Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 520 > Underground Reservoirs

• 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
• Owner: means a person who has the right to drill into and to produce from any pool and to appropriate the oil or gas produced therefrom either for others, for the person or for the person and others. See Oregon Statutes 520.005
• 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
• 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