§ 520.005 Definitions
§ 520.017 Fees; rules; disposition of fees
§ 520.025 Permit for drilling well or using well; extension; annual report; grounds for granting or denying permit
§ 520.027 Information holes; holes drilled as part of seismic program; trade secrets
§ 520.035 Waste of oil or gas prohibited
§ 520.045 Determination of waste of oil or gas
§ 520.055 General jurisdiction and authority of board; tidal lands; rules
§ 520.095 Rules and orders; bond
§ 520.097 Abandonment or completion of well; well logs and records; trade secrets
§ 520.125 Authority of board to summon witnesses and require production of evidence
§ 520.145 Judicial review of board or department actions
§ 520.155 Records, accounts, reports and writings not to be falsified, altered, destroyed or removed from state
§ 520.165 Aiding or abetting in violation of chapter prohibited
§ 520.175 Injunctions to restrain violation or threatened violation of chapter

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 520 > General Provisions

  • Condensate: means liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Field: means the general area underlaid by one or more pools. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Gas: means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil in subsection (5) of this section, including condensate originally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Information hole: means a hole drilled for information purposes only, including but not limited to core holes, stratigraphic holes or other test holes. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oil: means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, receiver, guardian, fiduciary, administrator, representative of any kind, or the State of Oregon and any public body as defined in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil and natural gas. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
  • Seismic program: means the collection of seismic exploration data through a continuous field operation. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Underground reservoir: means any subsurface sand, strata, formation, aquifer, cavern or void whether natural or artificially created, suitable for the injection and storage of natural gas therein and the withdrawal of natural gas therefrom, but excluding a pool. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Underground storage: means the process of injecting and storing natural gas within and withdrawing natural gas from an underground reservoir. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
  • Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Well: includes a well drilled in search of a new or undiscovered pool, or with the intent of extending the limits of a developed pool. See Oregon Statutes 520.005