It is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate the
development, production and utilization of natural resources of oil and
gas in this state in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize
and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas
properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and
gas may be had, and that the correlative rights of all owners and the
rights of all persons including landowners and the general public may be
fully protected, and to provide in similar fashion for the underground
storage of gas, the solution mining of salt and geothermal,
stratigraphic and brine disposal wells.