Idaho Statutes
§ 47-312 — ACT NOT CONSTRUED TO RESTRICT PRODUCTION — WASTE PROHIBITED
Idaho § 47-312
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 47MINES AND MINING
Ch. 3OIL AND GAS WELLS — GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 47-312 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
[(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.]
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Idaho § 47-312, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/47-312.