Adkins v. Board of Oil, Gas & Mining

HOWE, Justice:

Petitioner John Adkins seeks review of the dismissal of his request for agency action by the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining for his failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted and his failure to provide proper notice to all interested parties. The request *882sought retroactive modification of an oil field spacing order, a forced pooling of interests with respondent Union Pacific Resource Company (UPRC), and a proportional share of UPRC’s past and future production profits.

I. STANDARD OF REVIEW

Under Utah Code Ann. § 63-46b-16, dealing with judicial review of an agency’s…