§ 14-102. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironmentEffective: July 1, 2010
Effective: July 1, 2010
MD Code, Environment, § 14-102
§ 14-102. Definitions
(b) “Coalbed methane” means methane and any other gaseous substance occurring in or produced from a coal seam or related, associated, or adjacent rock materials.
(g) “Gas” means all natural gas and other fluid hydrocarbons, not defined as oil, which are produced from a natural reservoir.
(h) “Oil” means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the wellhead in liquid form, except liquid hydrocarbons known as distillate or condensate recovered or extracted from gas.
(i) “Owner” means the person who has the right to drill into and produce from a pool, or to store in a pool, and appropriate the oil or gas the person produces or stores either for the person or others.
(j) “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, or other representative of any kind.
(k) “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil, gas, or both.
(n)(1) “Production” means the act or process of producing oil or gas from a natural reservoir.
(o)(1) “Underground storage” means the storing of gas or oil in a geological stratum beneath the surface of the earth.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 185, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1988, c. 777. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 6-102 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, §§ 2, 8, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2006, c. 399, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 383, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
Formerly Art. 66C, § 689.
MD Code, Environment, § 14-102, MD ENVIR § 14-102
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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