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Oil & Gas

Oil & Natural Gas Exploration, Drilling and Production

The Solid Waste Groundwater Section is chartered with the responsibility of implementing the South Carolina Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, and Production regulation R.121-8.  The purpose of this regulation is to prevent the waste of oil and gas, to protect correlative rights and to prevent pollution of the water, air, and land by oil and gas exploration or production activities. 

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