Any person engaged in the drilling of a well for geothermal resources in an area wherein fluids, gases or steam under high pressure are known to exist, or any person drilling a well for geothermal resources in any area where pressures are not known, shall case in a watertight manner the borehole to a depth sufficient to protect against surface-cratering in the event of a blow out with pipe of adequate strength, and equip the well with a blow out preventor and other safety devices, in accordance with pipe and equipment specifications and procedures approved by the commission, and shall further exercise due caution in all drilling operations to prevent blow outs, explosions or fires.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-660

  • Commission: means the oil and gas conservation commission. See Arizona Laws 27-651
  • Geothermal resources: means :

    (a) All products of geothermal processes embracing indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines. See Arizona Laws 27-651

  • Person: means and includes any individual, firm, association, corporation or any other group or combination acting as a unit. See Arizona Laws 27-651
  • Well: means any well drilled in search of geothermal resources or any development well on lands in areas proved to be underlain by one or more formations containing geothermal resources or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal resources or any well drilled for information purposes, or any producing well or reentered abandoned well used for the injection of fluids into the geothermal formation or disposition of fluids into nongeothermal formations, or any well drilled for the purpose of stimulating the heat of a formation or for the creation of heat in a formation by nuclear or any other form of energy. See Arizona Laws 27-651
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