2005 Idaho Code - 47-319 — LAND SUBJECT TO ACT -- AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION

                                  TITLE  47
                               MINES AND MINING
                                  CHAPTER 3
                        OIL AND GAS WELLS -- GEOLOGIC
                     INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE
    47-319.  LAND SUBJECT TO ACT -- AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION. (a) This act
shall apply to all lands located in the state, however owned, including any
lands owned or administered by any government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, over which the state under its police power, has
jurisdiction.
    (b)  The commission is authorized and it is its duty to prevent waste of
oil and gas and to protect correlative rights, and otherwise to administer and
enforce this act. It has jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary
for that purpose. In the event of a conflict, the duty to prevent waste is
paramount.
    (c)  The commission is authorized to make such investigations as it deems
proper to determine whether action by the commission in discharging its duties
is necessary.
    (d)  Without limiting its general authority, the commission shall have the
specific authority:
    To require:
    (1)  identification of ownership of oil or gas wells, producing leases,
    tanks, plants, structures, and facilities for the transportation or
    refining of oil and gas;
    (2)  the taking and preservation of samples and the making and filing with
    the commission of true and correct copies of well logs and directional
    surveys both in form and content as prescribed by the commission;
    provided, however, that logs of exploratory or wildcat wells marked
    confidential shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 3, title
    9, Idaho Code. And provided further, that after four (4) months from the
    effective date of this act, the commission may require the owner of a well
    theretofore drilled for oil or gas to file within four (4) months of such
    order a true and correct copy of the log or logs of such well;
    (3)  the drilling, casing, operation and plugging of wells in such manner
    as to prevent (a) the escape of oil or gas out of one (1) pool into
    another, (b) the detrimental intrusion of water into an oil or gas pool
    that is avoidable by efficient operations, (c) the pollution of fresh
    water supplies by oil, gas, or salt water, (d) blow-outs, cavings,
    seepages, and fires, and (e) waste as hereinabove defined;
    (4)  the taking of tests of oil or gas wells;
    (5)  the furnishing of a reasonable performance bond with good and
    sufficient surety, conditioned upon the performance of the duty to comply
    with the requirements of this law and the regulations of the commission
    with respect to the drilling, maintaining, operating and plugging of each
    well drilled for oil or gas;
    (6)  that the production from wells be separated into gaseous and liquid
    hydrocarbons, and that each be measured by means and upon standards that
    may be prescribed by the commission;
    (7)  that wells not be operated with inefficient gas-oil or water-oil
    ratios, and to fix these ratios, and to limit production from wells with
    inefficient gas-oil or water-oil ratios;
    (8)  metering or other measuring of oil, gas, or product;
    (9)  that every person who produces oil or gas in the state keep and
    maintain for a period of five (5) years complete and accurate records of
    the quantities thereof, which records, or certified copies thereof, shall
    be available for examination by the commission or its agents at all
    reasonable times within said period, and that every such person file with
    the commission such reasonable reports as it may prescribe with respect to
    such oil or gas production;
    (10)  the filing of reports of plats with the commission that it may
    prescribe.
    To regulate:
    (1)  the drilling and plugging of wells and all other operations for the
    production of oil or gas;
    (2)  the shooting and treatment of wells;
    (3)  the spacing or locating of wells;
    (4)  operations to increase ultimate recovery, such as cycling of gas, the
    maintenance of pressure, and the introduction of gas, water, or other
    substances into a producing formation; and
    (5)  the disposal of salt water and oil-field wastes. To classify and
    reclassify pools as oil, gas, or condensate pools, or wells as oil, gas,
    or condensate wells. To make and enforce rules, regulations, and orders
    reasonably necessary to prevent waste, protect correlative rights, to
    govern the practice and procedure before the commission, and otherwise to
    administer this act.