Geothermal Drilling and Production Regulation (B.C. Reg. 170/83).

The present Regulation enacts section 23 of the Geothermal Resources Act. The Regulation lays down provisions relating to specific locations, the drilling of wells and test holes and the production and conservation of geothermal resources. The text consists of 44 sections as follows: Interpretation (1); Service of notice (2); Variation of programme (3); Position of test holes (4); Test hole information requirements (5); Position of wells (6); Drilling near mine workings and underground storage (7); Spacing for wells (8);Well names (9); Changes of well names (10); Notification of commencement of drilling (11); Signs (12); Samples and cores (13); Tests, analyses, surveys and logs (14); Deviation and directional surveys (15);Tools, casing, equipment and materials (18); Casing requirements (17); Blow out prevention requirements (18); Repealed (19-20); Testing blow out prevention equipment (21); Operation of blow out prevention equipment (22); Maintenance of blow out prevention equipment (23); Repealed (24); Surface and sub-surface equipment (25); Uncontrolled flow (26); Submission of information (27); Daily drilling reports (28); Repealed (29); Wellsite geology reports(30); Work-over reports (31); Release of information (32); Repealed (33-36); Plugging requirements of wells and test holes (34); Restoration of surface (35); Disposal of drilling and production material (39); Measurement of fluid production (40); Well testing (41); Report of geothermal production (42); Exemptions (43); Offence (44).