California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

• Section 3000.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this division.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1670.)
• Section 3001.
  “Department,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
• Section 3002.
  “Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation; otherwise “division”...
• Section 3003.
  “Director” means the Director of Conservation.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
• Section 3004.
  “Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
• Section 3005.
  “Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
• Section 3006.
  “Oil” includes petroleum, and “petroleum” includes oil.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
• Section 3007.
  “Gas” means any natural hydrocarbon gas coming from the earth.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 405.)
• Section 3008.
  (a) “Well” means any oil or gas well or well for the discovery of oil or gas; any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to...
• Section 3009.
  “Operator” means a person who, by virtue of ownership, or under the authority of a lease or any other agreement, has the right to drill,...
• Section 3010.
  “Production facility” means any equipment attendant to oil and gas production or injection operations including, but not limited to, tanks, flowlines, headers, gathering lines, wellheads,...
• Section 3012.
  The provisions of this division apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil...
• Section 3013.
  This division shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor, acting with the approval of the director, shall have...
• Section 3014.
  “District” means an oil and gas district as provided for in Section 3100.(Added by renumbering Section 3015 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 765.)
• Section 3015.
  For the purpose of implementing Section 503 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the supervisor may make the determinations entrusted to state agencies...
• Section 3016.
  For purposes of this chapter, abandoned underground personal property, including a well, of an operator shall become the property of the mineral interest owner when...

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