Drilling operations definition

Drilling operations means the drilling of an oil and gas well and the production and completion operations ensuing from the drilling which require entry upon the surface estate and which were commenced after June 30, 1979, and oil and gas geophysical and seismograph exploration activities commenced after June 30, 1983.

Drilling operations means the period that begins when a well is spud and concludes when casing and cementing has been completed and casing slips have been set to install the tubing head.

Drilling operations means the drilling of an oil and gas well and the production and

Examples of Drilling operations in a sentence

• Drilling operations (a) shall be deemed to commence once the Contractor’s Equipment has been moved onto the location of the relevant pad, rigged up, with full crews, Operator’s rig acceptance checklist, as set forth in SCHEDULE G, has been completed and is prepared to commence actual drilling operations and (b) shall be deemed to have ceased upon completion of drilling at such pad after the Drilling Rig has been released upon the mast is laid down and tanks cleaned.

• This Agreement applies to the United States and Off-Shore Drilling operations, except in the territory established as of April 1, 2021, covered by the local agreements in Bos- ton-550, Chicago-281, Cleveland-120, Detroit-704, Kansas City-314, Los Angeles-709, Milwaukee-183, Minneapolis-St. Xxxx-417, Newark-696, New York-638, Philadelphia-692, Pittsburgh-542, St. Louis-268, San Francisco-483, Seattle-699, and the state of Florida-821.

More Definitions of Drilling operations

Drilling operations means the drilling of a subsurface mineral extraction well and the injection, production, and completion operations ensuing from the drilling which require entry upon the surface estate, and includes subsurface mineral exploration activities.

Drilling operations means all of the physical and mechanical aspects of constructing a well for the exploration or production of oil or gas, or both, for injection of fluids associated with the production of oil or gas, or both, or the storage of natural hydrocarbons or liquefied petroleum gas derived from oil or gas, and includes all of the following:

Drilling operations means the actual drilling or redrilling of a well for exploration, production, observation, or injection, including the running and cementing of casing and the installation of wellhead equipment. “Drilling Operations” do not include perforating, logging, or related operations after all the casing has been cemented.

Drilling operations means operations relating to the drilling of a Well or Test Hole and which may include operations such as on-site preparation, Spudding, data acquisition, monitoring, Well control, modification, plugging and Completion of a Well, but excluding Workovers;

Drilling operations is defined in Section 7.b. of this Lease.

Drilling operations means the drilling of a subsurface mineral extraction well and

Drilling operations means the actual drilling, redrilling, or recompletion of the well for production or injection including the running and cementing of casing and the installation of well head equipment. Drilling operations do not include perforating, logging, and related operations.