113-378. Persons drilling for oil or gas to register and furnish bond.
Any person, firm or corporation before making any drilling exploration in this State for oil or natural gas shall register with the Department of Environmental Quality. To provide for such registration, the drilling operator must furnish the name and address of such person, firm or corporation, and the location of the proposed drilling operations, and file with the Department a bond running to the State of North Carolina in an amount totaling the sum of (i) five thousand dollars ($5,000) plus (ii) one dollar ($1.00) per linear foot proposed to be drilled for the well. Any well opened by the drilling operator shall be plugged upon abandonment in accordance with the rules of the Department. (1945, c. 765, s. 2; 1971, c. 813, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1987, c. 827, s. 110; 1989, c. 727, s. 118; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-276, s. 1; 2013-365, s. 5(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development
Article 27 - Oil and Gas Conservation.
§ 113-378 - Persons drilling for oil or gas to register and furnish bond.
§ 113-379 - Filing log of drilling and development of each well.
§ 113-380 - Violation a misdemeanor.
§ 113-382 - Declaration of policy.
§ 113-391 - Jurisdiction and authority; rules and orders.
§ 113-392 - Protecting pool owners; drilling units in pools; location of wells; shares in pools.
§ 113-393 - Development of lands as drilling unit by agreement or order of Commission.
§ 113-394 - Limitations on production; allocating and prorating "allowables."
§ 113-395 - Permits, fees, and notice required for oil and gas activities.
§ 113-395.1 - Miscellaneous permit requirements.
§ 113-395.2 - Subsurface injection of waste prohibited.
§ 113-395.3 - Environmental compliance review requirements for applicants and permit holders.
§ 113-395.4 - Seismic or geophysical data collection.
§ 113-396 - Wells to be kept under control.
§ 113-397 - Hearing in emergency.
§ 113-398 - Procedure and powers in hearings by Department.
§ 113-399 - Suits by Department.
§ 113-400 - Assessing costs of hearings.
§ 113-401 - Party to hearings; review.
§ 113-402 - Administrative review.
§ 113-406 - Effect of pendency of judicial review; stay of proceedings.
§ 113-409 - Punishment for making false entries, etc.
§ 113-410 - Penalties for other violations.
§ 113-411 - Dealing in or handling of illegal oil, gas or product prohibited.
§ 113-412 - Seizure and sale of contraband oil, gas and product.
§ 113-414 - Filing list of renewed leases in office of register of deeds.
§ 113-420 - Notice and entry to property.
§ 113-423 - Required lease terms.
§ 113-423.1 - Surface activities.
§ 113-425 - Registry of landmen required.