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§22-6-36. Declaration of Oil and Gas Notice by Owners and Lessees of Coal Seams

For purposes of notification under this article, any owner or lessee of coal seams shall file a declaration of the owner's or lessee's interest in such coal seams with the clerk of the county commission in the county where such coal seams are located. Said clerk shall file and index such declaration in accordance with […]

§22-6-37. Rules, Orders and Permits Remain in Effect

The rules promulgated and all orders and permits in effect upon the effective date of this article pursuant to the provisions of former article one, chapter twenty-two-b of this code shall remain in full force and effect as if such rules, orders and permits were adopted by the director established in this chapter but all […]

§22-6-24. Methods of Plugging Well

Upon the abandonment or cessation of the operation of any well drilled for natural gas or petroleum, or drilled or converted for the introduction of pressure, whether liquid or gas, or for the introduction of liquid for the purposes provided for in section twenty-five of this article or for the disposal of pollutants or the […]

§22-6-26. Performance Bonds; Corporate Surety or Other Security

(a) No permit shall be issued pursuant to this article unless a bond as described in subsection (d) of this section which is required for a particular activity by this article is or has been furnished as provided in this section. (b) A separate bond as described in subsection (d) of this section may be […]

§22-6-29. Operating Permit and Processing Fund; Special Reclamation Fund; Fees

(a) There is hereby continued within the Treasury of the State of West Virginia the special fund known as the oil and gas operating permit and processing fund, and the secretary shall deposit with the state Treasurer to the credit of such special fund all fees collected under the provisions of subdivision ten, subsection (c), […]