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WY Stat § 30-5-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-105 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; Hearings; Conducted by Examiners; Procedures.

30-5-105. Oil and gas conservation commission; hearings; conducted by examiners; procedures.| In addition to the powers and authority, either express or implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission by virtue of the statutes of the state of Wyoming, the commission is hereby authorized and empowered in prescribing its rules of order or procedure in connection with hearings or other proceedings before the commission to provide for the appointment of one (1) or more examiners to conduct a hearing or hearings with respect to any matter properly coming before the commission and to make reports and recommendations to the commission with respect thereto. Any member of the commission, or its staff or any other person designated by the commission may serve as an examiner. The commission may also provide for additional compensation to be paid to a member of the commission appointed from the public at large or any other person designated by the commission for services performed as an examiner at the same rate as the at-large members of the commission are presently compensated. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations with regard to hearings to be conducted before examiners which shall provide for rehearing before the commission, upon the request of any interested party, of any matter heard before an examiner. The commission may enter orders based upon the reports and recommendations of its examiners. If such an order grants the request of an applicant, and no objection to the granting thereof has been filed or made before or during the hearing before the examiner, said order shall become effective immediately. If such an order denies the request of the applicant, in whole or in part, or if a timely protest to the granting of an application is filed or made, said order shall not become effective until: (a) the time prescribed by rule for the making of a request for rehearing before the commission has expired without any such request having been made or (b) all interested parties have waived their right to request a rehearing, or (c) if timely request for rehearing is made, the commission after rehearing, shall affirm, revoke or modify such order. After an order based upon a hearing conducted by an examiner has become effective, it shall have the same force and effect as if said hearing had been conducted before the members of said commission.
WY Stat § 30-5-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-106 - When Hearings Held Before Commission.

30-5-106. When hearings held before commission.| (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, or any rule of the commission adopted pursuant to the powers granted to it by this act, the hearing on any matter or proceeding shall be held before the commission if:  (i) The commission in its discretion desires to hear the matter;  (ii) The application or motion so requests;  (iii) The matter is initiated on the motion of the commission for enforcement of any rule, regulation, order, or statutory provision;  (iv) Any party who may be affected by the matter or proceeding files with the commission more than three (3) days prior to the date set for the hearing on the matter or proceeding a written objection to such matter or proceeding being heard before an examiner; or  (v) The matter or proceeding is for the purpose of amending, removing or adding a statewide rule or administrative fee.
WY Stat § 30-5-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-107 - Hearings; w.s. 30-5-105 Through 30-5-107 Subordinate to Administrative Procedure Act.

30-5-107. Hearings; W.S. 30-5-105 through 30-5-107 subordinate to Administrative Procedure Act.| This act shall be supplemental but subordinate to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (Original House Bill No. 196, 38th Legislature).
WY Stat § 30-5-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-108 - State Oil and Gas Supervisor; Appointment; Duties; Authority of Commission to Appoint Other Employees; Payment of Traveling and Living Expenses.

30-5-108. State oil and gas supervisor; appointment; duties; authority of commission to appoint other employees; payment of traveling and living expenses.| To enable the commission to carry out its duties and powers under the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil and gas, and to enforce the rules and regulations so prescribed, the commission shall appoint one (1) chief administrator who shall be a qualified petroleum engineer or petroleum geologist with at least ten (10) years of experience in his respective field of expertise who shall be designated and known as the "State Oil and Gas Supervisor." Such supervisor shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive a salary, to be fixed by the commission. The state oil and gas supervisor shall be charged with such duties as are delegated by the commission, and in addition thereto he shall investigate charges and complaints of violation of the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil and gas, and any order, rules and regulation of the commission made in connection therewith, and report concerning all such violations to the commission. The commission may at any time, when it finds that the public interest will be served thereby appoint such other employees as are found to be necessary, to assist the commission and the state oil and gas supervisor in the discharge of their respective duties. All employees or assistants authorized by this act shall be paid their necessary traveling and living expenses when traveling on official business, at such rates and within such limits as may be fixed by the commission, subject to existing law.
WY Stat § 30-5-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-114 - Suits by Commission for Violation or Threatened Violation of Act; Restraining Violation; Recovery of Penalties.

30-5-114. Suits by commission for violation or threatened violation of act; restraining violation; recovery of penalties.| Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this act or any rule, regulation, or order of the commission, the commission shall bring suit in the name of the state against such person in the district court in the county of the residence of the defendant, or in the county of the residence of any defendant if there be more than one (1) defendant, or in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred, or is threatened, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the commission may seek to recover penalties for violations. Upon the filing of any such suit, summons issued to such person may be directed to the sheriff of any county in this state for service by such sheriff or a deputy. In any such suit, the court may grant injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions. Appeals may be taken from any judgment, decree or order in any such suit as provided in the code of civil procedure and all proceedings in the trial and appellate court shall have precedence over any other proceedings then pending in such courts.
WY Stat § 30-5-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-115 - Notice of Intention and Permit Required to Drill Well; Fee.

30-5-115. Notice of intention and permit required to drill well; fee.| A person desiring to drill a well in search of oil or gas shall notify the commission of such intent on a form prescribed by the commission, and shall pay a fee established by the commission in accordance with W.S. 30-5-104(a) for a permit for each well. Upon receipt of notification and the fee, the commission shall promptly issue such person a permit to drill, unless the drilling of the well is contrary to law, or to a rule, regulation, or order of the commission. The drilling of a well is prohibited until a permit to drill is obtained in accordance with the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 30-5-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-117 - Construction of Act Generally.

30-5-117. Construction of act generally.| It is not the intent or purpose of this law to require, permit, or authorize the commission or supervisor to prorate or distribute the production of oil and gas among the fields of Wyoming on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit or authorize the commission, the supervisor, or any court to make, enter or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of production of any pool or of any well except to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights.
WY Stat § 30-5-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-118 - Applicability of Act.

30-5-118. Applicability of act.| The state of Wyoming being a sovereign state and not disposed to jeopardize or surrender any of its sovereign rights, this act shall apply to all lands in the state of Wyoming lawfully subject to its police powers; provided, it shall apply to lands of the United States or to lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only to the extent that control and supervision of conservation of oil and gas by the United States on its lands shall fail to effect the intent and purposes of this act and otherwise shall apply to such lands to such extent as an officer of the United States having jurisdiction, or his duly authorized representative, shall approve any of the provisions of this act or the order or orders of the commission which affects such lands; and, furthermore, the same shall apply to any lands committed to a unit agreement approved by the secretary of the interior or his duly authorized representative, except that the commission may, under such unit agreements, suspend the application of this act or any part of this act so long as the conservation of oil and gas and the prevention of waste as in this act provided is accomplished thereby but such suspension shall not relieve any operator from making such reports as are necessary or advised to be fully informed as to operations under such agreements and as the commission may require under this act.
WY Stat § 30-5-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-120 - Additional Forfeiture or Civil Penalty for Flaring of Gas in Excess of Amounts Permitted by Order of Commission.

30-5-120. Additional forfeiture or civil penalty for flaring of gas in excess of amounts permitted by order of commission.| (a) Whenever under the provisions of W.S. 30-5-119 a forfeiture or civil penalty is imposed for the flaring of gas in excess of the amounts permitted by an order of the commission there shall also be imposed an additional forfeiture or civil penalty which shall be the greater of either (i) ten percent (10%) of the amount of the forfeiture or civil penalty, or (ii) six and one-quarter percent (6 1/4%) of the value of the amount of gas so flared or vented. Value shall be determined by the average price being paid at the nearest point of connection.  (b) Out of said additional forfeiture or civil penalty there shall be paid to the department of revenue of the state of Wyoming an amount equal to the mineral severance tax which would have been payable if the gas had been saved and sold, and the remainder thereof shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which said gas was produced in lieu of any taxes which would have been payable to said county if the gas had been saved and sold.
WY Stat § 30-5-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-121 - Waste of Natural Gas Prohibited.

30-5-121. Waste of natural gas prohibited.| The use, consumption, burning or escape into the atmosphere of natural gas taken or drawn from any natural gas well or wells, or borings from which natural gas is produced for the products where such natural gas is burned, consumed or otherwise wasted without the heat therein contained being fully and actually applied and utilized for other manufacturing purposes or domestic purposes is hereby declared to be a wasteful and extravagant use of natural gas and it shall be unlawful to allow or permit such natural gas to pollute or contaminate the atmosphere to such an extent that injury or damage is sustained by growing crops, vegetation, livestock, wildlife, or domestic fowls, or to such an extent that the human health, welfare, or safety is in anywise impaired or damaged.
WY Stat § 30-5-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-122 - Sale of Natural Gas for Wasteful Purposes Prohibited.

30-5-122. Sale of natural gas for wasteful purposes prohibited.| No person, firm or corporation, having the possession or control of any natural gas well or wells, except as herein provided, or borings from which natural gas is produced, whether as a contractor, owner, lessee, agent or manager, shall use, sell, or otherwise dispose of natural gas, the product of any such well or wells, or borings for the purpose of manufacturing or producing carbon or other resultant products from the burning or consumption of such natural gas, without the heat therein contained being fully and actually applied and utilized for other manufacturing purposes or domestic purposes.
WY Stat § 30-5-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-123 - Penalty for Violation of Sections 30-5-121 and 30-5-122.

30-5-123. Penalty for violation of sections 30-5-121 and 30-5-122.| Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense and each and every day in which any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate offense hereunder and subject the offender to the penalty hereby provided.
WY Stat § 30-5-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-124 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Oil.

30-5-124. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil.| Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation oil from any owner or producer, shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer over any other owner or producer in the same pool offering to sell his oil produced therefrom to such person. If any such person purchasing or taking for transportation oil shall not have need for all such oil lawfully produced within a pool, or if for any reason it shall be unable to purchase all of such oil, then it shall purchase from each producer in a pool ratably, taking and purchasing the same quantity of oil from each well to the extent that each well is capable of producing its ratable portion; without waste, provided however, nothing herein contained shall be construed to require more than one (1) pipeline connection for each producing well. In the event that any such purchaser or person taking oil for transportation is likewise a producer or owner, he is hereby prohibited from discriminating in favor of his own production, or production in which he may be interested, and his own production shall be treated as that of any other producer or owner.
WY Stat § 30-5-125 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-125 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Gas.

30-5-125. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; gas.| Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation gas produced from gas wells or from oil wells from any owner or producer shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer, over any other owner or producer in a pool. Such person shall not discriminate in the quantities purchased, the basis of measurement, or the gas transportation facilities afforded for gas of like quantity, quality, and pressure available from such wells. For the purpose of this act reasonable differences in quantity taken or facilities afforded shall not constitute unreasonable discrimination if such differences bear a fair relationship to differences in quality, quantity, or pressure of the gas available or to the acreage attributable to the well, market requirements, or to the relative lengths of time during which such gas will be available to the purchaser. In the event any such purchaser or person taking gas for transportation is likewise a producer or owner, he is hereby prohibited from discriminating in favor of his own production or production in which he may be interested, and his own production shall be treated as that of any other producer or owner producing from gas wells in the same pool.
WY Stat § 30-5-126 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-126 - Purchase or Taking Ratably Oil and Gas for Transportation Without Discrimination in Favor of Any Owner or Producer; Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to Administer.

30-5-126. Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil and gas conservation commission to administer.| In addition to the powers and authority, either expressed or implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission, by virtue of the statutes of the state of Wyoming, the commission is hereby authorized and empowered to administer and enforce the provisions of this act, in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedures provided by W.S. 30-5-101 through 30-5-119, as amended for the enforcement and violations of rules, regulations and orders of the commission.
WY Stat § 30-5-127 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 1 - In General|Section 30-5-127 - Payment of Penalties.

30-5-127. Payment of penalties.| Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty was imposed occurred.
WY Stat § 30-5-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation|Section 30-5-201 - Governor Authorized to Join in Interstate Compact.

30-5-201. Governor authorized to join in interstate compact.| The governor of the state of Wyoming is hereby authorized for and in the name of the state of Wyoming to join with the other states in the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, which was executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, and has been extended to the 1st day of September, 1955, with the consent of congress, and that said compact and all extensions are now on deposit with the department of state of the United States.
WY Stat § 30-5-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation|Section 30-5-202 - Authority of Governor to Execute Agreements; Provision for Withdrawal From Compact.

30-5-202. Authority of governor to execute agreements; provision for withdrawal from compact.| The governor of the state of Wyoming is further authorized and empowered, for and in the name of the state of Wyoming to execute agreements for the further extension of the expiration date of said interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, and to determine if and when it shall be to the best interest of the state of Wyoming to withdraw from said compact upon sixty (60) days notice as provided by its terms. In the event that he shall determine that the state shall withdraw from said compact, he shall have the power and authority to give necessary notice and to take any and all steps necessary and proper to effect the withdrawal of the state of Wyoming from said compact.
WY Stat § 30-5-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation|Section 30-5-203 - Governor Designated Official Representative; Authority to Appoint Assistant; Authority and Oath of Assistant; Removal.

30-5-203. Governor designated official representative; authority to appoint assistant; authority and oath of assistant; removal.| The governor shall be the official representative of the state of Wyoming in the compact to conserve oil and gas, and shall exercise and perform for the state all of the powers and duties as such, provided he may appoint an assistant representative who shall act in his stead as the official representative of the state of Wyoming. His official representative, if not already a state official, shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and file the same with the secretary of state. The governor may remove the assistant representative as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
WY Stat § 30-5-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 5 - Oil and Gas|Article 2 - Interstate Compact on Conservation|Section 30-5-204 - Construction of w.s. 30-5-201 Through 30-5-204.

30-5-204. Construction of W.S. 30-5-201 through 30-5-204.| It is not the intent or purpose of this act to require, permit, or authorize the governor, commission or supervisor to prorate or distribute the production of oil and gas among the fields of Wyoming on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit or authorize the governor, commission, the supervisor or any court to make, enter or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of any production of any pool or of any well except to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights.