Sec. 302. "Waste" or "wasted" has the following meaning:
(1) For purposes of IC 14-25-3, the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-3-2.
(2) For purposes of IC 14-37, the term includes the following:
(A) Locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing a well for oil and gas purposes drilled after March 13, 1947, in any manner that:
(i) reduces or tends to reduce the quantity of oil or gas ultimately to be recovered from any well in Indiana; or
(ii) violates the spacing provisions adopted by the commission under IC 14-37.
(B) Storing oil in earthen reservoirs except in an emergency to prevent the total loss of that oil.
(C) Producing oil or gas in a manner that will cause water channeling or zoning.
(D) Injecting fluids into a stratum or part of a stratum capable of producing oil or gas, except in accordance with the terms of a Class II well for which a permit is issued under IC 14-37.
(E) Allowing water other than fresh water to flow from any producing horizon located in a producing pool, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under IC 14-37.
(F) Allowing gas from a well that produces only gas to escape into the atmosphere, except as is necessary while making or changing connections, completing the well, or reconditioning the well.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: subdivision (1) formerly 13-2-2-1 part; subdivision (2) formerly 13-8-2-21.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
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