West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 38 - Mining And Reclamation › Title 38 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MINING AND RECLAMATION › Series 38-21 - Bona-Fide Future Use › Section 38-21-2 - 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 ia West Virginia Code §
									22-1-3 and
				  22B-1-1 shall apply to this rule in addition to the definitions set forth
				  below:
2.1 "WV 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 drillig 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 these regulations, 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
				on 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.