Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation
82-11-172. Short title

82-11-172. Short title. Sections 82-11-172 through 82-11-174 may be known as the "Coal Bed Methane Production Offset Act".
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 578, L. 2001.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas

Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation

Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

82-11-101. Definitions

82-11-102. Oil or gas wells not public utilities

82-11-103. Lands subject to law

82-11-104. Construction -- no conflict with board of land commissioners' authority

82-11-105. through 82-11-109 reserved

82-11-110. Oil and gas education and research account

82-11-111. Powers and duties of board

82-11-112. Intergovernmental cooperation

82-11-113. Repealed

82-11-114. Repealed

82-11-115. Repealed

82-11-116. Repealed

82-11-117. Confidentiality of records

82-11-118. Fees for processing applications

82-11-119. and 82-11-120 reserved

82-11-121. Oil and gas waste prohibited

82-11-122. Notice of intention to drill or conduct seismic operations -- notice to surface owner

82-11-123. Requirements for oil and gas operations

82-11-124. Requirements relating to waste prevention

82-11-125. Availability of cores or chips, cuttings, and bottom-hole temperatures to board

82-11-126. Availability of facilities to bureau of mines

82-11-127. Prohibited activity -- Makoshika state park

82-11-128. through 82-11-130 reserved

82-11-131. Privilege and license tax

82-11-132. Repealed

82-11-133. Repealed

82-11-134. Permit fees

82-11-135. Money earmarked for board expenses

82-11-136. Expenditure of funds from bonds for plugging wells

82-11-137. Class II injection well operating fee

82-11-138. Rulemaking -- microbial conversion wells

82-11-139. and 82-11-140 reserved

82-11-141. Administrative procedure

82-11-142. Subpoena power -- civil actions

82-11-143. Rehearing

82-11-144. Court review

82-11-145. Injunction or restraining order

82-11-146. Appeal

82-11-147. Violations

82-11-148. Criminal penalties

82-11-149. Civil penalties

82-11-150. Legal assistance

82-11-151. Emergencies -- notice and hearing

82-11-152. through 82-11-160 reserved

82-11-161. Oil and gas production damage mitigation account -- statutory appropriation

82-11-162. Repealed

82-11-163. Landowner's bond on noncommercial well

82-11-164. Lien created

82-11-165. through 82-11-170 reserved

82-11-171. Terminated

82-11-172. Short title

82-11-173. Legislative findings -- purpose

82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements

82-11-175. Coal bed methane wells -- requirements

82-11-176. through 82-11-179 reserved

82-11-180. Preservation of property rights

82-11-181. Geologic storage reservoir administrative fee -- account established

82-11-182. Liability for carbon dioxide during injection

82-11-183. Certificate of completion -- department of environmental quality participation -- transfer of liability

82-11-184. Conversion of enhanced recovery wells

82-11-185. Makoshika state park requirements

82-11-186. and 82-11-187 reserved

82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage -- certification