Wyoming § 30-5-102 Waste prohibited; power of commission to
allocate allowable production

Wyoming Statutes

§ 30-5-102 — Waste prohibited; power of commission to allocate allowable production

Wyoming § 30-5-102

Title 30Mines and Minerals

Ch. 5OIL AND GAS

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 30-5-102 (2026).

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(a)The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited.

(b)Whenever in order to prevent waste the commission limits the total amount of oil and gas which may be produced in any pool in this state to an amount less than that amount which the pool could produce if no restriction was imposed, the commission shall allocate or distribute the allowable production among the several wells or producing properties in the pool on a reasonable basis, preventing or minimizing reasonably avoidable drainage from each developed area not equalized by counter-drainage, so that each property will have the opportunity to produce or to receive its just and equitable share, subject to the reasonable necessities for the prevention of waste.

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(a) The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the
state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited.
(b) Whenever in order to prevent waste the commission
limits the total amount of oil and gas which may be produced in
any pool in this state to an amount less than that amount which
the pool could produce if no restriction was imposed, the
commission shall allocate or distribute the allowable production
among the several wells or producing properties in the pool on a
reasonable basis, preventing or minimizing reasonably avoidable
drainage from each developed area not equalized by
counter-drainage, so that each property will have the
opportunity to produce or to receive its just and equitable
share, subject to the reasonable necessities for the prevention
of waste.