<html> <head> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p align=center><b>CHAPTER 74:12:02</b></p> <p align=center><b>DRILLING</b></p> <p>Section</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:01">74:12:02:01</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Requirements to drill, deepen, or reenter for oil or gas.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:02">74:12:02:02</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Requirements to drill a directional or horizontal well.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:03">74:12:02:03</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Failure to commence drilling cancels permit -- Extensions.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:04">74:12:02:04</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minimum spacing of oil wells.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:05">74:12:02:05</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minimum spacing of gas wells.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:06">74:12:02:06</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Spacing of wells after discovery of oil or gas.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:07">74:12:02:07</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dissolution of abandoned oil or gas fields.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:08">74:12:02:08</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secretary authorized to approve exception location.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:09">74:12:02:09</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identification sign required at each well.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:10">74:12:02:10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pit construction and reclamation.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:11">74:12:02:11</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oil, gas, and water strata required to be sealed.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:12">74:12:02:12</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Procedures for setting surface casing and production casing.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:13">74:12:02:13</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Operators to seal off or plug wells with defective casings or cement.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:14">74:12:02:14</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Blowout prevention equipment required.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:15">74:12:02:15</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vertical deviation test.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:16">74:12:02:16</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wellhead pressure testing equipment.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:17">74:12:02:17</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well logs, completion/recompletion reports, and sundry notice reports to be filed with secretary.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:18">74:12:02:18</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cores and samples required to be sent to the state geologist.</p> <p><a href="DisplayRule.aspx?Rule=74:12:02:19">74:12:02:19</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hydraulic fracturing reporting requirements.</p> </div> </body> </html>