Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.51 Oil & Gas

5.51.030 Definitions.

The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the respective meanings herein set forth. These definitions supplement those contained in Section 1.04.010.

To the extent that these definitions may conflict with those contained in 1.04.010, these definitions shall control:

  1. 17.
    Drilling- Shall mean any digging or boring of a hole or well in the earth, whether for exploration or production, having the capability for producing oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon resources and shall also include disposal wells and redrillings of existing wells. In some instances when exploratory and production drilling are differentiated, such occasions are clearly expressed.

Effective on: 1/1/1901