NRS 522.050 – Application for issuance of permit or for change in terms of existing permit; fees established by regulation; deposit of fees.
1. A person shall not drill or operate an oil or gas well unless he or she first obtains a permit from the Division pursuant to this section. 2. Every person desiring to drill and operate an oil or gas well or requesting a change in the terms of an existing permit to drill and […]
NRS 522.060 – Establishment of drilling units for pools.
1. For the prevention of waste, to protect and enforce the correlative rights of lessees in a pool, and to avoid the augmentation and accumulation of risks arising from the drilling of an excessive number of wells, or the reduced recovery which might result from too small a number of wells, the Division shall, after […]
NRS 522.080 – Use of gas from well to manufacture carbon products without permit is prima facie waste.
The use of gas from a well producing gas only, or from a well which is primarily a gas well, for the manufacture of carbon black or similar products predominantly carbon, is declared to constitute waste prima facie, and the gas well must not be used for any such purpose unless it is clearly shown […]
NRS 522.082 – “Unit production” defined.
As used in NRS 522.082 to 522.0878, inclusive, “unit production” includes all oil and gas produced from a unit area from and after the effective date of the order of the Division creating the unit regardless of the well or tract within the unit area from which it is produced. (Added to NRS by 1983, […]
NRS 522.0824 – Voluntary unitization; petition for compulsory unitization.
1. To prevent, or to assist in preventing waste, as prohibited by this chapter, to ensure a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas, and to protect the correlative rights of persons owning interests in the tracts of land affected, those persons may validly integrate their interests to provide for the unitized management, development and […]
NRS 522.0828 – Order for compulsory unitization: Findings required before issuance.
If upon the filing of a petition and after notice and hearing, the Division finds that: 1. The unitized management, operation and further development of a pool or portion thereof is reasonably necessary in order effectively to carry on pressure control, pressure-maintenance or repressuring operations, cycling operations, waterflooding operations, or any combination thereof, or any […]
NRS 522.083 – Order for compulsory unitization: Limitations on area of pool to be included in plan.
1. The order of the Division must define the area of the pool or portion thereof to be included within the unit area and prescribe with reasonable detail the plan of unitization applicable thereto. 2. Each unit and unit area must be limited to all or a portion of a single pool. Only so much […]
NRS 522.0834 – Order for compulsory unitization: Consent of certain percentage of owners required; hearings; revocation of order.
1. No order of the Division creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto becomes effective unless: (a) The plan of unitization has been signed or in writing ratified, or approved by the lessees of record of not less than 62.5 percent of the unit area affected thereby and by the owners […]
NRS 522.038 – “Royalty” defined.
“Royalty” means the mineral owner’s share of production. (Added to NRS by 1991, 960)
NRS 522.039 – “Waste” defined.
“Waste” includes: 1. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of or unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy. 2. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner which results or tends to result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas to be recovered from any pool in […]