For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LEASE. Any tract of land subject to an oil, gas and/or mineral lease or other oil and gas development contract, or any unit composed of several tracts and/or leases but operated as one lease, and any tract of land in which the minerals are owned by an operator or someone holding under its or his or her administrators, executors, heirs, successors and/or assigns; but which, due to the free royalty ownership, is developed and operated as a separate tract.
PERMITTEE. The person to whom a permit is issued for the drilling and operation of a well under this subchapter and his, her or its administrators, executors, heirs, successors and assigns shall be designated as the permittee.
TECHNICAL WORDS or PHRASES. 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.
WELL or OIL AND GAS WELL. Any hole or holes, bore or bores, to any sand, any horizon, formation, strata or depth for the purpose of producing and recovering any oil or gas, liquid hydrocarbons, brine water, salt water injection, sulphur waste, gas injection or enhanced recovery injection project, or used as an injection well for secondary recovery, disposal, or production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from the earth.
(Ord. 106, passed 2-19-1980; Am. Ord. 2010-007, passed 7-20-2010)