(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED WELL.
(a) Any oil, gas, disposal, injection or other service well, or any seismic, core, or other exploratory hole, whether cased or uncased, the owner and operator shall be jointly and severally liable and responsible for the plugging thereof in accordance with these rules.
(b) Each well in which production casing has been run, but which has not been in operation for one year, shall be properly plugged immediately. For new wells in which surface casing has been properly set and cemented to protect the fresh water, the well shall be plugged within 30 days after cessation of drilling or testing. In the case of other newly drilled wells, without surface casing and in which drilling and testing operations have ceased, immediate plugging is required before abandonment. For the purposes of this rule, a shut-in gas well shall be considered a producing well and in operation, and therefore exempt from the plugging requirements herein.
ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION. The raising to the surface of the earth by means other than natural flow of petroleum or natural gas.
BOOSTER PUMP. A centrifugal or piston pump used to increase the volume or pressure on a gathering line.
BUILDING. Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. The term BUILDING shall be construed as if followed by the words “or portions thereof.”
COMPRESSOR STATION. A single or series of compressor pumps for the artificial production or flow (volume and pressure) of more than one producing oil or gas well.
COMPRESSOR UNIT. A single compressor pump used to serve a single producing oil or gas well for the artificial production or flow (volume and pressure).
CORPORATION COMMISSION. The Oklahoma State Corporation Commission.
DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCE. Any chemical, salt water, oilfield brine, waste oil, waste emulsified oil, basic sediment, mud of injurious substances produced or used in the drilling, development, producing, transportation, refining and processing of oil, gas, or condensate.
ENHANCED RECOVERY. An operation by which fluid or energy is introduced into a source of supply for the purpose of facilitating recovery there from.
HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
LOCATION. One well bore and one tank battery unless the tank battery services more than one well bore or is more than 100 feet from the well bore it services in which case the tank battery shall be considered a separate location.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any automobile, truck, truck tractor, trailer or semi-trailer, or any motorbus or any self-propelled vehicle not operated or driven upon fixed rails or tracks.
NATURAL PRODUCTION. The raising to the surface of the earth, by natural flow, petroleum, or natural gas.
OIL AND GAS INSPECTOR. That person qualified or employed by the city to enforce the provisions of this chapter or by his or her authorized representatives.
OPERATOR. Any person or entity who owns or has ever owned any right to search for or produce substances from a well, whether such right is derived from ownership of leasehold interests or by any other species of agreement conferring such right, who has ever owned any working interest in any well bore located within the corporate limits of the city, and any person who has ever operated any well on a contractual basis for any working interest owner.
PERMITTEE. The person to who is issued a permit or permits in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
PERSON. Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, trust, cooperative, or other type of organization.
POLLUTION. The contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any surface, natural waters, or environment of the city, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, or solid substance into any water and environment of the city as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such surface, waters, or environment harmful or detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare; to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other beneficial uses; or to livestock, animals, or aquatic life.
PRESSURE MAINTENANCE. An operation by which gas, water, or other fluids are injected into a supply of oil to maintain pressure or retard pressure decline therein for the purpose of facilitating recovery there from, and which has been approved by the Corporation Commission after notice and hearing.
PUBLIC BUILDING. All buildings used or designed and intended to be used for gathering 50 or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, entertainment, amusement, health care, or awaiting transportation. Public buildings include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) Theaters;
(b) Motion picture theaters;
(c) Assembly halls;
(d) Auditoriums;
(e) Exhibition halls;
(f) Museums;
(g) Libraries;
(h) Skating rinks;
(i) Gymnasiums;
(j) Bowling lanes;
(k) Pool rooms;
(l) Armories;
(m) Mortuary chapels;
(n) Dance halls;
(o) Club rooms;
(p) Recreation piers;
(q) Courtrooms;
(r) Conference and convention facilities;
(s) Drinking establishments;
(t) Hospitals;
(u) Restaurants;
(v) Schools; and/or
(w) Worship facilities.
PUMP. The submersible pump, pump jack, horsehead pump, walking beam pump, cable pump, or any other device to bring up oil or other liquids from the well bore.
SALT WATER. Any water containing more than 500 mg/l of chlorides.
SPACING. Surface acreage allowed per well (determined by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and state law).
SPCC. Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures regulations (federal or state environmental protection agency regulations).
STRUCTURE. That which is built or constructed. The term STRUCTURE shall be construed as if followed by the words “or portion thereof.”
TANK BATTERY. The tanks used for the accumulation and storage of liquid products produced from oil and gas wells either at the well site or a separate location.
TREATABLE WATER. Surface and subsurface water in its natural state which may or may not require treatment to be useful for human consumption, and contains less than 10,000 parts per million of total dissolved solids and/or 5,000 parts per million of chlorides.
WATER, WATERS OF THE CITY, or CITY WATER. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public, or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the city or any portion thereof.
WELL. Unless specifically qualified, any hole or holes, bore, or bores, to any depth for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil, gas, or liquefied petroleum matter or deleterious substances, or for the injection or disposal of any of the foregoing.
(B) All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.
(Prior Code, § 113.005) (Ord. 1583, passed 1-8-2008)