Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:9 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Oil and Gas
Chapter 1501:9-9 - Safety Regulations
Section 1501:9-9-04 - Workover, reconditioning, plugging back, completion, and plugging operations
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) No fires are permitted within fifty (50) feet of a well which is being worked over, reconditioned, plugged back, completed or plugged if oil and/or gas are exposed to the atmosphere at the well.
(B) A rig used in workover, reconditioning, plugging back, completion or plugging must be equipped with a chemical fire extinguisher in good working order.
(C) Pits or tanks of sufficient size and shape must be constructed adjacent to each operation to contain all the drilling muds, cuttings and oil flowed into same. No oil will be permitted to overflow the pit.
(D) No well will be permitted to flow oil or gas uncontrolled.
R.C.
119.032 review dates:
12/29/2003 and
12/29/2008
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 1509.03
Rule
Amplifies: 1509.03
Prior
Effective Dates: 1/3/69
