Office of Mines and Minerals – Oil and Gas Division

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The Office of Mines and Minerals – Oil and Gas Division is a unit of Illinois state government responsible for regulating and overseeing oil and gas exploration, drilling, and production to ensure environmental protection and resource conservation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency division
regulatory authority
collaboratesWith Illinois Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ensures compliance with plugging requirements for inactive wells in Illinois
goal to ensure safe and efficient development of oil and gas resources in Illinois
to protect groundwater and surface water from oil and gas activities in Illinois
jurisdiction Illinois
surface form: State of Illinois
locatedIn Illinois
monitors compliance with drilling and completion standards in Illinois
site restoration after oil and gas operations in Illinois
operatedBy Illinois state government NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Office of Mines and Minerals NERFINISHED
partOf Illinois Department of Natural Resources NERFINISHED
regulates gas drilling in Illinois
gas exploration in Illinois
gas production in Illinois
oil drilling in Illinois
oil exploration in Illinois
oil production in Illinois
underground injection related to oil and gas operations in Illinois
responsibleFor enforcing oil and gas regulations in Illinois
ensuring compliance with state oil and gas statutes in Illinois
ensuring environmental protection in oil and gas operations in Illinois
inspecting oil and gas wells in Illinois
issuing permits for gas wells in Illinois
issuing permits for oil wells in Illinois
maintaining records of oil and gas wells in Illinois
plugging and abandonment oversight of oil and gas wells in Illinois
promoting resource conservation in oil and gas development in Illinois
regulating well spacing and drilling units in Illinois
responding to oil and gas related complaints in Illinois
sector energy regulation
environmental protection
typeOfRegulation upstream oil and gas regulation
usesRegulatoryTool enforcement actions
inspections
permits
website https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/oilandgas

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Illinois Department of Natural Resources hasPart Office of Mines and Minerals – Oil and Gas Division