§ 113-395. Notice and payment of fee to Department before drilling or abandoning well; plugging abandoned well. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 113‑395.  Noticeand payment of fee to Department before drilling or abandoning well; pluggingabandoned well.

Before any well, in search of oil or gas, shall be drilled, the persondesiring to drill the same shall notify the Department upon such form as it mayprescribe and shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each well. Thedrilling of any well is hereby prohibited until such notice is given and suchfee has been paid and permit granted.

Each abandoned well and each dry hole promptly shall be plugged in themanner and within the time required by rules to be prescribed by theDepartment, and the owner of such well shall give notice, upon such form as theDepartment may prescribe, of the abandonment of each dry hole and of theowner's intention to abandon, and shall pay a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).No well shall be abandoned until such notice has been given and such fee hasbeen paid. (1945, c. 702, s.15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1987, c. 827, s. 113.)