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NDOM oil & gas regulatory authority and plugging duty

Record

p09-NV-rec-01

State

NV

Category

requirements · rule_summary

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

NV-OG-AUTHORITY-2026

Fields

authority statement

The Nevada Division of Minerals is the state’s regulatory authority for all oil and gas wells drilled in Nevada.

contact email

dholcomb@minerals.nv.gov

permit duty

must be permitted by the Nevada Division of Minerals

plugging duty

the final plugging and abandonment of a well at the end of its useful life

program contact

Dustin Holcomb

statute nac

NAC 522

statute nrs

NRS 522

Evidence

1. authority statement: The Nevada Division of Minerals is the state’s regulatory authority for all oil and gas wells drilled in Nevada.
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Oil & Gas Program section, first sentence (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
2. permit duty: must be permitted by the Nevada Division of Minerals
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Oil & Gas Program section, first paragraph (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
3. plugging duty: the final plugging and abandonment of a well at the end of its useful life
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Oil & Gas Program section, operations paragraph (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
4. program contact: Dustin Holcomb
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Oil and Gas Contact sidebar (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
5. contact email: dholcomb@minerals.nv.gov
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Oil and Gas Contact sidebar (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
6. statute nrs: NRS 522
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Statute & Regulations sidebar link text (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01
7. statute nac: NAC 522
   https://www.minerals.nv.gov/programs/oil-gas/ · Statute & Regulations sidebar link text (direct fetch) · source p09-NV-src-01 · visit p09-NV-visit-01

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-NV. Still missing: plugging method text, bond amounts, idle well definition.