ARTICLE 2. Definitions [3635. - 3637.3.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.

§§ 3635–3637.3 · 14 sections

§ 3635 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
§ 3635.1 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator,…
§ 3635.2 “Land” means both surface and mineral rights.
§ 3635.3 “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural…
§ 3635.4 “Field” means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.
§ 3635.5 “Tracts of land” means land areas under separate ownership which are all of the following: (a) Contiguous either on the surface or in the subsurface. (b)…
§ 3636 “Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3640) of…
§ 3636.1 “Unit area” means all lands included within an area subject to a unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section…
§ 3636.2 “Unit production” means all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of a unit agreement approved by the…
§ 3636.3 “Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the working interest owners as operator or operators of the unit area.
§ 3637 “Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement, or otherwise, under…
§ 3637.1 “Working interest owner” means a person owning a working interest.
§ 3637.2 “Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof other than a working…
§ 3637.3 “Royalty interest owner” means a person owning a royalty interest.