HB0094 • 2022

Drilling units-size limitation.

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; specifying a maximum size for drilling units; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Energy

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Clausen
Last action: 2022-02-18
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the bill's impact or how oil and gas companies will be affected if it had passed.

Setting Maximum Size for Oil and Gas Drilling Units

The bill sets a maximum size of 1,280 acres for drilling units used in oil and gas operations.

What This Bill Does

Sets the largest allowed size for drilling units at 1,280 acres.
Makes the new rules apply to all orders made on or after July 1, 2022.

Who It Names or Affects

Oil and gas companies in Wyoming
The commission that sets drilling unit sizes

Terms To Know

drilling units: Areas of land designated for oil or gas drilling operations.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction.
It is unclear how oil and gas companies will be affected by this rule if it had passed.

Bill History

2022-02-18 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2022-02-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

22LSO-0359
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0359
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0094

Drilling units-size limitation.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Clausen and Barlow and Senator(s) Boner and Wasserburger

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; specifying a maximum size for drilling units; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 30
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109(b) is amended to read:

30
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109.

Rules and regulations governing drilling units.

(b)

In establishing a drilling unit, the acreage to be embraced within each unit and the shape thereof shall be
determined by the commission from the evidence introduced at the hearing but shall not be smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one (1) well.
No drilling unit established under this section shall exceed one thousand two hundred eighty (1,280) acres.

Section 2.

This act shall apply to all orders establishing drilling units entered into on and after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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