2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 520 - Conservation of Gas and Oil
Section 520.017 - Fees; rules; disposition of fees.


(a) The application fee for a permit to drill a well is $2,000.
(b) The fee to modify a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit is $2,000.
(c) The annual renewal fee for a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit is $1,160.
(d) The application fee for a permit to drill an information hole may not exceed $2,000 per five information holes drilled in a contiguous 640-acre area. The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall base the fee on the estimated cost of review and approval and the number and location of information holes to be drilled.
(e) The fee for approval of a seismic program may not exceed $2,000. The department shall base the fee on the estimated cost of review and approval.
(f) A permittee that requests to transfer a well permit, information hole permit or seismic program permit must pay a nonrefundable fee of $2,000 at the time of the request.
(2) The governing board of the department by rule may specify a schedule of fees for costs incurred by the department for activities related to field designation for purposes of this section.
(3) All moneys received by the department under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Geology and Mineral Industries Account established in ORS 516.070. [2007 c.672 §3; 2020 s.s.2 c.4 §6]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources

Chapter 520 - Conservation of Gas and Oil

Section 520.005 - Definitions.

Section 520.017 - Fees; rules; disposition of fees.

Section 520.025 - Permit for drilling well or using well; extension; annual report; grounds for granting or denying permit.

Section 520.027 - Information holes; holes drilled as part of seismic program; trade secrets.

Section 520.045 - Determination of waste of oil or gas.

Section 520.055 - General jurisdiction and authority of board; tidal lands; rules.

Section 520.095 - Rules and orders; bond.

Section 520.097 - Abandonment or completion of well; well logs and records; trade secrets.

Section 520.125 - Authority of board to summon witnesses and require production of evidence.

Section 520.175 - Injunctions to restrain violation or threatened violation of chapter.

Section 520.210 - Establishment of spacing units for pool or field; purpose; scope; effect.

Section 520.220 - Integrating interests or tracts within spacing unit.

Section 520.230 - Approved agreement for cooperative or unit development of pool not to be construed as violating certain regulatory laws.

Section 520.240 - Voluntary unitization of operations by lessees of tidal or submersible lands; Department of State Lands’ function.

Section 520.260 - Hearing to determine need for unitization of operations; required findings; order.

Section 520.270 - Plan for unit operations.

Section 520.280 - Allocation of production under plan; ownership.

Section 520.290 - When unitization order to become effective; supplemental hearings.

Section 520.300 - Amending unitization order.

Section 520.310 - Unitization of area including area previously unitized; partial unitization of pool.

Section 520.320 - Unitization order does not terminate prior agreements or affect oil and gas rights; acquisition of property during unit operations.

Section 520.350 - Property rights in underground reservoirs for natural gas storage.