AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. Oil and Gas Conservation
SERIES: 25627
TITLE: Plugged and Abandoned Well files
DATES: 1951-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by location, thereunder numerically by American Petroleum Institute number.
DESCRIPTION: This series consists of records for plugged and abandoned wells from counties with no active wells. The records include sundry notices and reports on wells, well completion or re-completion reports and logs, applications for permit to drill, deepen or plug back, log of oil and gas harvested, the casing record, production method, the date approval to drill was granted, and the plugging report. Information also includes the lease number, well name, and well location. Some records may contain inspection reports and there could also be injection application information in the files. These files are removed from the general set of well records files (series 8633) when they are transferred to the Records Center.
RETENTION
Permanent. Retain for 50 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 12/2005
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Records Center for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
Microfiche master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfiche duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical
This disposition is based on the secondary historical value of the records to the public in documenting the operation of wells within Utah.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Private