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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 45.1 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 22.1 - The Virginia Gas and Oil Act
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.1-361.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Definitions
- § 45.1-361.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Regulation of coal surface mining not affected by chapter
- § 45.1-361.3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Construction
- § 45.1-361.4. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Duties and responsibilities of the Director
- § 45.1-361.5. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement
- § 45.1-361.6. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Confidentiality
- § 45.1-361.7. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Expenditure of funds
- § 45.1-361.8. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Violations; penalties
- § 45.1-361.9. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Appeals; venue; standing
- § 45.1-361.10. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Duplicate leases
- § 45.1-361.11. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Objections by coal owner
- § 45.1-361.12. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Distance limitations of certain wells
Article 2. Gas and Oil Conservation
- § 45.1-361.13. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Virginia Gas and Oil Board; membership; compensation
- § 45.1-361.14. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Meetings of the Board; notice; general powers and duties
- § 45.1-361.15. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Additional duties and responsibilities of the Board
- § 45.1-361.16. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Applicability and construction
- § 45.1-361.17. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Statewide spacing of wells
- § 45.1-361.18. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Voluntary pooling of interests in drilling units; validity of unit agreements
- § 45.1-361.19. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Notice of hearing; standing; form of hearing
- § 45.1-361.20. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Field rules and drilling units for wells; hearings and orders
- § 45.1-361.21. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Pooling of interests in drilling units
- § 45.1-361.21:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Coalbed methane gas; ownership
- § 45.1-361.22. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Pooling of interests for coalbed methane gas wells; conflicting claims to ownership
- § 45.1-361.22:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Conflicting claims of ownership; arbitration
- § 45.1-361.22:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Release of funds held in escrow or suspense because of conflicting claims to coalbed methane gas
- § 45.1-361.23. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders
- § 45.1-361.24. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Enforcement
- § 45.1-361.25. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Standing when Director or Board fails to act
- § 45.1-361.26. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Recording of orders
Article 3. Regulation of Gas and Oil Development and Production
- § 45.1-361.27. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Duties, responsibilities and authority of the Director
- § 45.1-361.28. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Powers, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector
- § 45.1-361.29. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Permit required; gas, oil, or geophysical operations; coalbed methane gas wells; environmental assessment
- § 45.1-361.30. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content
- § 45.1-361.31. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Bonding and financial security required
- § 45.1-361.32. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund
- § 45.1-361.33. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Expiration of permits
- § 45.1-361.34. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Abandonment or cessation of well or corehole operation; plugging required
- § 45.1-361.35. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Objections to permits; hearing
- § 45.1-361.36. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board
- § 45.1-361.37. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Persons required to register; designated agents
- § 45.1-361.38. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Report of permitted activities and production required; contents
- § 45.1-361.39. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Developing a gas or oil well as a water well
- § 45.1-361.40. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Orphaned Well Fund; orphaned wells
- § 45.1-361.41. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Interference by injection wells with ground water supply
- § 45.1-361.42. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Safety in coalbed methane gas, oil and geophysical operations
Article 4. Replacement of Water by Gas Well Operators
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