§ 19-26. Setting and cementing casing.

(a)

No well shall be drilled within the city limits without properly setting and installing conductor casing, and/or surface casing, and/or a protection string of casing at proper depths. The city council shall insure, that whenever an application under this chapter is submitted, that the applicant conforms to proper engineering requirements concerning the installation of the types of casing at the proper depths associated thereto.

(b)

No well shall be drilled within the city limits without cementing the surface casing by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all of the annular space behind such casing to the surface of the ground; and without cementing the production string by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all the annular space behind the production string to at least six hundred (600) feet above the highest oil and/or gas bearing horizon; and in the event of a protection string of casing being required under the terms of this chapter, without cementing the protection string by the pump and plug method with sufficient cement to completely fill all the annular space behind the protection string to at least six hundred (600) feet above the highest oil and/or gas bearing horizon.

(Ord. No. 929, § 24, 4-12-60; Ord. No. 3317, § 2, 8-24-87; Ord. No. 3347, § 1, 5-16-88)