Chapter 78.52 RCW
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

RCW SECTIONS

78.52.001Declaration of purpose.
78.52.010Definitions.
78.52.025Hearings and meetings of department.
78.52.030Employment of personnel.
78.52.031Conduct of hearings -- Evidence.
78.52.032Hearing examiners.
78.52.033Failure of witness to attend or testify -- Contempt.
78.52.035Attorney for department.
78.52.037State oil and gas supervisor -- Deputy supervisors -- Employment of personnel.
78.52.040Duty and powers of department -- In general.
78.52.045Committee to participate in and administer federal Safe Drinking Water Act in conjunction with the departments of ecology, natural resources, and social and health services.
78.52.050Rules, regulations, and orders -- Time and place of hearing -- Notices.
78.52.070Hearing upon petition -- Time for action.
78.52.100Records -- Copies as evidence -- Copies to be furnished.
78.52.120Drilling permit required -- Notice.
78.52.125Environmental impact statement required when drilling affects surface waters of the state -- Drilling may be denied, when.
78.52.130Waste prohibited.
78.52.140Carbon black and carbon products -- Permit required.
78.52.150Investigations authorized.
78.52.155Investigations -- Powers and duties.
78.52.200Development units authorized for known pools.
78.52.205Development units to be prescribed for pool after discovery -- Temporary development units.
78.52.210Development units -- Size and shape.
78.52.220Development units -- Location of well.
78.52.230Development units -- Order must cover entire pool -- Modifications.
78.52.240Development units -- Pooling of interests.
78.52.245Pooling order -- Allocation of production.
78.52.250Pooled interests in well in development unit -- Allocation of costs -- Rights of owners.
78.52.253Pooling agreement, offer to pool, pooling order -- Fairness to nonconsenting, unleased owners.
78.52.255Operations on development unit deemed operations on each tract -- Production allocated to tract deemed produced from each tract -- Shut-in well considered on each tract -- Lease on part of tract excluded from unit.
78.52.257Dissolution of pooling order -- Interests covered by terminated lease -- Modification or termination of pooling order -- Extension of dissolution of pooling order.
78.52.260"Wildcat" or "exploratory" well data confidential.
78.52.270Limitation of production to "oil allowable" -- Proration.
78.52.280Determining market demand -- No undue discrimination in proration of "allowable."
78.52.290Limitation of production to "gas allowable" -- Proration.
78.52.300Limitation of gas production from one pool.
78.52.310Proration of allowable production in pool -- Publication of orders -- Emergency orders.
78.52.320Compliance with limitation or proration required.
78.52.330Unit operation of separately owned tracts.
78.52.335Unit operation of pools.
78.52.345Ratable purchase of oil from owners or operators of pool required.
78.52.355Ratable purchase of gas from owners or operators of pool required.
78.52.365Enforcement of RCW 78.52.345 and 78.52.355.
78.52.450Participation of public lands in unit plan.
78.52.460Unit plan not deemed monopolistic.
78.52.463Suspension of operations for violation -- Notice -- Order -- Hearing -- Stay of order.
78.52.467Illegal oil, gas, or product -- Sale, purchase, etc., prohibited -- Seizure and sale -- Deposit of proceeds.
78.52.470Objections to order -- Hearing required -- Modification of order.
78.52.480Appeal from order or decision -- Rights of department.
78.52.490Appeal -- How taken.
78.52.530Violations -- Injunctions.
78.52.540Violations -- Injunctions by private party.
78.52.550Violations -- Penalty.
78.52.900Short title.
78.52.910Construction -- 1951 c 146.
78.52.920Severability -- 1951 c 146.
78.52.921Severability -- 1983 c 253.

NOTES:

Franchises on county roads and bridges: Chapter 36.55 RCW.

Gas and hazardous liquid pipelines: Chapter 81.88 RCW.

Interstate oil compact commission, governor may join: RCW 43.06.015.

Oil or natural gas exploration in marine waters: RCW 90.58.550.