1505.04 Duty to keep well logs. - Ohio Statutes

1505.04 Duty to keep well logs.

(A) Any person, firm, or corporation who, for hire, or by its own forces for economic use or exploration, drills, bores, or digs within the state a well for the production or extraction of any gas or liquid, excluding only water to be used as such but including natural or artificial brines and oil-filled waters, or who drills wells to explore geological formations, shall keep a careful and accurate log of such activity and report the same together with the production test results in such form as is designated by the division of geological survey to the chief of the division of geological survey.

(B) The division may file such well logs and establish and observe such regulations regarding their availability and use as will meet the legitimate requirements of the owner or lessee of the well. Personnel of the division of may examine any such well during its construction to confirm the accuracy of the log and to collect samples of the cores, chips, or sludge.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953