Whenever any well is abandoned, it shall be the obligation of the permittee and the operator of the well to set a cast-iron bridge plug in the top of all the remaining completion and protection casing sections and a 100-foot cement plug pumped below and above each bridge plug; and to set a cast-iron bridge plug as low as possible in the surface casing and a 100-foot cement plug pumped below and above the bridge plug. No surface string or conductor string of casing may be pulled and removed from a well. The production string of casing may be removed from a point 100 feet or more above the shoe of the protection string. The protection string of casing may be removed from a point 100 feet or more above the shoe of the surface string of casing. Whenever any such well is abandoned and plugged, it shall be the further obligation of the permittee and the operator of the well to cut the surface casing off at least six feet below the surface of the ground, to place at least a 25-foot cement plug in the top of the casing, and to weld the top of the casing completely shut with the resulting hole being completely filled to the surface of the ground and duly tamped. Any additional provisions or precautionary measures prescribed by the state or the State Railroad Commission in connection with abandonment and plugging of a well shall be complied with by the permittee.
(Ord. 59-311, passed 3-11-1959) Penalty, see § 113.99