Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R649 - Oil, Gas and Mining; Oil and Gas
Rule R649-2 - General Rules
Section R649-2-12 - Tests and Surveys
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
1. When deemed necessary or advisable the Director or authorized agent can require that tests or surveys be made to determine the presence of waste of oil, gas, water, or reservoir energy; the quantity of oil, gas or water; the amount and direction of deviation of any well from the vertical; formation, casing, tubing, or other pressures; or any other test or survey deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act.
2. Directional, deviation, or measurements-while-drilling (MWD) surveys or a combination of these surveys must be run on horizontal wells in order to identify the well's path and submitted in accordance with Section R649-3-21, Well Completion and Filing of Well Logs, as amended for horizontal wells.