Section 3227.  


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  • The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or before the last day of each month, for the last preceding calendar month, a statement, in the form designated by the supervisor, showing all of the following:

    (a) The amount of oil and gas produced from each well during the period indicated, together with the gravity of the oil, the amount of water produced from each well, estimated in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor, and the number of days during which fluid was produced from each well.

    (b) The number of wells drilling, producing, injecting, or idle, that are owned or operated by the person.

    (c) What disposition was made of the gas produced from each field, including the names of persons, if any, to whom the gas was delivered, and any other information regarding the gas and its disposition that the supervisor may require.

    (d) What disposition was made of the water produced from each field, and the amount of fluid or gas injected into each well used for enhanced recovery, underground storage of hydrocarbons, or waste water disposal and any other information regarding those wells that the supervisor may require.

    Any operator that produces oil by the application of mining or other unconventional techniques shall file a report with the supervisor, on or before March 1 of each year, showing the amount of oil produced by those techniques in the preceding calendar year.

    Upon request and making a satisfactory showing therefor, a longer filing period may be established by the supervisor for any particular owner or operator.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 278, Sec. 7.)