The Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining meets Wednesday, May 28, at 9 a.m. at the Department of Natural Resources building at 1594 West North Temple in Salt Lake City. The meeting will be streamed live on the Department of Natural Resources YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/live/MSFImnR9QhI.
The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining will conduct a briefing session at 9 a.m.
1. Division updates
2. Next month's agenda and division calendar
3. Division's response to bonding issues raised by industry (to be discussed after the conclusion of formal matters)
4. Opportunity for public comment
The Board will hear the following matters after the briefing session concludes:
1. Docket No. 2025-027 Cause No. 470-18 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of MIDDLE FORK ENERGY UINTA, LLC for an order establishing overlapping special stand-up drilling units for production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the combined Wasatch through Dakota Formations from long lateral horizontal wells comprised of portions of Sections 25 through 28 and 33 through 36, T8S, R21E, S.L.M., Sections 30 and 31, T8S, R22E, S.L.M., and Sections 1 through 4, T9S, R21E, S.L.M., all in Uintah County, Utah. (This matter has been continued to the June 25, 2025 Board Hearing.)
2. Docket No. 2025-025 Cause No. 134-02 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of WEM OPERATING, LLC for an order authorizing the flaring of gas in excess of the amounts allowed under Utah Administrative Code Rule R649-3-20 from the: (I) Blackbuck 4-4-30-26-1H Well, with a surface location in the SW/4NW/4, Section 32, T4S, R4W, U.S.M; (II) Bongo 4-4-31-35-7H Well, with a surface location in the SW/4NW/4, Section 32, T4S, R4W, U.S.M.; (III) Collins 4-3-19-21-1H Well, with a surface location in the NE/4NE/4, Section 25, T4S, R4W, U.S.M.; (IV) Gemsbok Well, with a surface location in the SW/4NW/4, Section 32, T4S, R4W, U.S.M.; (V) Lee 4-4-24-23-1H Well, with a surface location in the NE/4NE/4, Section 25, T4S, R4W, U.S.M.; and (VI) Nilgai 4-4-29-28-1H Well, with a surface location in the SW/4NW/4, Section 32, T4S, R4W, U.S.M., all in Duchesne County, Utah. (Petitioner to provide an update regarding the gas volumes flared from the wells between March 26, 2025, and May 28, 2025.)
3. Docket No. 2025-032 Cause No. 997-04 - In the Matter of Formal Rulemaking to adopt the R644 Carbon Sequestration Rule pertaining to Section 40-11 and the obtaining of primacy for Class VI geologic sequestration wells
4. Docket No. 2025-033 Cause No. 475-12 - In the Matter of the Request for Agency Action of ANSCHUTZ EXPLORATION CORPORATION for an order suspending Utah Administrative Code R649-3-2, R649-3-10 and R649-3-11(1) and (2) as to the Chess (Deep) Federal Unit, comprised of portions of Townships 11 through 13 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East, S.L.M., Uintah County, Utah
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.