Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R649 - Oil, Gas and Mining; Oil and Gas
Rule R649-3 - Drilling and Operating Practices
- Section R649-3-1 - Bonding
- Section R649-3-2 - Location And Siting of Vertical Wells and Statewide Spacing for Horizontal Wells
- Section R649-3-3 - Exception to Location and Siting of Wells
- Section R649-3-4 - Permitting of Wells to be Drilled, Deepened or Plugged-Back
- Section R649-3-5 - Identification
- Section R649-3-6 - Drilling Operations
- Section R649-3-7 - Well Control
- Section R649-3-8 - Casing Program
- Section R649-3-9 - Protection of Upper Productive Strata
- Section R649-3-10 - Tolerances for Vertical Drilling
- Section R649-3-11 - Directional Drilling
- Section R649-3-12 - Drilling Practices for Hydrogen Sulfide H2S Areas and Formations
- Section R649-3-13 - Casing Tests
- Section R649-3-14 - Fire Hazards on the Surface
- Section R649-3-15 - Pollution and Surface Damage Control
- Section R649-3-16 - Reserve Pits and Other On-site Pits
- Section R649-3-17 - Inspection
- Section R649-3-18 - On-site Predrill Evaluation
- Section R649-3-19 - Well Testing
- Section R649-3-20 - Gas Flaring or Venting
- Section R649-3-21 - Well Completion and Filing of Well Logs
- Section R649-3-22 - Completion Into Two or More Pools
- Section R649-3-23 - Well Workover and Recompletion
- Section R649-3-24 - Plugging and Abandonment of Wells
- Section R649-3-25 - Underground Disposal of Drilling Fluids
- Section R649-3-26 - Seismic Exploration
- Section R649-3-27 - Multiple Mineral Development
- Section R649-3-28 - Designated Potash Areas
- Section R649-3-29 - Workable Coal Beds
- Section R649-3-30 - Underground Mining Operations
- Section R649-3-31 - Designated Oil Shale Areas
- Section R649-3-32 - Incident Reporting
- Section R649-3-33 - Drilling Procedures in the Great Salt Lake
- Section R649-3-34 - Well Site Restoration
- Section R649-3-35 - Wildcat Wells
- Section R649-3-36 - Shut-in and Temporarily Abandoned Wells
- Section R649-3-37 - Enhanced Recovery Project Certification
- Section R649-3-38 - Surface Owner Protection Act Provisions
- Section R649-3-39 - Hydraulic Fracturing
- Section R649-3-40 - Conflicting Operations on Overlapping Drilling Units
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented
or Interpreted Law
40-6-1
et seq.;
40-6-5;
40-6-20;
40-6-21
7/28/2021
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