General Functions

Oversight and Surveillance Functions

Overview
	Prevent waste of Alaska's oil and gas resources
	Protect correlative rights of the mineral interest owner
	Maximize recovery of oil and gas for the benefit of Alaska's citizens
	Protect freshwater from contamination by oil/gas/mud during drilling, production, and abandonment operations
	Administer Alaska's Underground Injection Control program for oil and gas wells
	Inspect oil field drilling, production, metering, and abandonment activities
	Evaluate, modify, and approve drilling and workover operations
	Evaluate, modify, and approve oil pool development rules
	Adjudicate disputes between owners
	Maintain state production records
	Maintain well history files and well records
Customers
	Oil and gas industry
	Concerned citizens and organizations
	Alaska Department of Natural Resources
	U.S. Department of the Interior
	Alaska Department of Revenue
	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency