Separators shall be used at each well to adequately care for the output of the well, or both oil and gas without spraying oil through the separator vent lines. No gas shall be produced, wasted, or allowed to escape through a separator vent line at any time when the noise caused by such wasting, producing, or escaping of gas shall be audible for a distance of 300 feet or more from the well. When it shall appear that an explosive mixture of gas may be accumulating near the ground, the Inspector may require that the well be shut down until the gas is dissipated. All separators shall be vented either separately or through a manifold into a vent. Such vent shall not be less than two feet in diameter. It shall not be closer than 65 feet to the well hole, centerline of street, or the lease boundary. No separator shall be used which has less than 125 pounds working pressure; provided, that all separators on which a pressure of greater than 125 pounds per square inch shall be carried shall be tested by the hydrostatic method to at least one and one-half times of the working pressure to be carried on such separator.
(Prior Code, § 113.064) (Ord. 1583, passed 1-8-2008)