§ 27-663 – Unlawful interference; classification
27-663. Unlawful interference; classification Any owner or operator or employee thereof who knowingly refuses to permit the commission to inspect a well or who knowingly hinders or delays enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and every person, whether as principal agent, servant or employee, or otherwise, who violates or knowingly fails or refuses to […]
§ 27-664 – Cooperative development agreements; unitization
27-664. Cooperative development agreements; unitization Whenever the commission finds that it is in the interest of the protection of the geothermal resources of this state from unreasonable waste, the lessors, lessees, operators, owners or other persons holding or controlling royalty or other interest in separate properties within the same productive or prospectively productive geothermal area […]
§ 27-665 – Unitization; requirements
27-665. Unitization; requirements A. No order of the commission creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto shall become effective unless and until the plan of unitization has been signed, or in writing ratified or approved by the owner or lessees of record of not less than sixty-three per cent of the […]
§ 27-666 – Pooling
27-666. Pooling A. When two or more separately owned tracts of land are embraced within an established drilling unit, persons owning the drilling rights therein and the right to share in the production therefrom may agree to pool their interests and develop their lands as a drilling unit. If the persons do not agree to […]
§ 27-667 – Relationship of geothermal resources to water laws
27-667. Relationship of geothermal resources to water laws A. Geothermal resources and their development shall be exempt from the water laws of this state unless either: 1. Such resources are commingled with surface waters or groundwaters of this state. 2. Such development causes impairment of or damage to the groundwater supply. B. In the development […]
§ 27-668 – Leasing state lands for development of geothermal resources
27-668. Leasing state lands for development of geothermal resources A. The department may lease state lands for the development of geothermal resources and sell geothermal resource leases as provided in this article. B. The department may prescribe rules and regulations necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section and to protect the […]
§ 27-669 – Designation of known geothermal resource areas
27-669. Designation of known geothermal resource areas The department may determine and designate the known geothermal resource areas. The determinations and designations shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in this state, the last publication to be not less than five days from the first date of publication. The determinations and designations […]
§ 27-670 – Lease of state lands; application; call for bids; publication; withdrawal of lands from leasing
27-670. Lease of state lands; application; call for bids; publication; withdrawal of lands from leasing A. Applications for leases shall be in writing addressed to the department and shall contain a description of the lands sufficient to identify them, the name and address of the applicant and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of […]
§ 27-671 – Provisions of lease
27-671. Provisions of lease A. The leases shall provide for the payment by the lessee of a royalty of not less than twelve and one-half per cent of the gross value of the resource at the well head. B. The leases shall provide for an annual rental of not less than one dollar per acre […]
§ 27-672 – Unit operations; unit agreements
27-672. Unit operations; unit agreements A. Each lease issued under the provisions of this article shall provide that the lessee, insofar as its interest is affected, may join, with the department’s prior written approval, in cooperative or unit plans for the development and operation of geothermal resource pools with the United States, its agencies and […]