Section 30-6-102 – Account Created; Expenditures; Report.
30-6-102. Account created; expenditures; report. (a) There is created the miner’s hospital board account. Not later than July 1, 2001, the state treasurer shall credit to the account six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000.00) from interest accrued within the miner’s hospital account within the permanent land income fund created by W.S. 9-4-310(c)(v). The amount available for […]
Section 30-6-104 – Requirements for Obtaining Benefits.
30-6-104. Requirements for obtaining benefits. (a) To obtain benefits from the account, a person shall: (i) Be domiciled in Wyoming on the date of application for a benefit; (ii) Make no claim of residency in any other state, territory or country for any other purpose at the time of application for a benefit or at […]
Section 30-8-101 – Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission Created; Duties.
30-8-101. Enhanced oil recovery commission created; duties. (a) The Wyoming enhanced oil recovery commission is created. The commission shall consist of eight (8) members. The governor and the state geologist shall serve as ex officio members of the commission. One (1) legislative member shall be appointed by the management council of the legislature who shall […]
Section 30-6-101 – State Miner’s Hospital Board.
30-6-101. State miner’s hospital board. (a) The state miner’s hospital board is created consisting of the following members: (i) One (1) member resident of Sweetwater County appointed by a majority vote of the county commissioners. In making this appointment the county commissioners shall appoint a member of the Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital Board if a […]
Section 30-5-409 – Statute of Limitations for Civil Action.
30-5-409. Statute of limitations for civil action. A surface owner entitled to bring an action for damages under this act, or to seek any other remedy at law for damages caused by oil and gas operations, shall bring such action within two (2) years after the damage has been discovered, or should have been discovered […]
Section 30-5-410 – Applicability.
30-5-410. Applicability. This act shall not apply to a public utility regulated by the Wyoming public service commission or to a natural gas pipeline regulated by the federal energy regulatory commission.
Section 30-5-501 – Oil and Gas Activities at Geologic Sequestration Sites.
30-5-501. Oil and gas activities at geologic sequestration sites. Nothing in W.S. 35-11-313 shall be deemed to affect the otherwise lawful right of a surface or mineral owner to drill or bore through a geologic sequestration site as defined by W.S. 35-11-103(c)(xxi), if done in accordance with the commission rules for protecting the geologic sequestration […]
Section 30-5-502 – Certification of Carbon Dioxide Incidentally Stored During Enhanced Recovery Operations.
30-5-502. Certification of carbon dioxide incidentally stored during enhanced recovery operations. (a) If there is production of oil, gas or both from enhanced recovery operations under a commission order entered pursuant to W.S. 30-5-110 utilizing the injection of carbon dioxide, the commission upon voluntary application by the unit operator, and after review of the operator […]
Section 30-5-404 – Surety Bond or Guaranty; Approval; Objections; Release of Surety Bond or Guaranty.
30-5-404. Surety bond or guaranty; approval; objections; release of surety bond or guaranty. (a) The surety bond or other guaranty required under W.S. 30-5-402(c)(iv) shall be executed by the oil and gas operator, or a bonding company acceptable to the commission. Other forms of guaranty acceptable by the commission under article 1 of this chapter […]
Section 30-5-405 – Surface Damage and Disruption Payments; Penalty for Late Payment.
30-5-405. Surface damage and disruption payments; penalty for late payment. (a) The oil and gas operator shall pay the surface owner as follows: (i) A sum of money or other compensation equal to the amount of damages sustained by the surface owner for loss of production and income, loss of land value and loss of […]