West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-18 - Oil And Gas Wells And Other Wells › Section 38-18-2 - 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 §
									22-1-3
				  and §
									22B-1-1
				  shall apply to this rule in addition to those definitions set forth
				  below:
2.1. "W.Va. Code" shall mean
				the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.
2.2. "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.
2.3 "Chief shall mean Chief of the Office of
				Oil and Gas as designated by the Director of the Division of Environmental
				Protection.
2.4. "Completion of the
				drilling process," as used in W.Va. Code § 22B-1-30, shall mean the date
				on which a drilling rig ceases operation on the drilling site for more than
				thirty (30) consecutive days.
2.5.
				"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.
2.6 "Day" shall mean a
				period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
2.7. "Designated agent" shall mean a resident
				of the State of West Virginia designated by an operator as the agent or
				attorney in fact of the operator upon whom process, notices, orders, or other
				communications issued pursuant to W.Va. Code §22B may be served. See
				Section 10.3.
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 preformed for the purpose of completing Form IV-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 geological 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. "Surface owner of record", and the term
				"owner of record of the surface" as used in W.Va. Code §
									22B-1-9,
				shall mean any person who is an owner of record of surface land or an undivided
				interest therein, whether or not the surface ownership is severed from the oil
				and gas or other mineral ownership.
2.14. "Underground storage well" shall mean a
				gas well subject to the provisions of W.Va. Code §22B-4.
2.15. "Use" for the purpose of West Virginia
				Code § 22B-1-19 is defined the same as "Active Status" as defined in 38
				CSR 21.