Solution Mining Project

Solution Mining Project

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Formation Fluid

Formation Fluid

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Existing Solution Mining Project

Existing Solution Mining Project

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Effective Date

Effective 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. Regulations
Contaminant

Contaminant

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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. Regulations
Project Owners

Project Owners

Definition(s)

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. Regulations  
Observation Wells

Observation Wells

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Withdrawal Wells

Withdrawal Wells

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Input Wells

Input Wells

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Injection Well Owner

Injection Well Owner

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Existing Well

Existing Well

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Well Site Construction

Well Site Construction

Definition(s)

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. Regulations
Well Integrity

Well Integrity

Definition(s)

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

Well Integrity

Application of technical, operational and organizational solutions to reduce risk of uncontrolled release of formation fluids throughout the life cycle of a well. Source: API RP 90, Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore Wells, Upstream Segment. First Edition, August 2006. Global Standards

Well Integrity

“Well integrity” means the quality or condition of a well being structurally sound with competent pressure seals by the application of technical and operational solutions that prevent uncontrolled fluid release or migration of annular fluids into protected groundwater throughout the well life cycle. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Urbanized Area

Urbanized Area

Definition(s)

Urbanized Area

“Urbanized area” means an area where a well or production facilities of a well are located within a municipal corporation or within a township that has an unincorporated population of more than five thousand in the most recent federal decennial census prior to the issuance of the permit for the well or production facilities. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Tract

Tract

Definition(s)

Tract

“Tract” means a single, individually taxed parcel of land appearing on the tax list. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Tank Battery

Tank Battery

Definition(s)

Tank Battery

“Tank battery” means any combination of oil collection tanks, brine collection tanks, and associated equipment within a containment dike. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Tail Cement

Tail Cement

Definition(s)

Tail Cement

“Tail cement” means the last, typically higher density slurry pumped during primary cementing operations to seal the casing seat and isolate specific intervals providing faster thickening times and higher early compressive strength. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Sustained Annular Pressure

Sustained Annular Pressure

Definition(s)

Sustained Annular Pressure

“Sustained annular pressure” means pressure in an annulus between casing strings that is measurable at the wellhead and rebuilds to at least the same shut-in pressure after pressure has been released. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Subject Tract

Subject Tract

Definition(s)

Subject Tract

“Subject tract or drilling unit” means a tract upon which a person proposes to drill, reopen, deepen, plug back, or re-work a well for producing oil and natural gas. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations  

Subject Tract

“Subject tract” means a tract upon which a person proposes to drill, reopen, deepen, plug back, or rework a well for the injection of fluids. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations  

Subject Tract

“Subject tract” means a tract upon which a person proposes to drill, reopen, deepen, plug back, or rework a well for the injection of saltwater. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Storage

Storage

Definition(s)

Storage

The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period (excluding storage at the site of generation during the applicable accumulation time period specified in subsection (f) of this section), at the end of which the hazardous waste is recycled, reclaimed, treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Spudding

Spudding

Definition(s)

Spudding

“Spudding” means to begin drilling, to start the hole. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Potable Water Supply

Potable Water Supply

Definition(s)

Potable Water Supply

“Potable water supply” means water that is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes as defined by the Ohio department of health for private water systems in paragraph (LLL) of rule 3701-28-01 of the Administrative Code. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Minimum Internal Yield Pressure

Minimum Internal Yield Pressure

Definition(s)

Minimum Internal Yield Pressure

“Minimum internal yield pressure” means the minimum internal pressure at which permanent casing deformation could take place assuming no external pressure. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Mine String

Mine String

Definition(s)

Mine String

“Mine string” means a string of casing set and cemented to isolate a mine void, rubble zone, or a mined seam. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Map

Map

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Map

“Map” means a graphic representation of the location and size of the existing or proposed objects it is made to represent, accurately drawn to a scale no smaller than four hundred feet to the inch. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Manager

Manager

Definition(s)

Manager

“Manager” means the operator, whether the owner or not, of a well or wells. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations  

Manager

Manager means the person appointed for the purposes referred to in regulation 7(1)(a). Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, SR 1996/220, New Zealand, as of January 2011. Regulations  

Manager

Equipment, systems, and methods which, following initiation, can be used to control, mitigate, and extinguish fires. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global Standards  

Manager

“Manager” includes, where no manager is appointed pursuant to section 4 of the Act, any person made responsible by the owner for safety, health and welfare on board an offshore installation. Source: The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972, UK S.I. 1972/1542, 1972. Regulations  

Manager

“Manager” includes, where no manager is appointed pursuant to section 4 of the Act, any person made responsible by the owner for safety, health and welfare on board an offshore installation. Source: The Offshore Installations (Inspectors and Casualties) Regulations 1973, UK S.I. 1973/1842, 1973. Regulations
Lead Cement

Lead Cement

Definition(s)

Lead Cement

“Lead cement” means the first, typically less-dense slurry pumped during primary cementing operations to seal intervals above those sealed by the tail cement and to reduce the hydrostatic pressure of the cement slurry column at the casing seat while the slurry sets. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Inhabited Structure

Inhabited Structure

Definition(s)

Inhabited Structure

“Inhabited structure” means any inhabited private dwelling house and any public building which may be used as a place of resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, trade, manufacture, repair, storage, traffic, or occupancy by the public. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Direct Notification

Direct Notification

Definition(s)

Direct Notification

“Direct notification” means, person to person or phone contact between a well owner, owner holding a permit or their authorized representative and a division inspector and/or division field office staff. Voice mail messages are not considered direct notification. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Casing Shoe Test

Casing Shoe Test

Definition(s)

Casing Shoe Test

“Casing shoe test” means a pressure test conducted after drilling into the confining strata below a cemented casing string seat to evaluate pressure containment integrity and to determine the maximum fluid density that the strata can contain without breaking down. Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations