ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.
§§ 3000–3017 · 18 sections
- § 3000 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this division.
- § 3001 “Department,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
- § 3002 “Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation; otherwise “division”…
- § 3003 “Director” means the Director of Conservation.
- § 3004 “Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
- § 3005 “Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
- § 3006 “Oil” includes petroleum, and “petroleum” includes oil.
- § 3007 “Gas” means any natural hydrocarbon gas coming from the earth.
- § 3008 (a) “Well” means any oil or gas well or well for the discovery of oil or gas; any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas; any…
- § 3009 “Operator” means a person who, by virtue of ownership, or under the authority of a lease or any other agreement, has the right to drill, operate, maintain, or…
- § 3010 “Production facility” means any equipment attendant to oil and gas production or injection operations including, but not limited to, tanks, flowlines, headers,…
- § 3011 (a) The purposes of this division include protecting public health and safety and environmental quality, including reduction and mitigation of greenhouse gas…
- § 3012 The provisions of this division apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil wells is now or…
- § 3013 This division shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor, acting with the approval of the director, shall have all…
- § 3014 “District” means an oil and gas district as provided for in Section 3100.
- § 3015 For the purpose of implementing Section 503 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the supervisor may make the determinations entrusted to state agencies…
- § 3016 For purposes of this chapter, abandoned underground personal property, including a well, of an operator shall become the property of the mineral interest owner…
- § 3017 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the oil and gas industry pay for all necessary costs of plugging and abandonment and site restoration of oil and…