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<br />. <br /> <br />-' \ <br /> <br />,HJ LJ iH 1 <br /> <br />e',aluaClon is made on alL pit pcrlnit applications to <br />determIne if an i;np..~r"'lo1Is li;11ng is ncect,~d to pre'lent <br />contdmlnatlOn to fresn ~ater Sllpplies. ~3ste water <br />dispusal ~I~lls 3re checKed for proper t~llcttOnl~g to <br />ell~l~atc pollutIon proolems. An operator must obtal~ <br />8Pl'r'Jval of the pllJgglng method ?rlOr to ?luggi.ng and <br />abandonIng a.ny 'Ill.:tl to Llsllr~ that oil, gas, -..u..Iter or. <br />any ot~er 511bst3nce IS ~onflned [~ the reserVOlr 1n whtcn <br />.~t ortgtnally occur~ed. <br />), <br /> <br />Pr')>~t'a.ln Tltle: WeLL Reco~:Js an~~~C::l~I!_~..iatlstl.CS <br /> <br />Target P1JblLC: <br /> <br />Gene~aL pUOLIC, 011 and ~as l:1dustry, county assessors, <br />DIvision of Property Tax3tio~. <br /> <br />Purpose: PrIor to d":."'llling a 1Jl~11 for oil or gas, a ;Jermlt must <br />be obtaIned from th~s office. EaCh per~it applLcatlon <br />is checked to 5ee if it conforms to the rules and regu- <br />lations and orders of the Commission as to location, <br />spclcing requlrements, caslng requirements, dp:ptn, etc. <br />Recorj~ are kept on each w~ll drIlled l~ the State, <br />i~Cllldtng completlo1l rCI',lrcs. lOgS. Pl"Jgglng and fInal <br />abandl)nment. Monthly productIon reports are req1l1red <br />tor all. prod1.1cing leasl?s i.n the State. flgures from these. <br />reports are Usp.d to complle an annUBl report on alL and <br />gas statlstlCS. Tne well records are open to the PUDlLC <br />an':.! ~r~ lJsed 1)Y englneers, geologlsts and others for <br />lnformatIon and evaLuation for prospects of future drIlllng. <br />The annual statIstical report offers official flgures of <br />oil and :~as jJrod1.lct!.on. These figures are lJsp.ful i.:1 <br />calculating reserves for predlcclng filcure prOd\JctIon. <br />The county assessors use these statIstIcs for asses~lng <br />oil and gas properttes In each county. <br /> <br />Program Tlc1e: Natural Gas Polley Act of 1973 <br /> <br />Tart!;et ?1Ll)Ll":: Natural ga:; p:-od1lcers and ::'c1e ge.neral publlC. <br /> <br />Purpose: On Nuvemher 9, 1973 t~e Na~ura.l Gas ?OLlCy Ac:: of 197~ was <br />signed lnto Law. By passage of the ~G?A, Congress has <br />mandated 3 new leglslatlve framevork for the regulation of <br />mo~t fa~ets of th~ natural gas IndlJstry. Under cne NGPA, <br />all flrst sales of natural sa~; ]r~ cuntroLll!d l>y t:le r.1aX- <br />LnUln statutory cetlLng rates dnd a3:]. reslJlt, ~t is un- <br />law~ul for any person to sell natural gas at a prlce 1n ex~ess <br />of the statutory maXlmwn regardless of whether tne sale <br />oc-cures 1n t~e tnte~- or Intrastate marKet. Under the NGPA, <br />the JlIrlsc:l\ctional agency Cl1at na!1 c'JntrOL 0f. jrlllL~g tlnd <br />P:-Odllctlon uf natural gas far e.;jch state ha:, been dl~slgnated <br />to make clasSlficatlons of certaln gas wells f()r qualifica- <br />tion of hq:~he:- gas PLi.C~S. The U.S.G.S. !las been desLgllBted <br />to hand le Ult? c la~SlflcattOn on federal Landa <.lnd tras agency <br /> <br />/,5 <br />