Ohio § 1509.20 Prevention of waste - gas flaring

Ohio Statutes

§ 1509.20 — Prevention of waste - gas flaring

Ohio § 1509.20

Title 15Conservation of Natural Resources

Ch. 1509Division Of Oil And Gas Resources Management - Oil And Gas

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1509.20 (2026).

Text

All owners, lessees, or their agents, drilling  for or producing crude oil or natural gas, shall use every  reasonable precaution in accordance with the most approved methods  of operation to stop and prevent waste of oil or gas, or both. Any  well productive of natural gas in quantity sufficient to justify  utilization shall be utilized or shut in within ten days after  completion.

The owner of any well producing both oil and gas may burn  such gas in flares when it is necessary to protect the health and  safety of the public or when the gas is lawfully produced and  there is no economic market at the well for the escaping gas.

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All owners, lessees, or their agents, drilling for or producing crude oil or natural gas, shall use every reasonable precaution in accordance with the most approved methods of operation to stop and prevent waste of oil or gas, or both. Any well productive of natural gas in quantity sufficient to justify utilization shall be utilized or shut in within ten days after completion.

The owner of any well producing both oil and gas may burn such gas in flares when it is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public or when the gas is lawfully produced and there is no economic market at the well for the escaping gas.