When must I plug my well?

36 C.F.R. § 9.170
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01
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Except as provided in § 9.171, you must plug your well when any of the following occurs: (a) Your drilling operations have ended and you have taken no further action to produce the well within 60 days; (b) Your well, which has been completed for production operations, has no measureable production quantities for 12 consecutive months; or (c) The period approved in your operations permit to maintain your well in shut-in status has expired.

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