or delivered to one other than the operator, or retained by the operator or any owner of the production at severance for beneficial economic use: Provided, that natural gas used for the testing of natural gas wells or for other field uses which are production related, shall not be considered produced in commercial quantities.