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Utah Administrative Code
Title 649
Rule 3
Utah Admin. Code R649-3
Drilling and Operating Practices
Effective Jul 8, 2026
Natural Resources
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Location And Siting of Vertical Wells and Statewide Spacing for Horizontal Wells
1
Bonding
3
Exception to Location and Siting of Wells
4
Permitting of Wells to be Drilled, Deepened or Plugged-Back
5
Identification
6
Drilling Operations
7
Well Control
8
Casing Program
9
Protection of Upper Productive Strata
10
Tolerances for Vertical Drilling
11
Directional Drilling
12
Drilling Practices for Hydrogen Sulfide H2S Areas and Formations
13
Casing Tests
14
Fire Hazards on the Surface
15
Pollution and Surface Damage Control
16
Reserve Pits and Other On-site Pits
17
Inspection
18
On-site Predrill Evaluation
19
Well Testing
20
Gas Flaring or Venting
21
Well Completion and Filing of Well Logs
22
Completion Into Two or More Pools
23
Well Workover and Recompletion
24
Plugging and Abandonment of Wells
25
Underground Disposal of Drilling Fluids
26
Seismic Exploration
27
Multiple Mineral Development
28
Designated Potash Areas
29
Workable Coal Beds
30
Underground Mining Operations
31
Designated Oil Shale Areas
32
Incident Reporting
33
Drilling Procedures in the Great Salt Lake
34
Well Site Restoration
35
Wildcat Wells
36
Shut-in, Inactive, and Temporarily Abandoned Wells
37
Enhanced Recovery Project Certification
38
Surface Owner Protection Act Provisions
39
Hydraulic Fracturing
40
Conflicting Operations on Overlapping Drilling Units