California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 5 - Unreasonable Waste of Gas

• Section 3300.
  The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or...
• Section 3301.
  Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the lessors, lessees, operators or...
• Section 3302.
  Upon complaint being made to the director by any person operating in any oil field that there is occurring or threatened an unreasonable waste of...
• Section 3303.
  Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which...
• Section 3304.
  The place of hearing shall be in the county or in any of the counties in which the unreasonable waste of gas is alleged to...
• Section 3305.
  At the hearing all persons interested are entitled to be heard and may present testimony either oral or written. All witnesses shall be sworn, and...
• Section 3306.
  Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the supervisor shall determine whether or not there is an unreasonable waste of gas in the field, in existence...
• Section 3307.
  If it appears that gas is being produced from any oil well or wells in quantities exceeding a reasonable proportion to the amount of oil...
• Section 3308.
  If the waste of gas is found to be unreasonable, an order shall be made by the supervisor directing that the unreasonable waste of gas...
• Section 3309.
  A copy of the supervisor’s order shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property affected, and the order shall become final 10 days...
• Section 3310.
  When the decision of the supervisor that there is an unreasonable waste of gas occurring or threatened has become final, a certified copy thereof shall...
• Section 3311.
  In those suits, a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in the proceedings shall not be...
• Section 3312.
  Whenever it appears to the director that the owners, lessors, lessees, or operators of any well or wells producing oil and gas or oil or...
• Section 3313.
  In such suits a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in such proceedings shall not be...
• Section 3314.
  Proceedings to enjoin waste as contemplated by this chapter shall be special proceedings restricted to the single issue whether gas is being produced or is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018