West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-16 - Certification Of Gas Wells › Section 38-16-2 - 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 the definition expressly set forth in
				  this Section 2. Each definition adopted by this Section 2, whether statutory or
				  by rule, are for the purpose of implementing the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978
				  are not intended to be used in any other context:
2.1 "
W. Va. Code
"
				shall mean the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.
2.2 "FERC" shall mean the Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission.
2.3 "NGPA"
				shall mean the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.
2.4 "Natural gas" shall mean either natural
				gas unmixed or any mixture of natural and artificial gas.
2.5 "Well" shall mean any well for the
				discovery or production of natural gas, crude oil, or both.
2.6 "New well" shall mean any well, the
				surface drilling of which began on or after February 19, 1977, or the depth of
				which was increased by means of drilling on or after February 19, 1977 to a
				completion location which is at least 1,000 feet below the depth of the deepest
				completion location of such well attained before February 19, 1977.
2.7 "Old well" shall mean any well other than
				a new well.
2.8 "Marker well" shall
				mean any well from which natural gas was produced in commercial quantities at
				any time after January 1, 1970 and before April 20, 1977, including a well, the
				depth of which was increased on or after February 19, 1977, to a completion
				location at least 1,000- feet below the depth of the deepest completion
				location of such well attained before February 19, 1977; Provided, That the
				term "marker well" shall not include a well the surface drilling of which began
				on or after February 19, 1977.
2.9
				"Reservoir" shall mean any producible natural accumulation of natural gas,
				crude oil, or both confined by impermeable rock or water barriers, and
				characterized by single natural pressure system or confined by lithologic or
				structural barriers which prevent pressure communication.
2.10 "Completion location" shall mean any
				subsurface location from which natural gas is being, or has been produced in
				commercial quantities,
2.11 "Marker
				well completion location" or completion location when used with reference to
				any marker well shall mean any subsurface location from which natural gas was
				produced in commercial quantities after January 1, 1970 and before April 20,
				1977.
2.12 "Mcf" used with respect
				to natural gas shall mean 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas measured at a
				pressure of 14,73 pounds per square inch (absolute) and a temperature of 60
				degrees Fahrenheit.
2.13 "Btu"
				shall mean British Thermal Unit.
2.14 "Month" shall mean a calendar
				month.
2.15 "Mile" shall mean a
				statute mile of 5,280 feet.
2.16
				"Jurisdictional agency" shall mean the Division of Oil and Gas of the West
				Virginia Department of Energy.
2.17
				"Production in commercial quantities" shall mean production of natural gas from
				a well or reservoir which is either sold and 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.
2.18 "Recognized enhanced recovery
				techniques" shall mean processes or equipment, or both, which when performed or
				installed, increase the ultimate recovery of gas from the well, including
				mechanical or chemical stimulation of the reservoir formation, and devices
				installed in the well bore or on the surface; provided, that normal well
				maintenance repair or replacement of equipment or facilities do not qualify as
				enhanced recovery techniques.
2.19
				"Proration unit" shall mean an area around a well as per the following:
2.19.1 For all shallow wells with a depth
				less than 3,000 feet, the proration unit will have a 1,000 foot radius and
				shall constitute a proration unit for only the formations for which a well "has
				been completed for production or target formations on wells spudded but not yet
				completed;
2.19.2 For shallow wells
				with a depth of 3,000 feet or more, the proration unit will have a 1,500 foot
				radius and shall constitute a proration unit for only the formations for which
				a well has been, completed for production or target formations on wells spudded
				but not yet completed; and
2.19.3
				For all deep wells, the proration unit will be the drilling unit as defined in
W. Va. Code
§ 522-8-2(13).