§ 30-8-101 — Enhanced oil recovery commission created; duties

(a) The Wyoming enhanced oil recovery commission is
created. The commission shall consist of eight (8) members. The
governor and the state geologist shall serve as ex officio
members of the commission. One (1) legislative member shall be
appointed by the management council of the legislature who shall
serve as an ex officio member of the commission. The governor
shall appoint the remaining members of whom one (1) shall be
from the public at large with experience in the oil and gas
industry, one (1) shall be a member of the oil and gas
conservation commission, two (2) shall represent the oil and gas
industry and one (1) shall be a representative of the University
of Wyoming. The gubernatorial appointments shall be confirmed by
the senate. Appointed members shall serve three (3) year terms.
Members of the commission shall not receive any fees, salary or
other compensation for services rendered but are entitled to
receive per diem and mileage on the same basis and at the same
rate as state employees and reimbursement for any other actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of commission
duties. The governor may remove any appointed member as provided
in W.S. 9-1-202. Except for the legislative member, initial
appointments or any vacancy occurring between sessions of the
legislature may be filled by the governor in accordance with
W.S. 28-12-101(b). The commission shall be staffed by executive
branch agencies as designated by the governor.
(b) The commission, in conjunction with the University of
Wyoming school of energy resources and oil and gas industry
research entities, shall develop:
(i) A research program for energy research and
enhanced oil and gas recovery at the University of Wyoming
school of energy resources. The program shall focus on and
facilitate a meaningful and measurable increase in recoverable
reserves and production of oil and natural gas in Wyoming
through the effective and efficient transfer of relevant
technology, information and knowledge to entities, regardless of
size, producing Wyoming reserves;
(ii) A program focusing on technology transfer, to
help industry with access to and application of enhanced oil and
gas recovery and improved oil and gas recovery technology. The
program shall be designed to promote research and technology
transfer efforts in both conventional and unconventional oil and
gas reservoirs.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 39, § 2.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 39, § 2.
(c) In developing programs under subsection (b) of this
section, the commission shall direct development to economically
viable solutions.
(d) The commission:
(i) Shall provide guidance and oversight and
coordinate with the University of Wyoming school of energy
resources to efficiently carry out the programs developed
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section;
(ii) May seek and utilize government and private
grants to further the duties of the commission and purposes of
this section;
(iii) Shall facilitate the development of formal
agreements between the University of Wyoming school of energy
resources and the oil and gas industry through which the
industry is provided access to the school's expertise and work
product in exchange for providing access to data and required
facilities;
(iv) Shall promote and facilitate the transfer of new
technologies throughout the oil and gas industry in this state;
(v) May establish advisory task forces to evaluate
the responsiveness of programs developed under this section, the
effectiveness of technology transfer and funding from nonstate
sources.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 44, § 2.
(f) As used in this section:
(i) "Commission" means the Wyoming enhanced oil
recovery commission;
(ii) "Enhanced oil and gas recovery" means all
existing and potential technology to recover oil and gas beyond
traditional primary and secondary methods, including technology
to optimize development and recovery of oil and gas resources in
new fields.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 39, § 2.