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...he division of oil and gas resources management, or the chief's authorized representatives, shall enforce this chapter and the rules, terms and conditions of permits and registration certificates, and orders adopted or issued pursuant thereto, except that any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, may arrest for violations of this chapter involving transportation of brine by vehicle. The en...

...e division of oil and gas resources management shall maintain a database on the division of oil and gas resources management's web site that is accessible to the public. The database shall list each final nonappealable order issued for a material and substantial violation under this chapter. The list shall identify the violator, the date on which the violation occurred, and the date on which the violation was ...

...e division of oil and gas resources management, and until the original permit or a photostatic copy thereof is posted or displayed in a conspicuous and easily accessible place at the well site, with the name, current address, and telephone number of the permit holder and the telephone numbers for fire and emergency medical services maintained on the posted permit or copy. The permit or a copy shall be continuo...

...he division of oil and gas resources management and shall contain the information required under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code that is applicable. (C) A person shall not submit more than seven applications per year for a permit to drill a stratigraphic well unless otherwise approved by the chief. (D) All of the following do not apply to a stratigraphic well: (1) Section 1509.062 of the Revised Code; ...

...he division of oil and gas resources management upon such form as the chief prescribes and shall contain each of the following that is applicable: (1) The name and address of the owner and, if a corporation, the name and address of the statutory agent; (2) The signature of the owner or the owner's authorized agent. When an authorized agent signs an application, it shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the...

...he division of oil and gas resources management, on a form prescribed by the chief, a request to revise an existing tract upon which exists a producing or idle well. The chief shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules under section 1509.03 of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration of this section. The rules at least shall stipulate the information to be included on the request form and s...

...e division of oil and gas resources management. (2) If a well has a reported annual production that is less than one hundred thousand cubic feet of natural gas or fifteen barrels of crude oil, or a combination thereof, the chief may require the owner of the well to submit an application for temporary inactive well status under this section for the well. (B) In order for the owner of a well to submit an applic...

..., shall obtain liability insurance coverage from a company authorized or approved to do business in this state in an amount of not less than one million dollars bodily injury coverage and property damage coverage to pay damages for injury to persons or damage to property caused by the drilling, operation, or plugging of all the owner's wells in this state. However, if any well is located within an urbanized area, the...

...he division of oil and gas resources management finds that an owner has failed to comply with a final nonappealable order issued or compliance agreement entered into under section 1509.04, the restoration requirements of section 1509.072, plugging requirements of section 1509.12, or permit provisions of section 1509.13 of the Revised Code, or rules and orders relating thereto, the chief shall make a finding of that f...

...No oil or gas well owner or agent of an oil or gas well owner shall fail to restore the land surface within the area disturbed in siting, drilling, completing, and producing the well as required in this section. (A) Within fourteen days after the date upon which the drilling of a well is completed to total depth in an urbanized area and within two months after the date upon which the drilling of a well is com...

...he division of oil and gas resources management authorizes such drilling without using fluid.

...he division of oil and gas resources management. The owner shall not remove the material from the location associated with the production operation of the horizontal well until the analysis is complete and the results are available. However, the owner may do one of the following: (a) Temporarily store the material in an area adjacent to the location associated with the production operation of the well while th...

...e division of oil and gas resources management shall determine whether the well is or is to be located in a coal bearing township. Whether or not the well is or is to be located in a coal bearing township, the chief, by order, may refuse to issue a permit required by section 1509.05 of the Revised Code to any applicant who at the time of applying for the permit is in material or substantial violation of this ...

...e division of oil and gas resources management and, if the well is located in a coal bearing township, with the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management using the procedures required in section 1509.08 of the Revised Code for a permit to drill a well unless the permit holder requests the issuance of an emergency drilling permit under this section due to a lost hole under such circu...

...e division of oil and gas resources management all wireline electric logs and an accurate well completion record on a form that is prescribed by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management that designates: (1) The purpose for which the well was drilled; (2) The character, depth, and thickness of geological units encountered, including coal seams, mineral beds, associated fluids such as fres...

...he division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the thirty-first day of March, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine for the last preceding calendar year in such form as the chief may prescribe. An owner that has more than one hundred such wells in this state shall submit electronically the statement of production in a format that is approved by the chief. (2) The owner of any horizontal w...

...truct or operate a well, that causes damage to other permeable strata, underground sources of drinking water, or the surface of the land or that threatens the public health and safety or the environment. (2) No owner of a well shall permit a well to leak fluids or gases. (3) Upon the discovery that the casing in a well is defective or that a well was not adequately constructed, the person that owns the well or th...

...he division of oil and gas resources management. The permit shall be issued by the chief in accordance with this chapter and shall be valid for a period of twenty-four months from the date of issue. (2) The holder of a valid permit issued under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code may receive approval from an oil and gas resources inspector to plug and abandon the well associated with that permit, without obtaining ...

...e division of oil and gas resources management to abandon and plug the well without an inspector being present to supervise the plugging, shall make a written report of the abandonment to the chief. The report shall be submitted not later than thirty days after the date of abandonment and shall include all of the following: (A) The date of abandonment; (B) The name of the owner or operator of the well at the ...

...e division of oil and gas resources management. The abandonment report shall show the manner in which the well was plugged.

...If a mine operator is about to encounter or encounters an orphaned well whose existence is detrimental to the mining operation, the mine operator may plug the well at the mine operator's own expense in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it.

...e division of oil and gas resources management a disclosure form that specifies the country in which each oil country tubular good initially used in a production operation on or after that date was manufactured unless that country cannot be determined by the owner. The division shall prescribe the disclosure form and consult with representatives from the natural gas, oil, and steel industries when developing t...

...e division of oil and gas resources management as specified in the permit using materials that comply with industry standards for the type and depth of the well and the anticipated fluid pressures that are associated with the well. In addition, a well shall be constructed using sufficient steel or conductor casing in a manner that supports unconsolidated sediments, that protects and isolates all underground so...

...f the division of mineral resources management. If the chief finds the method prescribed in this section unsafe, inadequate, or not suitable, the chief shall require the method to be altered in such a manner that it will be safe.

...f the division of mineral resources management may order the immediate suspension of the drilling or reopening of a well in a coal bearing township after determining that the drilling or reopening activities present an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or to a miner's health or safety. (B) Before issuing an order under division (A) of this section, the chief shall notify the chief of...