Notices and Updates
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5/1/2013 |
INCIDENT REPORT eFORM -- AMENDMENTS NOW ALLOWED - Operators using the division's "Incident Report" web form to report spills, blowouts, fires, and other undesirable events, may now amend existing reports previously entered into the system. Original reports should be amended when corrections are needed, rather than creating new reports for the same event. This will allow for more accurate tracking of such events. |
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4/24/2013 |
NEW OPTION FOR SUBMITTING WELL COMPLETION REPORTS NOW AVAILABLE - Utah oil and gas operators can now submit their Well Completion Reports (Form 8) and associated attachments by uploading a single pdf copy through the division's ePermit system (a "Completion Report" button is located on the Main Menu). This option replaces the need for submitting paper copies of this report. NOTE: Hard copies of all required well logs must still be mailed to the division at this time. |
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1/24/2013 |
NEW SURFACE OWNER PROTECTION ACT RULES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 23, 2013 - As a result of S.B. 77 passed by the 2012 Legislature, the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining approved Rule R649-3-38, Surface Owner Protection Act, effective January 23, 2013. The key focus of S.B. 77 and the new rule is to surface land that is defined as privately owned land overlying privately owned oil and gas resources, upon which oil and gas operations are conducted. Click the icon to the right to view the rule text. |
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12/12/2012 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS DUE BY JANUARY 15, 2013 - Rule R649-9-2.4 requires that all operators submit an Annual Waste Management Plan to account for the disposition of produced water and other E&P wastes. |
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10/29/2012 |
PROPER DISPOSAL OF DRILLING MUD (CLARIFICATION OF 3/24/2009 NOTICE)
- All drilling mud and other by-products from the drilling process that are normally present in the reserve pit after drilling should remain and be mitigated in place. The practive of hauling reserve pit materials to off-site disposal facilities is not acceptable. |
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10/29/2012 |
NEW HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RULE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2012 - The Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining has approved a hydraulic fracturing rule which has an effective date of November 1, 2012. Rule R649-3-39 requires all operators to report the amount and type of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations to the national registry website, "FracFocus", within 60 days of the work being performed. Click here to review the rule. Click on the icon to the right to read Associate Director John Roger's Notice to Operators. |
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5/21/2012 |
FRACFOCUS WEBINAR TRAINING IS NOW AVAILABLE - The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and Ground Water Protection Council have announced that a webinar is now available for companies that would like to participate in the FracFocus hydraulic fracturing chemical registry. This 15-minute training offers companies a way to quickly train their personnel in the use of the FracFocus disclosure system. It can be accessed by navigating to the FracFocus website located at http://fracfocus.org or by clicking here. |
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2/28/2012 |
OPERATORS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
ACTIVITIES - As a way to address some of the public's concerns regarding hydraulic fracturing, all Utah well operators are hereby encouraged to voluntarily report the chemical content of their hydraulic fracturing fluids to the website FracFocus, located at http://fracfocus.org. |
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12/19/2011 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS DUE BY JANUARY 15, 2012 - Rule R649-9-2.4 requires that all operators submit an Annual Waste Management Plan to account for the disposition of produced water and other E&P wastes. |
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3/23/2011 |
MAPPING COORDINATES CONVERTED TO NAD83 - The Utah Oil and Gas Program converted its UTM mapping coordinates from NAD27 to NAD83 (Zone 12) effective October 18, 2011. Latitude and longitude coordinates were converted on October 26. Mapping coordinates can be downloaded here. |
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3/23/2011 |
NEW METHOD FOR AMENDING EXISTING ELECTRONIC DRILLING PERMITS IS NOW
AVAILABLE - It is no longer necessary for operators to call division employees to "unlock" their permit for editing. They can now open the desired permit, quickly make the changes on a single form, and submit them. |
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3/23/2011 |
DESIGNATION OF WORKOVER OR RECOMPLETION, FORM 15, CAN NOW BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY - An option to submit applications for workover tax credits has been added to our ePermit program. |
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3/3/2011 |
NEW INTERACTIVE OIL AND GAS MAP IS NOW AVAILABLE - The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining has teamed up with AGRC to develop a Google-style map for locating oil and gas wells. |
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12/1/2010 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS DUE BY JANUARY 15, 2011 - Rule R649-9-2.4 requires that all operators submit an Annual Waste Management Plan to account for the disposition of produced water and other E&P wastes. |
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12/1/2009 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS DUE BY JANUARY 15, 2010 - Rule R649-9-2.4 requires that all operators submit an Annual Waste Management Plan to account for the disposition of produced water and other E&P wastes. |
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3/24/2009 |
PROPER DISPOSAL OF DRILLING MUD - All drilling mud and other by-products from the drilling process that are normally present in the reserve pit after drilling should remain and be mitigated in place. In the future no drilling mud, sludge, or any other wet non-water materials from reserve pits and the drilling process will be allowed at land-farms or other disposal facilities. |
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2/26/2009 |
WATER/ENERGY SUSTAINABILTY SYMPOSIUM - SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2009 - The Ground Water Protection Council invites your participation in the first Water/Energy Sustainability Symposium at the GWPC 2009 Annual Forum, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Deadline for Abstract Submission is April 1st, 2009. |
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1/15/2009 |
ePermit TRAINING TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 19, 2009 - Learn how to submit drilling permits electronically. All Oil and gas company representatives are encouraged to attend an ePermit introduction and training meeting to be held in Salt Lake City from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Those planning to attend should RSVP via email or by phone (801-538-5329) no later than February 5, 2009 (email registrants should show name, title, company, phone number, and address). Registration will be on a "first-come-first-serve" basis as building accommodations are limited. |
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1/4/2008 |
PALEONTOLOGICAL INVENTORY NOW REQUIRED WITH APD - All Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) that are submitted for areas located within sensitive paleontological areas must now include either a paleontological inventory or evidence of a completed paleontological review. |
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10/29/2007 |
ONLINE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT TO DRILL - Utah oil and gas operators can now submit Applications for Permit to Drill (APDs) through the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining web site. Prior to filing for permits electronically, companies must submit a registration form to the division. The new permit system walks the user through a series of data screens asking for such things as well location, ownership information, and casing design. APD attachments can be submitted in pdf format. |
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1/11/2007 |
REPORTING UNDESIRABLE EVENTS ELECTRONICALLY - Operators reporting undesirable events, such as leaks, spills, fires, etc. can now submit their written report electronically to the division (preceded by a call to the division) by using a new Undesirable Event eForm. |
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10/26/2006 |
DRILLING PERMIT EXPIRATION DATES - Utah oil and gas well drilling permits (APDs) are generally valid for one year. It is the operator's responsibility to monitor permit expiration. Permit expiration dates can now be viewed here. |
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10/17/2006 |
EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF PERMITS - High levels of industry activity have made it impossible for the Division to honor requests from oil and gas operators and waste facility operators for expedited processing of drilling permits and other applications. Read this notice to learn more about ways to speed up the approval process. |
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6/8/2006 |
VERSION 2 OF eReportRemote IS NOW AVAILABLE - Oil and gas operators can submit production, disposition, and injection reports to the Division electronically via Utah eReport. Version 2 of the eReportRemote program now provides an Access mdb file structure and xml translator to make database-to-database batch transfers simpler. |
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3/29/2006 |
SCANNED WELL FILES NOW AVAILABLE - Approximately 22,300 scanned well files are now available for viewing on our LiveData search program. |
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1/10/2006 |
VIEWING WELL LOGS - Approximately 38,000 well log images from 11,000 wells are now available for viewing. |
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9/8/2005 |
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION REPORTING - Electronic production reporting is now available to operators. |
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8/17/2005 |
NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - A New Associate Director of Oil and Gas has been selected. |
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6/30/2005 |
OIL AND GAS RULE CHANGES - Several "non-substantive" changes were made to the Utah Oil and Gas Conservation General Rules and approved by the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining at their June 2005 hearing. These modifications consisted mostly of grammatical corrections and updates and were deemed to be such that they do not impact the way the division conducts its day-to-day business. |
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5/6/2005 |
NEW DIVISION DIRECTOR - A New Division Director has been selected. |
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2/8/2005 |
CHECKLIST FOR PREPARING PERMIT APPLICATIONS - A checklist is now available to assist operators in putting together a complete Application for Permit to Drill (APD) package. |
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12/10/2004 |
WELL HISTORY DATA ON WEB - Well history information (drilling dates, completion dates, etc.) is now available on our web site. |
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4/27/2004 |
LIMITS ON DRILLING PERMIT EXTENSIONS - The Division will no longer issue more than two drilling permit extensions for wells to be drilled on State or Private (fee) leases. |
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4/27/2004 |
TRANSFERING DRILLING PERMITS TO ANOTHER COMPANY - Drilling permits or pending applications will not be transferred to a new company in the course of an operator change until the new operator signs a Request to Transfer Application or Permit to Drill form. |
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2/24/2004 |
PLUGGING BONDS FOR STATE LEASE WELLS - Effective February 24, 2004, the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining began holding all plugging bonds for wells located on School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration lands, in addition to bonds for wells located on fee lands. |
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7/1/2003 |
BOND RULE CHANGES - Several changes to rule R649-3-1, Bonding, were approved by the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining and became effective July 1, 2003. |
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4/24/2003 |
CHECKLIST FOR DRILLING PERMIT EXTENSIONS - The Division is requesting that Sundry Notices for APD extensions now be accompanied by a checklist validating the prior application information. |
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3/17/2003 |
CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY FOR DRILLING PERMITS - Cultural Resorce Inventory information is now required when submitting an application for permit to drill on Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands. |
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NOTE: Items may be removed from this list if they become outdated or inaccurate.
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