Montana Code 82-10-602. Definitions
82-10-602. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 82-10-602
- Gas: means all natural gases and all other fluid hydrocarbons, including methane gas or any other natural gas found in any coal formation, as produced at the wellhead and not defined as oil in subsection (3). See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form by ordinary production methods and that are not the result of condensation of gas before or after it leaves the reservoir. See Montana Code 82-1-111
(1)”Administrator” means the administrator of the division of oil and gas conservation.
(2)”Fracturing” means the introduction of fluid that may carry in suspension a propping agent under pressure into a formation containing oil or gas for the purpose of creating cracks in the formation to serve as channels for fluids to move to or from the well bore.
(3)”Systems approach” means the reporting of the identity of chemicals separately from the additive products they go into or the reporting of fracturing chemicals without attribution to the specific products in the fracturing fluid.