Section 70-7-20 – Evidence of unit to be recorded.
A copy of each unit agreement shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the unit is situated. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-20, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 20.
Section 70-7-21 – Unlawful operation.
From and after the date designated by the division that a unit plan shall become effective, the operation of any well producing from the pool within the area subject to said unit plan, by persons other than persons acting under the authority of the unit plan, or except in the manner and to the extent […]
Section 70-7-7 – Division orders.
The order providing for unitization and unit operation of a pool or part of a pool shall be upon terms and conditions that are fair, reasonable and equitable and shall approve or prescribe a plan or unit agreement for unit operation which shall include: A. a legal description in terms of surface area of the […]
Section 70-7-8 – Ratification or approval of plan by owners.
A. No order of the division providing for unit operations shall become effective unless and until the plan for unit operations prescribed by the division has been approved in writing by those persons who, under the division’s order, will be required initially to pay at least seventy-five percent of the costs of the unit operations, […]
Section 70-7-9 – Amendment of plan of unitization.
An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the division in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as an original order providing for unit operations, provided: A. if such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the working interest owners, the approval of the […]
Section 70-7-10 – Previously established units.
The division, by order, may provide for the unit operation of a pool or parts thereof that embrace a unit area established by a previous order of the division. Such order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract, and the portion of […]
Section 70-7-11 – Unit operations of less than an entire pool.
An order may provide for unit operation on less than the whole of a pool where the unit area is of such size and shape as may be reasonably suitable for that purpose, and the conduct thereof will have no adverse effect upon other portions of the pool. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-11, enacted by […]
Section 70-7-12 – Operation; expressed or implied covenants.
All operations, including but not limited to, the commencement, drilling or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portions of the unit production allocated to […]
Section 70-7-13 – Income from unitized substances.
The portion of the unit production allocated to any tract, and the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be the property and income of the several persons to whom, or to whose credit, the same are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations. History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-13, enacted by Laws 1975, […]
Section 70-7-14 – Lien for costs.
Subject to such reasonable limitations as may be set out in the plan of unitization, the unit shall have a first and prior lien upon the leasehold estate and other oil and gas rights (exclusive of a one-eighth royalty interest or exclusive of the interest provided in the unit operating plan which allocates costs, if […]