Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Well” means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state for production, extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the division of oil and gas resources management, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The division has sole and exclusive authority to […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly On and after June 30, 2010, all of the following apply: (A) The surface location of a new well or a tank battery of a well shall not be within one hundred fifty feet of an occupied dwelling that is located in […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Except as provided in section 1509.021 of the Revised Code, the surface location of a new well that will be drilled using directional drilling may be located on a parcel of land that is not in the drilling unit of the well.
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 315 – 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt, rescind, and amend, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this chapter. The rules shall include an identification […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 315 – 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the 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 […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The chief of the 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 […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly No person shall drill a new well, drill an existing well any deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a source of supply different from the existing pool, […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) An application for a permit to drill a new well, drill an existing well deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a different source of supply, including […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly An owner of a well who has been issued a permit under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code may submit to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on a form prescribed by the chief, a request to […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) The owner of a well that has not been completed, a well that has not produced within one year after completion, an existing well that is not a horizontal well and that has no reported production for two consecutive reporting periods […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) or (A)(2) of this section, an owner of any well, except an exempt Mississippian well or an exempt domestic well, shall obtain liability insurance coverage from a company authorized or approved to do business in […]
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly (A) When the chief of the 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 […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly A person that is issued a permit under this chapter to drill a new well or drill an existing well deeper in an urbanized area shall establish fluid drilling conditions prior to penetration of the Onondaga limestone and continue to use fluid […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) With regard to material that results from the construction, operation, or plugging of a horizontal well, all of the following apply: (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the owner shall determine the concentration of radium-226 and of […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Upon receipt of an application for a permit required by section 1509.05 of the Revised Code, or upon receipt of an application for a permit to plug and abandon under section 1509.13 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly A well may be drilled under a permit only at the location designated on the map required in section 1509.06 of the Revised Code. The location of a well may be changed after the issuance of a permit only with the approval […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) Any person drilling within the state shall, within sixty days after the completion of drilling operations to the proposed total depth or after a determination that a well is a dry or lost hole, file with the division of oil and […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A)(1) The owner of any well, except a horizontal well, that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the thirty-first day of March, […]
