Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 37, September 13, 2024
Section 38-23-2 - DefinitionsUnless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning, the definitions contained in W.Va. Code § 22-21-2 shall apply to this rule in addition to those definitions set forth below.
2.1. "W.Va. Code" shall mean the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended.2.2. "Day" shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.2.3. "Designated agent" shall mean a resident of the State of West Virginia designated by an operator as the agent or attorney in fact of the operator upon whom process, notices, orders, or other communications issued pursuant to W.Va. Code §22-21 may be served.2.4. "Log" or "Well log" shall mean a systematic, detailed geological record of all formations, including coal, fresh water, and salt water encountered in the drilling of a well.2.5. "Surface owner of record", and the term "owner of record of the surface" as used in W.Va. Code § 22-21-9, shall mean any person who is an owner of record of surface land or an undivided interest therein, whether or not the surface ownership is severed from the mineral ownership.2.6. "Operator" or "gas operator" for notice purposes shall mean any person having the right to operate or who does operate an oil or gas well and is interchangeable with the terms "operator" or "well operator" as defined in W.Va. Code § 22-6-1. "Operator" or "gas operator" for the purpose of determining responsibility with the plugging of a coalbed methane well shall be any person having the right to operate the coalbed methane well, which may include all royalty interest owners, plus the owners of any business operating the well.2.7. "Casing" shall have the meaning set forth in W.Va. Code § 22-6-1.2.8. "Cement" shall have the meaning set forth in W.Va. Code § 22-6-1.2.9. "CBM Well Operator" shall mean a coalbed methane well operator as defined in W.Va. Code § 22-21-2(f). 2.10. "CBM Well" shall mean a coalbed methane well as defined in W.Va. Code § 22-21-2(e).2.11. "Expanding Cement" shall have the meaning set forth in W.Va. Code § 22-6-1.2.12. "Plat" shall have the meaning set forth in W.Va. Code § 22-6-1.