The Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining meets Wednesday, August 28 at 9 a.m. at the Department of Natural Resources building at 1594 West North Temple in Salt Lake City. The briefing session link is https://youtube.com/live/VtPn4m2Vf6g, and the link for the board hearing is https://youtube.com/live/ m0pfoWrKVRA.
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining staff will conduct a briefing session at 9 a.m.:
1. Department of Interior Surface Mining Control Reclamation Act
2. Rulemaking progress update
3. Update on carbon sequestration class VI primacy application
4. Other
5. Next month's agenda and division calendar
6. Opportunity for public comment
Board members will hear the following matters after the briefing session:
1. Docket No. 2024-041 Cause No. 472-03 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of OVINTIV USA INC. for an order pooling interests, including the compulsory pooling of the interests of certain non-consenting owners in the Deveraux UT 1-14 4-1-13-24-7H Well, in the drilling unit established for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Lower Green River-Wasatch Formations comprised of all of Sections 13 and 24, Township 4 South, Range 1 West, U.S.M., Uintah County, Utah. (The Board will consider the recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law generated by the Hearing Examiner from the proceeding on August 21, 2024.)
2. Docket No. 2024-042 Cause No. 132-47 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of OVINTIV USA INC. for an order pooling interests, including the compulsory pooling of the interests of certain non-consenting owners in the Lamb UT 1-16 4-1-9-4-1H Well, in the drilling unit established for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Lower Green River-Wasatch Formations comprised of all of Sections 4 and 9, Township 4 South, Range 1 West, U.S.M., Duchesne County, Utah. (The Board will consider the recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law generated by the Hearing Examiner from the proceeding on August 21, 2024.)
3. Docket No. 2024-045 Cause No. 132-48 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of OVINTIV USA INC. for an order partially vacating the order entered in Cause No. 139-114 and instead pooling interests, including the compulsory pooling of the interests of certain non-consenting owners in the nine (9) Bruce Wells identified herein, in the drilling unit established for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Lower Green River-Wasatch Formations comprised of all of Sections 14 and 23 Township 3 South, Range 2 West, U.S.M., Duchesne County, Utah. (The Board will consider the recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law generated by the Hearing Examiner from the proceeding on August 21, 2024.)
4. Docket No. 2024-007 Cause No. 199-05 - In the Matter of: Request for Agency Action of PERCHETTI ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC for an order requiring an accounting and payment of proceeds from ARB Energy Utah, LLC. (This matter was continued from the May 22, 2024, Board hearing.)
5. Docket No. 2024-043 Cause No. 130-34 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of OVINTIV USA INC. for an order: (1) modifying the Board's order entered in Cause No. 139-150 by extending the Board's orders entered in Cause Nos. 600-03 and 600-05 to reduce the north/south drilling unit boundary setbacks from 330 feet to 100 feet for the drilling unit comprised of Sections 1 and 12, Township 4 South, Range 3 West, U.S.M.; and (2) establishing an overlapping drilling unit for drilling long lateral drilling unit boundary wells for the production of oil, gas and hydrocarbons from the Lower Green River-Wasatch Formations comprised of said Sections 1 and 12 and Sections 6 and 7, Township 4 South, Range 2 West, U.S.M., all in Duchesne County, Utah.
6. Docket No. 2024-044 Cause No. 475-09 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of ANSCHUTZ EXPLORATION CORPORATION for an order suspending Utah Admin. Code R649-3-2, R649-3-10 and R649-3-11(1) and (2) as to the Canvas (Deep), Glacier (Deep) and Tarn (Deep) Federal Units, comprised of portions of Townships 10 through 12 South, Ranges 22 through 24 East, S.L.M., Uintah County, Utah.
7. Docket No. 2024-046 Cause No. 997-02 - In the Matter of Formal Rulemaking to create the Pollution Control Facilities Tax Incentive Program.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons requiring auxiliary communicative aids and services to enable them to participate in this hearing should call Julie Ann Carter at (801) 538-5277, at least three working days prior to the hearing.