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9-17-1
Section 9-17-1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Oil and Gas Board created by this article.
(2) DEVELOPED AREA or DEVELOPED UNIT. A drainage unit having a well completed thereon which
is capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities; however, in the event it is shown
and the board finds that a part of any unit is nonproductive, then the developed part of the
unit shall include only that part found to be productive. (3) DRAINAGE OR PRODUCTION UNIT.
The area in a pool which may be drained efficiently and economically by one well. (4) DRILLING
UNIT. An administrative unit established by the board to provide and allow for the drilling
of a well. Prior to establishment of a field and drainage or production unit within the field,
the board may establish a drilling unit to allow for the drilling of a well in search of oil
and gas. (5) FIELD. The general area which is underlain or appears to be...
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9-17-157
Section 9-17-157 Secondary or tertiary operations. Nothing in this article shall apply to the
conduct of gas storage operations as a part of or in conjunction with any secondary or tertiary
recovery methods being utilized with respect to a unit pool in a unit area heretofore or hereafter
established by the board pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter; and the board shall not allow
the creation or operation of a storage facility pursuant to this article within any underground
reservoir where such secondary or tertiary recovery methods are being utilized. (Acts 1992,
No. 92-564, p. 1172, ยง8.)...
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9-17-12
Section 9-17-12 Limitations on regulations; drilling or production units; producers' shares.
(a) Whether or not the total production from a pool is limited or prorated, no rule, regulation,
or order of the board shall be such in terms or effect that it will do the following: (1)
That it shall be necessary at any time for the producer from or the owner of, a tract of land
in the pool, or an interest associated therewith or derived therefrom, in order that he or
she may obtain the tract's just and equitable share or the just and equitable share of the
interest of the production of such pool, as the share is set forth in this section, to drill
and operate any well or wells on such tract in addition to the well or wells as can without
waste produce the share. (2) As to occasion net drainage from a tract or any interest associated
therewith or derived therefrom, unless there is drilled and operated upon the tract a well
or wells in addition to such well or wells thereon as can without waste...
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9-17-85
Section 9-17-85 New or amending orders. (a) The board, by entry of new or amending orders,
may from time to time add to unit operations portions of pools not theretofore included and
may add to unit operations new pools or portions thereof and may extend the unit area as required.
Any such order, in providing for allocation of production from the unit pool of the unit area,
shall first allocate to the pool or pools or portion thereof so added a portion of the total
production of oil or gas or both from all pools affected within the unit area as enlarged,
(and not required in the conduct of unit operations or unavoidably lost), the allocation to
be based on the relative contribution which such added pool or pools or portion thereof is
expected to make during the remaining course of unit operations to the total production of
oil or gas or both so allocated. The production so allocated to the added pool or pools or
portions thereof shall be allocated to the separately owned tracts which...
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9-17-152
Section 9-17-152 Board approval; recordation of order; certificate of effectiveness; dissolution
of fields and units; determination of commercial reserves; creation of cavities. (a) The use
of an underground reservoir as a storage facility for gas is hereby authorized, provided that
the board shall first enter an order, after notice and hearing pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 9-17-3 to 9-17-8, inclusive, approving such proposed underground storage of gas
and designating the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the storage facility, such boundaries
to include within them any necessary or reasonable buffer zone for the purpose of insuring
the safe operation of the storage facility and to protect the storage facility against pollution,
invasion, and escape or migration of gas therefrom, upon finding as follows: (1) That the
storage facility is suitable and feasible for the injection, storage and withdrawal of gas
and has a greater value or utility for the storage of gas than for...
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40-20-2
Section 40-20-2 Levy and amount of tax upon business of producing or severing oil or gas from
soil, etc., generally. (a)(1) There is hereby levied, to be collected hereafter, as herein
provided, annual privilege taxes upon every person engaging or continuing to engage within
the State of Alabama in the business of producing or severing oil or gas, as defined herein,
from the soil or the waters, or from beneath the soil or the waters, of the state for sale,
transport, storage, profit, or for use. The amount of such tax shall be measured at the rate
of eight percent of the gross value of the oil or gas at the point of production except as
provided in subsequent subdivisions of this subsection. Provided, however, that the tax on
offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall
not be computed as a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as provided in
this article, but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as...
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41-16-141
Section 41-16-141 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ENERGY COST SAVINGS MEASURE. A training program or new facility
or existing facility alteration designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs,
or water and other natural resources consumption, and may include one or more of the following:
a. Insulation and reduced air infiltration of the building structure including walls, ceilings,
and roofs or systems within the building. b. Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather-stripping,
multiglazed windows or doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window or
door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system
modifications that reduce energy consumption. c. Automated or computerized energy control
systems, including computer software and technical data licenses. d. Heating, ventilating,
or air conditioning system modifications or replacements. e....
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22-35-3
Section 22-35-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of stationary tanks affixed permanently
to the ground or other support structure (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain
an accumulation of motor fuels, the volume of which (including pipes connected thereto) is
greater than 90 percent above the surface of the ground. The terms "Underground Storage
Tank" and "Aboveground Storage Tank" do not include any: a. Farm or residential
tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes;
b. Tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; c.
Septic tank; d. Pipeline facility (including gathering lines) regulated under: 1. The Natural
Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 2. The Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and
3....
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45-49-252
Section 45-49-252 Definitions. The following words, phases, or terms as used in this part,
unless the context indicates otherwise, shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED PROPERTY.
Wrecked or derelict property having no value other than nominal salvage value, if any, which
has been left abandoned and unprotected from the elements and shall include wrecked, inoperative,
or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, boats, machinery, refrigerators, washing
machines, plumbing fixtures, and other similar articles which have no value other than nominal
salvage value, if any; and is in a condition violative of Alabama statutes. (2) ADMINISTRATIVE
DEPARTMENT. The department charged by the Mobile County Commission with the administrative
management of this part. (3) COMMISSION. The Mobile County Commission of Mobile County, Alabama.
(4) BULKY WASTE. Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal
collection, processing, or disposal methods. (5) BUNDLE. A...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant
to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal
mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such
other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards
shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require
the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize
the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting
the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land
affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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