§22C-9-4. Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner and Commission; Commission Membership; Qualifications of Members; Terms of Members; Vacancies on Commission; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses; Appointment and Qualifications of Commissioner; General Powers and Duties
NOTE: West Virginia Code 22C-9-4 was amended by two bills passed during the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature. When two acts of the Legislature amend the same section of the Code without express recognition in the bill of the action of the other bill, the Legislative Manager makes no determination as to the appropriate, […]
§22C-9-5. Rules; Notice Requirements
(a) The commission may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, to implement and make effective the provisions of this article and the powers and authority conferred and the duties imposed upon the commission under the provisions of this article. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of […]
§22C-9-6. Waste of Oil or Gas Prohibited
Waste of oil or gas is hereby prohibited.
§22C-9-7. Drilling Units and the Pooling of Interests in Drilling Units in Connection With Deep Oil or Gas Wells
(a) Drilling units. (1) After one discovery deep well has been drilled establishing a pool, an application to establish drilling units may be filed with the commission by the operator of such discovery deep well or by the operator of any lands directly and immediately affected by the drilling of such discovery deep well, or […]
§22C-9-7a. Unitization of Interests in Horizontal Well Drilling Units
(a) Declaration of public policy; legislative findings regarding unitization for all horizontal wells. The Legislature finds that horizontal drilling is a technique that effectively and efficiently recovers natural resources and should be encouraged as a means of production of oil and gas and it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state […]
§22C-9-8. Secondary Recovery of Oil; Unit Operations
(a) Upon the application of any operator in a pool productive of oil the commission shall set a hearing and provide notice to all interested parties. Each notice shall describe the area for which an order is to be entered in recognizable, narrative terms; contain such other information as is essential to the giving of […]
§22C-9-9. Validity of Unit Agreements
No agreement between or among operators, lessees or other owners of oil or gas rights in oil and gas properties, entered into pursuant to the provisions of this article or with a view to or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties, shall be held to violate the […]
§22C-9-10. Hearing Procedures
(a) Upon receipt of a request for hearing, the commission shall set a time and place for such hearing not less than twenty and not more than forty-five days thereafter. Any scheduled hearing may be continued by the commission upon the commission's own motion or for good cause shown by any party to the hearing. […]
§22C-9-11. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals; Legal Representation for Commission
(a) Any party adversely affected by an order of the commission shall be entitled to judicial review thereof. All of the pertinent provisions of section four, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, shall apply to and govern such judicial review with like effect as if the provisions of said section four were set forth […]
§22C-8-2. Definitions
As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the Shallow Gas Well Review Board provided for in section four of this article;