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1/11/2008
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS DUE BY JANUARY 15 -
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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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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