Chapter 150. Virginia Gas and Oil RegulationRead Chapter
- Part I.Read allStandards of General Applicability
- Article 1.Read allGeneral Information
- Section 10
- Definitions
- Section 20
- Basis and authority
- Section 30
- Other laws, regulations, and ordinances
- Section 40
- Registration
- Section 50
- Gas or oil in holes not permitted as a gas or oil well
- Section 60
- Due dates for reports and decisions
- Section 70
- [Repealed]
- Article 2.Read allPermitting
- Section 80
- Application for a permit
- Section 90
- Plats
- Section 95
- Groundwater baseline sampling, analysis, and monitoring plan
- Section 100
- Operations plans
- Section 110
- Permit supplements and permit modifications
- Section 120
- Transfer of permit rights
- Section 130
- Notice of permit applications and modifications
- Section 135
- Waiver of right to object to permit applications
- Section 140
- Objections to permit applications
- Section 150
- Hearing and decision on objections to permit applications
- Section 160
- Approval of permits and permit modifications
- Article 3.Read allEnforcement
- Section 170
- Enforcement
- Section 180
- Notices of violation
- Section 190
- Closure orders
- Section 200
- Show cause orders
- Article 4.Read allReporting
- Section 210
- Monthly reports
- Section 220
- Annual reports
- Article 5.Read allTechnical Standards
- Section 230
- Commencement of activity
- Section 240
- Signs
- Section 250
- Blasting and explosives
- Section 260
- Erosion, sediment control and reclamation
- Section 270
- Stormwater management
- Section 280
- Logs and surveys
- Section 290
- Actual well or corehole location
- Section 300
- Pits
- Section 310
- Tanks
- Section 320
- Blowout prevention
- Section 330
- Swabbing, perforating and wireline operations
- Section 340
- Drilling fluids
- Section 350
- Gas, oil or geophysical operations in hydrogen sulfide areas
- Section 360
- Drilling, completion, and other reports
- Section 365
- Disclosure of well stimulation fluids
- Section 370
- Wellhead equipment
- Section 380
- Incidents, spills and unpermitted discharges
- Section 390
- Shut-in wells
- Section 400
- Measurement of gas and oil
- Section 410
- Venting and flaring of gas; escape of oil
- Section 420
- Disposal of pit and produced fluids
- Section 430
- Disposal of solids
- Article 6.Read allPlugging and Abandonment
- Section 435
- Plugging for abandonment or plug-back operations
- Section 440
- Abandonment of a gas or oil well or corehole as a water well
- Section 450
- Identification, plugging and control of wells or coreholes in which radioactive source logging tools have been abandoned
- Section 460
- Identifying plugged wells and coreholes; plugging affidavit
- Section 470
- Release of bond
- Section 480
- Orphaned wells; right of entry
- Part II.Read allConventional Gas and Oil Wells and Class II Injection Wells
- Article 6.Read allPlugging and Abandonment
- Section 490
- Applicability, conventional gas and oil wells and Class II injection wells
- Section 500
- Application for a permit, conventional well or Class II injection well
- Section 510
- Plats, conventional wells or Class II injection wells
- Section 520
- Setback restrictions, conventional wells or Class II injection wells
- Section 530
- Casing requirements for conventional gas or oil wells
- Section 535
- Pressure testing requirements for production casing in conventional gas or oil wells
- Section 540
- [Repealed]
- Part III.Read allCoalbed Methane Gas Wells
- Article 6.Read allPlugging and Abandonment
- Section 550
- Applicability, coalbed methane wells
- Section 560
- Application for a permit, coalbed methane well operations
- Section 570
- [Repealed]
- Section 580
- Variance request to convert a vertical ventilation hole to a coalbed methane gas well
- Section 590
- Plats, coalbed methane wells
- Section 600
- Setback restrictions, coalbed methane wells
- Section 610
- Casing requirements for coalbed methane gas wells
- Section 615
- Pressure testing requirements for production casing in coalbed methane gas wells
- Section 620
- Coalbed methane gas wellhead equipment
- Section 630
- Report of produced waters, coalbed methane wells
- Section 640
- [Repealed]
- Section 650
- Conversion of a coalbed methane well to a vertical ventilation hole
- Part IV.Read allGround-Disturbing Geophysical Exploration
- Article 6.Read allPlugging and Abandonment
- Section 660
- Applicability, ground-disturbing geophysical activity
- Section 670
- Application for a permit, geophysical activity or coreholes
- Section 680
- Plats, coreholes
- Section 690
- Operations plans, coreholes.
- Section 700
- Setback restrictions, coreholes
- Section 710
- [Repealed]
- Section 711
- Voids and lost circulation zones
- Part V.Read allGathering Pipelines
- Article 6.Read allPlugging and Abandonment
- Section 720
- Applicability; gathering pipelines
- Section 730
- General requirements for gathering pipelines
- Section 740
- Operations plans for gathering pipelines
- Section 750
- Inspections for gathering pipelines
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- FORMS (4VAC25-150)