Utah- Oil & Gas

摘要

Duchesne County Amends Oil and Gas Ordinance On May 13, 2013, Duchesne County significantly amended its ordinance pertaining to oil and gas exploration and production activities. See Ordinance #12-308 (amending Zoning Regulations §§ 8-2-1, 8-6-1, 8-13-5-4) (Ordinance). Duchesne County is the leading oil-producing county in Utah, and has seen increased and more intensive development in recent years. See Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (DOGM), "Utah Oil Production-by County (past 5 years)" (rev. ed. Mar. 2013), Statistics/PROD_Oil_county.cfm. Local regulation of oil and gas development began in 2005, when Duchesne County passed an ordinance requiring well sites on private land in certain residential and agricultural zones to be located no less than 660 feet from existing dwellings.