Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Law

Utah oil and gas conservation law has been spared the decisional tangents and dead-end trails experienced by many states because of Utah's relatively recent membership in the organization of producing states. The Act is succinct and workable. The case law is manageable in quantity and, for the most part, is sound and instructional, albeit not without its critics. In the opinion of this practitioner, the citizen Board is informed on oil and gas matters, respectful of parties and their desires, and sincere in its application of statutory policy to achieve greater ultimate recovery for the State of Utah.

This practitioner finds it refreshing to practice before a lay commission devoid of private agendas, institutional memories, and politics. The Division staff is professional and solicitous and conscientiously desires to resolve problems at the lowest administrative level. The oil and gas industry is, in the main, well served by conservation regulation in Utah.