NRS 522.020 – Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 522.021 to 522.0395, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [2:202:1953; A 1955, 55]—(NRS A 1977, 1149; 1983, 2078; 1991, 386, 962; 2015, 173)
NRS 522.021 – “Correlative rights” defined.
“Correlative rights” means the opportunity afforded, so far as it is practicable to do so, to the owner of each property in a pool to produce without waste the owner’s just and equitable share of the oil or gas, or both, in the pool and for this purpose to use the owner’s just and equitable […]
NRS 522.023 – “Division” defined.
“Division” means the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources. (Added to NRS by 1983, 2070; A 1993, 1689; 1999, 3632)
NRS 522.024 – “Division order” defined.
“Division order” means a written instrument executed for the purpose of: 1. Directing the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of the production from an oil or gas well among the owners of the interests in that production; 2. Setting forth the name and address of each of those owners; and 3. Enabling the […]
NRS 522.025 – “Field” defined.
“Field” means the general area which is underlain or appears to be underlain by at least one pool and includes the underground reservoir or reservoirs containing oil or gas. (Added to NRS by 1983, 2070)
NRS 522.027 – “Gas” defined.
“Gas” includes all natural gas and all hydrocarbons produced at the wellhead except oil. (Added to NRS by 1983, 2070)
NRS 522.0275 – “Hydraulic fracturing” and “hydraulically fractured” defined.
“Hydraulic fracturing” or “hydraulically fractured” means the process of pumping a fluid into or under the surface of the ground to create fractures in the rock to facilitate the production or recovery of oil or gas. (Added to NRS by 2015, 173)
NRS 522.028 – “Lessee” defined.
“Lessee” means the person entitled under an oil and gas lease to drill and operate wells. (Added to NRS by 1991, 385)
NRS 520.200 – Title to mining ground worked.
The mining ground owned and worked by partners in mining, whether purchased with partnership funds or not, is partnership property. [5:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.04]
NRS 520.210 – Transfer of interests of members: Operation and effect.
One of the partners in a mining partnership may convey his or her interest in the mine and business without dissolving the partnership. The purchaser, from the date of the purchase, becomes a member of the partnership. [6:155:1933; 1931 NCL § 5030.05]