Chapter 78.52. Oil and gas conservation.  


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