A. Each holder of a permit for a gas or oil well or gathering pipeline shall file monthly and annual reports of his activities as prescribed by the Director. Such reports shall be for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the production and sale of gas and oil resources, as well as information concerning the ownership and control of permitted activities. Filing of such reports by a permittee shall be a condition of such permit. Every annual report filed by a permittee shall contain a certification that such permittee has paid all severance taxes levied under the provisions of §§ 58.1-3712, 58.1-3713, and 58.1-3741.
B. At the same time that a permittee files the monthly and annual reports as required by subsection A, the permittee shall send copies of the reports by mail to the commissioner of the revenue of the political subdivision where the permitted well is located.
1990, c. 92, § 45.1-361.38; 1992, c. 361; 2013, cc. 305, 618; 2016, c. 305; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Chapter 16 - Virginia Gas and Oil Act
§ 45.2-1601. Regulation of coal surface mining not affected by chapter
§ 45.2-1602. Construction; purposes
§ 45.2-1603. Virginia Gas and Oil Board; membership; compensation
§ 45.2-1604. Duties and responsibilities of the Director; Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector
§ 45.2-1605. Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement
§ 45.2-1607. Expenditure of funds
§ 45.2-1608. Violations; penalties
§ 45.2-1609. Appeals; venue; standing
§ 45.2-1610. Copy of lease to lessor
§ 45.2-1611. Objections by coal owner
§ 45.2-1612. Distance limitations of certain wells
§ 45.2-1613. Meetings of the Board; notice; general powers and duties
§ 45.2-1614. Additional duties and responsibilities of the Board
§ 45.2-1615. Applicability and construction
§ 45.2-1616. Statewide spacing of wells
§ 45.2-1617. Voluntary pooling of interests in drilling units; validity of unit agreements
§ 45.2-1618. Notice of hearing; standing; form of hearing
§ 45.2-1619. Field rules and drilling units for wells; hearings and orders
§ 45.2-1620. Pooling of interests in drilling units
§ 45.2-1621. Coalbed methane gas; ownership
§ 45.2-1622. Pooling of interests for coalbed methane gas wells; conflicting claims to ownership
§ 45.2-1623. Conflicting claims of ownership; arbitration
§ 45.2-1625. Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders
§ 45.2-1627. Standing when Director or Board fails to act
§ 45.2-1628. Recording of orders
§ 45.2-1629. Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director
§ 45.2-1630. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Inspector
§ 45.2-1632. Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content
§ 45.2-1633. Bonding and financial security required
§ 45.2-1634. Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund
§ 45.2-1635. Expiration of permits
§ 45.2-1636. Abandonment or cessation of well or corehole operation; plugging required
§ 45.2-1637. Objections to permits; hearing
§ 45.2-1638. Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board
§ 45.2-1639. Persons required to register; designated agents
§ 45.2-1640. Report of permitted activities and production required; contents
§ 45.2-1641. Developing a gas or oil well as a water well
§ 45.2-1642. Orphaned Well Fund; orphaned wells
§ 45.2-1643. Interference by injection wells with groundwater supply
§ 45.2-1644. Safety in coalbed methane gas, oil, and geophysical operations
§ 45.2-1645. Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited
§ 45.2-1646. Tidewater Virginia; drilling for gas or oil prohibited in certain areas
§ 45.2-1647. Hydraulic fracturing; groundwater management area