As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Board” means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas created by § 69-3-104;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 60-1-101

  • Board: means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas created by §. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • Condensate: means liquid hydrocarbons that were in the gaseous phase in the reservoir in initial reservoir conditions. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gas: means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • 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.
  • Oil: means crude petroleum that was originally in an oil phase in the reservoir. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • Owner: means the person who has the right to drill into and to produce from any pool, and to appropriate the production for such person or others. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • 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, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative of any kind. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) “Casinghead gas” means any gas or vapor, or both, indigenous to an oil stratum and produced from such stratum with oil. It shall be treated as gas, if sold, for the purpose of paying privilege tax;
(3) “Condensate” means liquid hydrocarbons that were in the gaseous phase in the reservoir in initial reservoir conditions. It shall be treated as oil for the purpose of paying privilege tax;
(4) “Field” means the general area which is underlain or appears to be underlain by at least one pool and including the pool or pools beneath the area;
(5) “Gas” means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in a gaseous phase in the reservoir;
(6) “Oil” means crude petroleum that was originally in an oil phase in the reservoir;
(7) “Operator” means any person who owns or is directly responsible for a business involved in some phase of the production, manufacture, refining or distribution of petroleum oil or natural gas;
(8) “Owner” means the person who has the right to drill into and to produce from any pool, and to appropriate the production for such person or others;
(9) “Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative of any kind;
(10) “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. Each zone of the general structure which is completely separated from any other zone in the structure is covered by the term “pool” as used in this chapter;
(11) “Producer” means the owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas, or both, in paying quantities;
(12) “Supervisor” means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner’s designee; and
(13) “Waste,” in addition to its ordinary meaning, means “physical waste” as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry. It includes:

(A) Underground waste and inefficient, excessive, or improper use or dissipation of reservoir energy, including gas energy and water drive, of any pool; and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil well or gas ultimately recoverable from any pool; and
(B) Surface waste and the inefficient storing of oil and the locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of oil wells or gas wells in a manner causing or tending to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.
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