The owner or operator of any well or wells which produce oil or gas may allow such well or wells to remain open for the purpose of introducing water or other liquid pressure into and upon the producing strata for the purpose of recovering the oil contained therein, and may drill additional wells for like purposes, provided that the introduction of such water or other liquid pressure shall be controlled as to volume and pressure and shall be through casing or tubing which shall be so anchored and packed that no water-bearing strata or other oil, or gas-bearing sand or producing stratum, above or below the producing strata into and upon which such pressure is introduced, shall be affected thereby, fulfilling requirements as set forth under section fourteen.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 6. Office of Oil and Gas; Oil and Gas Wells; Administration; Enforcement
§22-6-2. Secretary -- Powers and Duties Generally; Department Records Open to Public; Inspectors
§22-6-2a. Oil and Gas Inspectors Qualifications and Salary
§22-6-6. Permit Required for Well Work; Permit Fee; Application; Soil Erosion Control Plan
§22-6-7. Water Pollution Control Permits; Powers and Duties of the Director; Penalties
§22-6-9. Notice to Property Owners
§22-6-10. Procedure for Filing Comments; Certification of Notice
§22-6-19. Same -- Continuance During Life of Well; Dry or Abandoned Wells
§22-6-20. Same -- When Well Is Drilled Through Horizon of Coalbed From Which Coal Has Been Removed
§22-6-21. Same -- Installation of Fresh Water Casings
§22-6-24. Methods of Plugging Well
§22-6-25. Introducing Liquid Pressure Into Producing Strata to Recover Oil Contained Therein
§22-6-26. Performance Bonds; Corporate Surety or Other Security
§22-6-27. Cause of Action for Damages Caused by Explosions
§22-6-29. Operating Permit and Processing Fund; Special Reclamation Fund; Fees
§22-6-29a. Oil and Gas Abandoned Well Plugging Fund
§22-6-30. Reclamation Requirements
§22-6-32. Right of Adjacent Owner or Operator to Prevent Waste of Gas; Recovery of Cost
§22-6-35. Civil Action for Contamination or Deprivation of Fresh Water Source or Supply; Presumption
§22-6-36. Declaration of Oil and Gas Notice by Owners and Lessees of Coal Seams
§22-6-37. Rules, Orders and Permits Remain in Effect
§22-6-38. Application of Article; Exclusions
§22-6-40. Appeal From Order of Issuance or Refusal of Permit to Drill or Fracture; Procedure