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REGULATORS DIRECTORY
Oil, Gas & Mining is one of seven divisions under the Utah
Department of Natural Resources, which is headed by Executive
Director Mike Styler, phone 801-538-7200. The Division of Oil,
Gas & Mining is headed by Director John Baza, Associate Director John Rogers, who is administrator of the Oil & Gas Section; and Associate Director Dana Dean, who is the administrator of the Mining Section. Utah is treated as a single geographic region for administering oil and gas regulations.
LEGAL
Steve Alder, assistant attorney general . . . . 801-538-5348
TECHNICAL
Dustin Doucet, petroleum engineer . . . . . . . 801-538-5281
RULE MAKING/INTERPRETATION
John Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5349
MAPPING
Brad Hill, permitting manager . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5315
FIELD ENFORCEMENT
Dan Jarvis, field operations manager. . . . . . 801-538-5338
Joshua Payne, compliance
and public outreach manager . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5314
PRODUCTION ALLOCATION
Don T. Staley,
information services manager . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5275
UIC
Brad Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5315
Dan Jarvis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5338
RECORDS
Vicky Dyson, records officer . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5279
AUDIT
Randy Thackeray, lead auditor . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5316
PERMITS
Brad Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-5315

VIRGINIA
DIVISION OF GAS & OIL
135 Highland Dr., P.O. Box 159, Lebanon, VA 24266; 276415-9700; Fax 276-415-9671, website www.dmme.virginia.gov.
The Virginia Division of Gas & Oil is a branch of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. It is headed by Director Rick Cooper, who also serves as the principal executive to the
Virginia Gas & Oil Board. The state of Virginia is treated as a single geographic region for administering oil and gas regulations.
LEGAL
Paul Kugleman Jr. senior assistant
attorney general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-523-8221
TECHNICAL
Blair Linford, mineral specialist . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Jim Lovett, mineral specialist . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
RULE MAKING/INTERPRETATION
Rick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
MAPPING
Blair Linford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
COMPLIANCE STAFF
Rick Cooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Joe Altizer, mineral specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Brad Boyd, mineral specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . 276415-9700
Gary Eide, mineral specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
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Jerry Hagy, mineral specialist . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Jim Lovett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
PRODUCTION ALLOCATION (Virginia Gas & Oil Board)
Bradley C. Lambert, chairman . . . . . . . . . . . 276-523-8143
Rick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Sally Ketron, program support technician . . 276-415-9700
Sarah Gilmer, board support specialist . . . . 276-415-9700
UIC
Gary Eide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
RECORDS
Sally Ketron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Sarah Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
AUDIT
Sally Ketron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
William R. Gay, services manager II . . . . . . 804-692-3205
PERMITS
Joe Altizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Rick Cooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Gary Eide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Jerry Hagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Blair Linford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Jim Lovett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700
Brad Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276-415-9700

WEST VIRGINIA
OFFICE OF OIL & GAS
Department of Environmental Protection, 601 57th St.,
Charleston, WV 25304; 304-926-0450, Fax 304-926-0452;
website www.dep.wv.gov
The Office of Oil & Gas regulates environmental permitting and
enforcement, and other oil- and gas-related matters within the West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, which is headed
by Secretary Randy Huffman. The chief of the Office of Oil & Gas
is James Martin, and his administrative assistant is Terri Casto.
LEGAL
Jason Wandling, attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-926-0460
REGULATION/INTERPRETATION
James Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1654
Jason Harmon, deputy chief . . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1271
PERMITTING/REPORTING
Gene Smith, assistant chief. . . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1652
UIC
Tom Bass, environmental
resources analyst . . . . . . . . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1274
ABANDONED WELL PROGRAM
Lonnie Mills, environmental
resources specialist . . . . . . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1274
Darrell Murphy, oil and gas
Inspector specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-932-2732
ABANDONED WELL PLUGGING
David Gilbert, environmental
inspector specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-389-3705
David Scranage, oil and gas
inspector specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-380-3749
FIELD INSPECTION/ENFORCEMENT
Dave Belcher, assistant chief. . . . 304-926-0499, ext. 1647
Douglas Newlon, oil and gas
inspector supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-932-8049
Joseph McCourt, oil and gas
inspector supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304-380-2467
http://www.dep.wv.gov http://www.dmme.virginia.gov
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