West Virginia Code 22-21-20 – Spacing
No coalbed methane well may be drilled closer than one hundred feet of the outermost boundary of the coalbed methane tract, leased premises, or unit from which coalbed methane is or will be produced or within one thousand six hundred linear feet of the location of an existing well or a proposed well for which a permit application is on file, unless all owners and operators of any affected workable coal seams agree in writing. Affected workable coal seams for purposes of this section shall be those which will be penetrated or those seams more than twenty-eight inches in thickness from which production is targeted. Spacing shall otherwise be as provided in a pooling order issued by the chief, an order establishing special field rules or an order issued by the review board.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 22-21-20
- Chief: means the chief of the office of oil and gas of the Division of Environmental Protection provided for in section eight, article one of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 22-21-2
- Coalbed methane: means gas which can be produced from a coal seam, the rock or other strata in communication with a coal seam, a mined-out area or a gob well. See West Virginia Code 22-21-2
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Review board: means the West Virginia coalbed methane review board which shall be comprised of the members of the West Virginia shallow gas well review board provided for in article eight, chapter . See West Virginia Code 22-21-2
- well: shall mean a coalbed methane well unless the context indicates otherwise. See West Virginia Code 22-21-2