Idaho Oil & Gas

Oil and Gas Commission - The State Board of Land Commissioners acts as the Oil and Gas Commission and regulates the exploration, drilling and production of oil and gas resources. Wellhead activities are monitored to ensure that environmental damage does not occur during drilling and operation states.

 

The Idaho Department of Lands implements the Oil and Gas Commission regulations:  Lands, Minerals and Range Division 

Information on past oil and gas exploration wells in Idaho was transferred to the Idaho Geological Survey in 2009.   Idaho Geological Survey is in the process of preserving the data with goals to make all files available to the public in a digital format.

 

The Idaho Geological Survey maintains files on over one hundred fifty oil and gas wells in the state. These files include the reports and logs provided by companies to the Oil and Gas Commission from 1903-1988. Some files contain drilling service reports, geophysical logs, geologic logs, and lease maps. Most are one-of-a-kind documents, and many are in fragile condition. Available files are organized by IGS no., and can be found by searching our Oil and Gas spreadsheet.  Please refer to IGS no. when inquiring about files.

 

The Survey provides digitally scanned copies of records in its Oil and Gas Files in the form of Adobe PDF documents on CD or DVD. Each order is assessed an initial processing charge of $10.00 and $0.50 for each letter size and legal size sheet in the file (pricing subject to change based on effort required). Partial file orders will be charged an additional $10.00 fee per file (per well) for sorting contents.  The cost for any accompanying larger sheets such as maps is $12.00 each. Printed paper copies can be supplied at $0.15 a page for letter and $0.20 for legal sized sheets. For accompanying larger sheets, the printing cost is calculated at the time of the order. An estimate of the expected delivery time is also given at the time of the order.

 

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DWM-81 - Oil and Gas Map of Idaho, 2006

 

I-37 - Stratigraphic Correlation of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Rocks of Idaho, 1983

 

T-80-9 - Summary of the Overthrust Belt in Parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho, 1980

 

B-8 - Geology and Oil Possibilities of Bingham, Bonneville, and Caribou Counties, Idaho, 1924

 

P-5 - A Preliminary Reconnaissance of the Gas and Oil Possibilities of Southwestern and South-Central Idaho, 1923

 

M-3 - Energy Resources of Idaho, 1980

- Geothermal Resources of Idaho, 1994