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Wyo. Stat. § 30-5-102 (2026)

Waste prohibited; power of commission to

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allocate allowable production.

     (a) The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the
state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited.

     (b) Whenever in order to prevent waste the commission
limits the total amount of oil and gas which may be produced in
any pool in this state to an amount less than that amount which
the pool could produce if no restriction was imposed, the
commission shall allocate or distribute the allowable production
among the several wells or producing properties in the pool on a
reasonable basis, preventing or minimizing reasonably avoidable
drainage from each developed area not equalized by
counter-drainage, so that each property will have the
opportunity to produce or to receive its just and equitable
share, subject to the reasonable necessities for the prevention
of waste.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1982–2020 · leading case: Big Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 715 P.2d 557 (Wyo. 1986).
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Big Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 715 P.2d 557 (Wyo. 1986). · cites it 4× “Section 30-5-102(a), W.S.1977 (June 1983 Replacement), provides that “[t]he waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming * * * is hereby prohibited.”
Union Pac. Resources Co. v. Texaco, Inc., 882 P.2d 212 (Wyo. 1994). · cites it 2× “Wyo.Stat. § 30-5-102; Wyo.Stat. § 30-5-109.”
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 693 P.2d 227 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 2× “The entire thrust of the act is to prohibit "[t]he waste of oil and gas or either of them * * * as in this act defined" § 30-5-102(a), W.S. 1977. Waste is defined in § 30-5-101(a) as pertaining only to oil and gas without any reference to the environment.”
Gilmore v. Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 642 P.2d 773 (Wyo. 1982). · cites it 2× “Section 30-5-102, W.S.1977: “(a) The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited.”
Exaro Energy Iii, Llc v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n & Jonah Energy, Llc, 2020 WY 8 (Wyo. 2020). “at 223 (citing §§ 30-5-102 and 30-5-109). The Act established the Commission, giving it the “jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to effectuate the purposes and intent of this act .”
Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 903 P.2d 537 (Wyo. 1995). · cites it 2× “That emphasis is captured in Wyo.Stat. § 30-5-102 (1983): (a) The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited.”
Majority of the Working Interest Owners in the Buck Draw Field Area v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 721 P.2d 1070 (Wyo. 1986). “2d 1065 (1971); §§ 30-5-102(a) and (b), 30-5-104(b), 30-5-117, W.”
Anschutz Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 923 P.2d 751 (Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. § 30-5-102; Wyo. Stat. § 30-5-109.”
Moncrief v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 981 P.2d 913 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 2× “2d at 222-23 ; Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 30-5-102 , -104(a), - 109 (Michie 1997).”
— Wyo. Stat. § 30-5-102(a) — 3 cases
Big Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 715 P.2d 557 (Wyo. 1986). “Section 30-5-102(a), W.S.1977 (June 1983 Replacement), provides that “[t]he waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming * * * is hereby prohibited.”
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 693 P.2d 227 (Wyo. 1985). “The entire thrust of the act is to prohibit "[t]he waste of oil and gas or either of them * * * as in this act defined" § 30-5-102(a), W.S. 1977. Waste is defined in § 30-5-101(a) as pertaining only to oil and gas without any reference to the environment.”
Majority of the Working Interest Owners in the Buck Draw Field Area v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 721 P.2d 1070 (Wyo. 1986). “2d 1065 (1971); §§ 30-5-102(a) and (b), 30-5-104(b), 30-5-117, W.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 30-5-102(b) — 1 case
Big Piney Oil & Gas Co. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm'n, 715 P.2d 557 (Wyo. 1986). “Section 30-5-102(a), W.S.1977 (June 1983 Replacement), provides that “[t]he waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming * * * is hereby prohibited.”
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