Idaho Code § 47-312

Current through Chapter 330 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session
Section 47-312 - ACT NOT CONSTRUED TO RESTRICT PRODUCTION - WASTE PROHIBITED

It is not the intent or purpose of this law to require the proration or distribution or the production of oil and gas among the fields of Idaho on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit, or authorize the commission or any court to make, enter, or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of production due to market demand of any pool or of any well (except as provided in section 47-315, Idaho Code, hereof) to an amount less than the well or pool can produce without waste in accordance with sound engineering practices. The waste of oil and gas or either of them as defined in this chapter is hereby prohibited.

Idaho Code § 47-312

[(47-312) 47-328, added 1963, ch. 148, sec. 14, p. 433; am. 2012, ch. 73, sec. 5, p. 215; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 271, sec. 4, p. 681.]
Renumbered from 47-328 and amended by 2017 Session Laws, ch. 271,sec. 4, eff. 4/6/2017.
Amended by 2012 Session Laws, ch. 73,sec. 5, eff. 3/20/2012.