Utah Project13 Jul 2023 14:27
Filed 12/7/2023
https://fs.ogm.utah.gov/bbooks/2023/05_May/Docket/2023-022_471-03_HSOandACOil/2023-022_471-03_20230712.1_RulingOnPetitionersMotionToStrike.pdf
The Utah Board of Oil, Gas & Mining (the “Board”), having considered the arguments of the parties at hearing on June 28, 2023 as to the Motion to Strike Hoodoo Mining and Production Company’s Response filed by Petitioners Heavy Sweet Oil, LLC and AC Oil, LLC (“Petitioners”)on May 23, 2023, Hoodoo Mining & Production Company LLC’s (“Hoodoo’s”) Response in Opposition to Motion to Strike filed on June 21, 2023 , and the Division of Oil, Gas & Mining’s Joint Response dated June 21, 2023, and good cause appearing, hereby DENIES the Motion to Strike and rules as follows:
Hoodoo is recognized as a proper “party,” as that term is defined in Utah Admin. CodeR641-100-200, with standing to participate in this particular cause, and its Response to Petitioners’ Request for Agency Action remains part of the record in this cause for the Board’s consideration; provided, however, that all facts contained in the Board’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order entered on December 8, 2022 in Docket No. 2022-024, Cause No. 470-09, regarding the lands within the pilot project authorized thereunder, are conclusively established going forward in this cause.