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Virginia regulations · Through 2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)

4VAC25-150-360: Drilling, completion, and other reports

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  1. Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
  2. Agency 25. Department of Energy
  3. Chapter 150. Virginia Gas and Oil Regulation
  4. Part I. Standards of General Applicability
  5. Article 5. Technical Standards

A. Each permittee conducting drilling shall file, electronically or on a form prescribed by the director, a drilling report within 90 days after a well reaches total depth.

B. Each permittee drilling a well shall file, electronically or on a form prescribed by the director, a completion report within 90 days after the well is completed. All completion reports shall include the cement bond log required in subsection C of 4VAC25-150-280. Subject to the approval of the director, permittees may submit alternative documentation that demonstrates effective bond between the casing and the formation.

C. The permittee shall file the driller's log, the results of any other log or survey required to be run in accordance with this chapter or by the director, and the plat showing the actual location of the well with the drilling report, unless they have been filed earlier.

D. The permittee shall, within 90 days of reaching total depth, file with the division the results of any gamma ray, density, neutron, induction, and cement bond logs, or their equivalent, that have been conducted on the wellbore in the normal course of activities that have not previously been required to be filed.

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