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2009 Washington Code
Title 78 - Mines, minerals, and petroleum
Chapter 78.52 - Oil and gas conservation.
- 78.52.001 - Declaration of purpose.
- 78.52.010 - Definitions.
- 78.52.025 - Hearings and meetings of department.
- 78.52.030 - Employment of personnel.
- 78.52.031 - Conduct of hearings -- Evidence.
- 78.52.032 - Hearing examiners.
- 78.52.033 - Failure of witness to attend or testify -- Contempt.
- 78.52.035 - Attorney for department.
- 78.52.037 - State oil and gas supervisor -- Deputy supervisors -- Employment of personnel.
- 78.52.040 - Duty and powers of department -- In general.
- 78.52.045 - Committee to participate in and administer federal Safe Drinking Water Act in conjunction with the departments of ecology, natural resources, and social and health services.
- 78.52.050 - Rules, regulations, and orders -- Time and place of hearing -- Notices.
- 78.52.070 - Hearing upon petition -- Time for action.
- 78.52.100 - Records -- Copies as evidence -- Copies to be furnished.
- 78.52.120 - Drilling permit required -- Notice.
- 78.52.125 - Environmental impact statement required when drilling affects surface waters of the state -- Drilling may be denied, when.
- 78.52.130 - Waste prohibited.
- 78.52.140 - Carbon black and carbon products -- Permit required.
- 78.52.150 - Investigations authorized.
- 78.52.155 - Investigations -- Powers and duties.
- 78.52.200 - Development units authorized for known pools.
- 78.52.205 - Development units to be prescribed for pool after discovery -- Temporary development units.
- 78.52.210 - Development units -- Size and shape.
- 78.52.220 - Development units -- Location of well.
- 78.52.230 - Development units -- Order must cover entire pool -- Modifications.
- 78.52.240 - Development units -- Pooling of interests.
- 78.52.245 - Pooling order -- Allocation of production.
- 78.52.250 - Pooled interests in well in development unit -- Allocation of costs -- Rights of owners.
- 78.52.253 - Pooling agreement, offer to pool, pooling order -- Fairness to nonconsenting, unleased owners.
- 78.52.255 - Operations on development unit deemed operations on each tract -- Production allocated to tract deemed produced from each tract -- Shut-in well considered on each tract -- Lease on part of tract excluded from unit.
- 78.52.257 - Dissolution of pooling order -- Interests covered by terminated lease -- Modification or termination of pooling order -- Extension of dissolution of pooling order.
- 78.52.260 - "Wildcat" or "exploratory" well data confidential.
- 78.52.270 - Limitation of production to "oil allowable" -- Proration.
- 78.52.280 - Determining market demand -- No undue discrimination in proration of "allowable."
- 78.52.290 - Limitation of production to "gas allowable" -- Proration.
- 78.52.300 - Limitation of gas production from one pool.
- 78.52.310 - Proration of allowable production in pool -- Publication of orders -- Emergency orders.
- 78.52.320 - Compliance with limitation or proration required.
- 78.52.330 - Unit operation of separately owned tracts.
- 78.52.335 - Unit operation of pools.
- 78.52.345 - Ratable purchase of oil from owners or operators of pool required.
- 78.52.355 - Ratable purchase of gas from owners or operators of pool required.
- 78.52.365 - Enforcement of RCW 78.52.345 and 78.52.355.
- 78.52.450 - Participation of public lands in unit plan.
- 78.52.460 - Unit plan not deemed monopolistic.
- 78.52.463 - Suspension of operations for violation -- Notice -- Order -- Hearing -- Stay of order.
- 78.52.467 - Illegal oil, gas, or product -- Sale, purchase, etc., prohibited -- Seizure and sale -- Deposit of proceeds.
- 78.52.470 - Objections to order -- Hearing required -- Modification of order.
- 78.52.480 - Appeal from order or decision -- Rights of department.
- 78.52.490 - Appeal -- How taken.
- 78.52.530 - Violations -- Injunctions.
- 78.52.540 - Violations -- Injunctions by private party.
- 78.52.550 - Violations -- Penalty.
- 78.52.900 - Short title.
- 78.52.910 - Construction -- 1951 c 146.
- 78.52.920 - Severability -- 1951 c 146.
- 78.52.921 - Severability -- 1983 c 253.
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