312 IAC 17-2-3 Prevention of waste; prohibitions

Sec. 3. (a) A person drilling or plugging test holes shall conduct operations so as to prevent: (1) waste; (2) the escape of oil or gas; (3) the intrusion of water into oil, gas, or coal strata; (4) the pollution of fresh water; (5) damage to an underground gas storage reservoir; or (6) obstructing or the placing of unauthorized material in a test hole. (b) If a test hole penetrates a stratum containing gas, the hole shall be shut in, if escape of the gas can be avoided and would constitute waste. The division may require mud-laden fluid to be applied, the gas stratum cased, or another suitable method adopted to arrest escape of the gas.