82-11-201. (Temporary) Establishment of well spacing units. (1) To prevent or to assist in preventing waste of oil or gas prohibited by this chapter, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights, the board, upon its own motion or upon application of an interested person, after hearing, may by order establish: (a) temporary […]
82-11-202. Pooling of interest within spacing unit. (1) (a) When two or more separately owned tracts are embraced within a temporary or permanent spacing unit or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of the spacing unit, then the persons owning those interests may pool their interests for the development and operation of […]
82-11-203. Pooling agreements not in violation of antitrust laws. (1) An agreement for the unit or cooperative development and operation of a field or pool or any part of either or for conducting repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations, including the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas in connection therewith, […]
82-11-204. (Temporary) Hearing on operation of pool as unit. (1) The board, upon the application of persons owning leasehold interests underlying 60% of the surface within the delineated area, shall hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of one or more pools or parts thereof in a field for enhanced […]
82-11-205. (Temporary) Board order for unit operation — criteria. The board shall make an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or pools or part thereof if it determines, based on evidence presented at the hearing, that: (1) such operation is reasonably necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas; (2) the value of […]
82-11-206. Terms and conditions of plan for unit operations. The order under 82-11-205 must be upon terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and must prescribe a plan for unit operations that includes: (1) a description of the pool or pools or parts of a pool or pools to be operated, termed the unit area, but […]
82-11-207. Approval of plan for unit operations by persons paying costs. An order of the board providing for unit operations may not become effective unless the plan for unit operations prescribed by the board has been approved in writing by those persons who under the board’s order will be required to pay at least 70% of […]
82-11-208. Board orders — amendment. An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the board in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and notice as an original order providing for unit operations; however, if such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the owners, the […]
82-11-209. Units established by previous order. The board may provide by an order for the unit operation of a pool or pools or parts of a pool or pools that embrace a unit established by an order of the board made prior to February 13, 1969. The order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, […]
82-11-210. Unit operations — less than whole of pool. An order may provide for unit operations on less than the whole of a pool where the unit area is of such size and shape as may be reasonably required for that purpose and the conduct thereof will have no adverse effect upon other portions of the […]
82-11-211. Operations considered as done by all owners in unit. (1) All operations, including but not limited to the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area, shall be considered for all purposes the conduct of those operations upon each tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. […]
82-11-212. Property rights and operator’s lien. That portion of the unit production allocated to any tract and the proceeds from the sale of that production must be the property and income of the persons to whom or to whose credit the proceeds are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations, except that the […]
82-11-213. Contract not terminated by board order. A division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase or production from a tract may not be terminated by the order providing for unit operations but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to the tract until terminated in accordance with the […]
82-11-214. (Temporary) Title to oil and gas rights not affected by board order. Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, an order providing for unit operations does not result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in […]
82-11-215. Unit operation not restraint of trade. The formation of a unit as provided in 82-11-204 through 82-11-216 and the operation of the unit under order of the board shall not be in violation of any statute of this state relating to trusts, monopolies, contracts, or combinations in restraint of trade. History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 33, […]
82-11-216. No creation of relationship between parties in unit. The formation of such a unit as herein provided will not create a relationship between the parties thereto which shall be deemed to be or constitute a joint endeavor, adventure, undertaking, association, or mining or other partnership. History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 33, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.13.
