Idaho Code § 47-311

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 47-311 - PUBLIC INTEREST

It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, encourage and promote the development, production and utilization of natural resources of oil and gas in the state of Idaho in such a manner as will prevent waste; to provide for uniformity and consistency in the regulation of the production of oil and gas throughout the state of Idaho; to authorize and to provide for the operations and development of oil and gas properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas may be obtained and that the correlative rights of all owners be fully protected; to encourage, authorize and provide for voluntary agreements for cycling, recycling, pressure maintenance and secondary recovery operations in order that the greatest possible economic recovery of oil and gas may be obtained within the state to the end that the land owners, the royalty owners, the producers and the general public may realize and enjoy the greatest possible good from these vital natural resources.

Idaho Code § 47-311

[(47-311) 47-315, added 1963, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 433; am. 2012, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 302; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 271, sec. 3, p. 681.]
Renumbered from 47-315 by 2017 Session Laws, ch. 271,sec. 3, eff. 4/6/2017.
Amended by 2012 Session Laws, ch. 111,sec. 1, eff. 3/23/2012.