Arizona Laws 27-658. Notice of sale or conveyance of well or land
A. The owner or operator of any well shall notify the commission in writing on such form as the commission may direct of the sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance or exchange by the owner or operator of such well and the land owned or leased upon which the well is located within ten days following such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or exchange. The notice shall contain:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 27-658
- Commission: means the oil and gas conservation commission. See Arizona Laws 27-651
- Operator: means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, pumping or in control of any well, and includes the owner, when any well is or has been or is about to be operated or under the direction of the owner. See Arizona Laws 27-651
- Owner: means and includes the operator when any well is operated or has been operated or is about to be operated by any person other than the owner. See Arizona Laws 27-651
- Person: means and includes any individual, firm, association, corporation or any other group or combination acting as a unit. See Arizona Laws 27-651
- Well: means any well drilled in search of geothermal resources or any development well on lands in areas proved to be underlain by one or more formations containing geothermal resources or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal resources or any well drilled for information purposes, or any producing well or reentered abandoned well used for the injection of fluids into the geothermal formation or disposition of fluids into nongeothermal formations, or any well drilled for the purpose of stimulating the heat of a formation or for the creation of heat in a formation by nuclear or any other form of energy. See Arizona Laws 27-651
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. The name and address of the person to whom such well was sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or exchanged.
2. The name and location of the well.
3. The date of the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or exchange.
B. Every person who acquires ownership or operation of any well, whether by purchase, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or otherwise, shall, within ten days after acquiring the well, notify the commission in writing of his ownership or operation and provide a bond as required by section 27-654. The notice shall contain:
1. The name and address of the person from whom the well was acquired.
2. The name and location of the well.
3. The date of acquisition.
4. The date when operations are assumed or resumed by the new owner.