North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 05 - MINING - MINERAL RESOURCES
Subchapter H - OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
Section .1600 - WELL CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION
Section 05H .1621 - REQUIREMENTS FOR TEMPORARY ABANDONMENT OF OIL OR GAS WELLS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Oil or gas wells that are constructed according to Rule .1607 of this Section, but are not completed after being drilled may be temporarily abandoned in accordance with this Rule.
(b) The permittee shall complete and submit Form 15 - Oil or Gas Well Status to the Department 30 calendar days prior to the temporary abandonment operations. The contact information is set forth in Rule .0201 of this Subchapter. The permittee shall include the following in the completed Form 15 - Oil or Gas Well Status:
(c) The permittee shall maintain bonding requirements in Section .1400 of this Subchapter until the oil or gas well is permanently plugged and abandoned.
(d) Temporary abandonment shall be valid for a period of five years, with a maximum of one five-year renewal period before the permittee shall either place the oil or gas well into production or permanently plug and abandon the well in accordance with Rule .1618 of this Section.
(e) The permittee shall complete and submit Form 17 - Notification of Return of Oil or Gas Well to Active Status to the Department within 14 calendar days of producing from an oil or gas well that was temporarily abandoned. The contact information is set forth in Rule .0201 of this Subchapter. The permittee shall include the following in the completed Form 17 - Notification of Return of Oil or Gas Well to Active Status:
Authority
G.S.
113-391(a)(5)l;
Eff. March 17, 2015.