Glossary
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Exempt From Burial
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Exempt From Burial
“Exempt from burial” means any pipeline used solely for the purpose of transporting oil or gas from the leasehold facilities, shall be laid on the surface of the ground. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsPipelines Used To Transport Leasehold Gas
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Pipelines Used To Transport Leasehold Gas
“Pipelines used to transport leasehold gas” means any pipeline used solely for the purpose of transporting gas from the leasehold facilities, to points or places where said gas may be utilized on said premises. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsPipelines Used In The Producing Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
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Pipelines Used In The Producing Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
“Pipelines used in the producing of oil and/or natural gas wells” means any pipeline used to produce oil and/or natural gas for sale or to transport to storage tanks or a point of delivery for the purpose of sale. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsFormation Flow Test
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Formation Flow Test
“Formation flow test” means an operation- to induce the flow of formation fluids to the surface of a well to procure reservoir fluid samples and determine reservoir flow characteristics; or
- to inject fluids into a formation to evaluate injectivity (essai d’écoulement de formation).
Pipelines Utilized In The Operation Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
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Pipelines Utilized In The Operation Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
“Pipelines utilized in the operation of oil and/or natural gas wells” means any pipeline used solely for the purpose of supplying fuel to pump engines, tank or mechanical heaters or other devices necessary to the mechanical operation of an oil and/or natural gas well. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsPipelines Utilized In The Actual Drilling Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
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Pipelines Utilized In The Actual Drilling Of Oil And/Or Natural Gas Wells
“Pipelines utilized in the actual drilling of oil and/or natural gas wells” means any pipeline used solely for the temporary purpose of supplying fuel to drilling or servicing rigs and their auxiliary equipment while engaged in the process of drilling, completing or servicing an oil and/or natural gas well. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsSubsidence
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Subsidence
“Subsidence” means the lowering of the natural land surface in response to earth movements, lowering of fluid pressure, or removal of underlying supporting material by solution mining of solids. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsSolution Mining Project
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Solution Mining Project
“Solution mining project” means a well or group of wells and associated facilities under one owner or operator utilized for the solution mining of minerals. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsFormation Fluid
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Formation Fluid
“Formation fluid” means fluid present in a formation under natural conditions. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsExisting Solution Mining Project
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Existing Solution Mining Project
“Existing solution mining project” means a project in operation prior to the effective date of Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsEffective Date
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Effective Date
“Effective date” means the date that Chapter 1501:9-7 of the Administrative Code becomes effective. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsContaminant
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Contaminant
“Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. Sources: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsProject Owners
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Project Owners
“Project owner” means the person who has the right to inject fluids on a subject tract or tracts and has the right to drill on a tract or drilling unit and to drill into and produce from a pool and to appropriate the oil or gas that he produces therefrom either for himself or for others. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsObservation Wells
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Observation Wells
“Observation wells” means those wells used, or to be used, temporarily for observation and not for input or withdrawal. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsWithdrawal Wells
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Withdrawal Wells
“Withdrawal wells” means those wells from which oil and/or gas is, or is to be, withdrawn. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsInput Wells
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Input Wells
“Input wells” means those wells into which natural gas, water, other fluids or gases are injected, or are to be injected, for the purpose of increasing pressure or retarding pressure decline in the reservoir. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsInjection Well Owner
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Injection Well Owner
“Injection well owner” means a person with the right to inject saltwater on a subject tract. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsExisting Well
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Existing Well
“Existing well” means any well for which a drilling permit was issued by the division prior to June 1, 1982. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsWell Site Construction
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Well Site Construction
“Well site construction” means any activity by an owner holding a permit, well owner or the owners authorized representative to build the access roads, prepare the drill site location for the drilling rig or tank battery and associated equipment and restoration of the well site. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. RegulationsWell Integrity
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Well Integrity
Containment and prevention of the escape of fluids to subterranean formations or surface.
Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards