§ 113-378. Persons drilling for oil or gas to register and furnish bond. - North Carolina Statutes

SUBCHAPTER V. OIL AND GASCONSERVATION.

Article 27.

Oil and Gas Conservation.

Part1. General Provisions.

§ 113‑378.  Persons drilling for oil or gas toregister and furnish bond.

Any person, firm or corporation before making any drilling explorationin this State for oil or natural gas shall register with the Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources or such other State agency as may hereafterbe established to control the conservation of oil or gas in this State.  Toprovide for such registration, the drilling operator must furnish the name andaddress of such person, firm or corporation, and the location of the proposeddrilling operations, and file with the aforesaid Department a bond in theamount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) running to the State of NorthCarolina, conditioned that any well opened by the drilling operator uponabandonment shall be plugged in accordance with the rules of said Department. (1945, c. 765, s. 2; 1971, c. 813, s. 1; 1973, c.1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1987, c. 827, s. 110; 1989, c. 727, s. 118;1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a).)