The rules and regulations promulgated under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, chapter 78.52 RCW require standardized reports of well history or record and well log, production, and methods used in plugging and abandoning a well. These reports shall be made available to the department through the oil and gas conservation committee.

If a lessee discovers any subsurface resource of possible recoverable value, not covered in the oil and gas lease, the discovery shall be reported to the department within ten days of the discovery date.