CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFIDENTIALITY (§ 45.1-361.6)

The Director shall hold confidential all logs, surveys and reports relating to
the drilling, completion and testing of a well which are filed by gas or oil
operators under this chapter for a period of ninety days after the completion of
the well or eighteen months after the total depth of the well has been reached,
whichever occurs first.  Upon receipt of a gas, oil, or geophysical
operator’s written request, the Director shall hold confidential this
information concerning an exploratory well or corehole for a period of two years
after completion of the well or four years from the date such well or hole
reaches total depth, whichever occurs first.  The Director, for good cause shown
by the gas, oil, or geophysical operator, may annually extend the period of time
for which information regarding exploratory drilling is held confidential. 
However, the Director shall upon request provide a copy of any survey or log for
strata through the lowest coal seam to the coal owner.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 92.