It is not the intent or purpose of this law to require the proration or distribution or the production of oil and gas among the fields of Idaho on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be construed to require, permit, or authorize the commission or any court to make, enter, or enforce any order, rule, regulation or judgment requiring restriction of production due to market demand of any pool or of any well (except as provided in section 47-315, Idaho Code, hereof) to an amount less than the well or pool can produce without waste in accordance with sound engineering practices. The waste of oil and gas or either of them as defined in this chapter is hereby prohibited.
Idaho Code § 47-312
Act not construed to restrict production — Waste prohibited
Known as the Oil and Gas Conservation Act
The act spans §§ 47–47 (33 sections).
1963, ch. 148, § 14, p. 433; am. 2012, ch. 73, § 5, p. 209; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 271, § 4, p. 677.
Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.