AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining. Oil and Gas Conservation

SERIES: 7477
TITLE: Oil and gas drilling unit files
DATES: 1951-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by name

DESCRIPTION: These are the records of drilling units established to cover oil or gas pools. The pools are underground reservoirs containing a common accumulation of oil, gas or both. Each file includes a plat, an Approval-Certification-Determination Covering State of Utah Lands in Unit Agreement, a Unit Operating Agreement, and a Unit Plan of Development. Information includes the agreement number, the tract numbers, the land description, the number of acres, and the location of the wells. These are Bureau of Land Management (BLM) records and are used by the Division of Oil Mining and Gas for administrative purposes.

RETENTION

Retain until administrative need ends

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 02/1999

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then destroy.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

As long as the unit exists, the record must be kept in the office. Once the unit is terminated, a record of it should be kept in the office for one year to allow for any potential legal action. See UCA 40-6-12(2) (1991). After this, the record should be transferred to the State Archives for permanent storage as it documents oil drilling activities in the state.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public