Chapter 16. Virginia Gas and Oil ActRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 45.2-1600
- Definitions
- § 45.2-1601
- Regulation of coal surface mining not affected by chapter
- § 45.2-1602
- Construction; purposes
- § 45.2-1603
- Virginia Gas and Oil Board; membership; compensation
- § 45.2-1604
- Duties and responsibilities of the Director; Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector
- § 45.2-1605
- Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement
- § 45.2-1606
- Confidentiality
- § 45.2-1607
- Expenditure of funds
- § 45.2-1608
- Violations; penalties
- § 45.2-1609
- Appeals; venue; standing
- § 45.2-1610
- Copy of lease to lessor
- § 45.2-1611
- Objections by coal owner
- § 45.2-1612
- Distance limitations of certain wells
- Article 2. Gas and Oil ConservationRead all
- § 45.2-1613
- Meetings of the Board; notice; general powers and duties
- § 45.2-1614
- Additional duties and responsibilities of the Board
- § 45.2-1615
- Applicability and construction
- § 45.2-1616
- Statewide spacing of wells
- § 45.2-1617
- Voluntary pooling of interests in drilling units; validity of unit agreements
- § 45.2-1618
- Notice of hearing; standing; form of hearing
- § 45.2-1619
- Field rules and drilling units for wells; hearings and orders
- § 45.2-1620
- Pooling of interests in drilling units
- § 45.2-1621
- Coalbed methane gas; ownership
- § 45.2-1622
- Pooling of interests for coalbed methane gas wells; conflicting claims to ownership
- § 45.2-1623
- Conflicting claims of ownership; arbitration
- § 45.2-1624
- Release of funds held in escrow or suspense because of conflicting claims to coalbed methane gas
- § 45.2-1625
- Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders
- § 45.2-1626
- Enforcement
- § 45.2-1627
- Standing when Director or Board fails to act
- § 45.2-1628
- Recording of orders
- Article 3. Regulation of Gas and Oil Development and ProductionRead all
- § 45.2-1629
- Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director
- § 45.2-1630
- Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Inspector
- § 45.2-1631
- Permit required; gas, oil, or geophysical operations; coalbed methane gas wells; environmental assessment
- § 45.2-1632
- Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content
- § 45.2-1633
- Bonding and financial security required
- § 45.2-1634
- Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund
- § 45.2-1635
- Expiration of permits
- § 45.2-1636
- Abandonment or cessation of well or corehole operation; plugging required
- § 45.2-1637
- Objections to permits; hearing
- § 45.2-1638
- Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board
- § 45.2-1639
- Persons required to register; designated agents
- § 45.2-1640
- Report of permitted activities and production required; contents
- § 45.2-1641
- Developing a gas or oil well as a water well
- § 45.2-1642
- Orphaned Well Fund; orphaned wells
- § 45.2-1643
- Interference by injection wells with groundwater supply
- § 45.2-1644
- Safety in coalbed methane gas, oil, and geophysical operations
- Article 4. Drilling for Gas or Oil in the Chesapeake Bay or Tidewater Virginia; Hydraulic FracturingRead all
- § 45.2-1645
- Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited
- § 45.2-1646
- Tidewater Virginia; drilling for gas or oil prohibited in certain areas
- § 45.2-1647
- Hydraulic fracturing; groundwater management area
- Article 5. Replacement of Water by Gas Well OperatorsRead all
- § 45.2-1648
- Operator's right to sample water
- § 45.2-1649
- Replacement of water supply
