For the purposes of this chapter, the following meanings shall apply:
ABANDONMENT shall be as defined by the regulations of the Division of Oil and Gas of the California Department of Conservation and include the restoration of the drill site as required by said regulations.
DERRICK means any framework, tower or mast, together with all parts of and appurtenances to such structure, including any foundations.
DESERTED WELL shall be as defined in Section 3237 of the Public Resources Code; i.e., a well that has had no production or injection equipment or facilities utilized in connection with it for a consecutive period of two years or more.
DRILLING means digging a hole in the earth for the production of oil and gas.
IDLE WELL means a well with no active production or injection equipment or facilities operating in connection therewith, but not yet qualified as a deserted well.
INJECTION WELL means a well used for the purpose of injecting water, wastewater, hydrocarbons, gas, steam or any other substance under pressure into an underground stratum.
RECOMPLETION means work performed on a well to change production intervals that does not require redrilling or deepening.
REDRILLING means the deepening of an existing oil well or otherwise drilling beyond the extremities (to the side) of the existing well casing.
REWORKING means routine work performed on a well after its completion, in an effort to secure production where there has been none, restore production that has ceased, or increase production. As an example, cleaning out a well that has silted up, including the pulling up of the rods or tubing is a typical reworking operation.
SUMP or SUMP-PIT means an earthen pit lined or unlined for the discharge of oil field wastes.
WELL means a hole drilled into the earth for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances or for the purpose of injecting fluids for enhanced secondary recovery or otherwise related to such purposes.
(Ord. 2982, 2001)