Terms Used In Utah Code 40-6-1

• Correlative rights: means the opportunity of each owner in a pool to produce the owner's just and equitable share of the oil and gas in the pool without waste. See Utah Code 40-6-2
• Gas: means natural gas, as defined in Subsection (10), natural gas liquids, as defined in Subsection (11), other gas, as defined in Subsection (17), or any mixture of them. See Utah Code 40-6-2
• Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Oil: includes tar sands produced at the wellhead in liquid form through enhanced recovery operations authorized by the board in accordance with Subsection 40-6-5(3)(c). See Utah Code 40-6-2
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Waste: means :

  (a)	the inefficient, excessive, or improper use or the unnecessary dissipation of oil or gas or reservoir energy;

  (b)	the inefficient storing of oil or gas;

  (c)

  the locating, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner that causes: (i)  a reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a reservoir under prudent and economical operations; (ii)  unnecessary wells to be drilled; or (iii)  the loss or destruction of oil or gas either at the surface or subsurface; or

  (d)

  the production of oil or gas in excess of: (i)  transportation or storage facilities; or (ii)  the amount reasonably required to be produced as a result of the proper drilling, completing, testing, or operating of a well or otherwise utilized on the lease from which it is produced. See Utah Code 40-6-2      It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, encourage, and promote the development, production, and utilization of natural resources of oil and gas in the state of Utah in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas may be obtained and that the correlative rights of all owners may be fully protected; to provide exclusive state authority over oil and gas exploration and development as regulated under the provisions of this chapter; to encourage, authorize, and provide for voluntary agreements for cycling, recycling, pressure maintenance, and secondary recovery operations in order that the greatest possible economic recovery of oil and gas may be obtained within the state to the end that the land owners, the royalty owners, the producers, and the general public may realize and enjoy the greatest possible good from these vital natural resources. Enacted by Chapter 205, 1983 General Session   Previous section Next section    Chapter 6 Contents