ARTICLE 3. Unit Agreements [3640. - 3659.]
Article 3 added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.
§§ 3640–3659 · 21 sections
- § 3640 Tracts of land may be unitized as provided in this article to provide for the management, development, and operation thereof as a unit to prevent, or to assist…
- § 3641 An agreement for the management, development, and operation of two or more tracts of land in the same field or in the same producing or prospective pool as a…
- § 3642 Any proposed agreement for unit operation of tracts of land which has been consented to by persons who own title to working interests which aggregate at least…
- § 3643 The unit agreement shall be approved, if, after a public hearing, the supervisor finds all of the following: (a) The unit area of the proposed agreement for…
- § 3644 A tract of land’s fair, equitable, and reasonable share of the unit production shall be measured by the value of such tract for oil and gas purposes and its…
- § 3645 Upon giving his approval to the unit agreement pursuant to Section 3643, the supervisor shall issue an order directing unit operations of the unit area in…
- § 3646 The supervisor’s order shall include fair and reasonable provisions for all of the following: (a) The date when all tracts of land not theretofore committed to…
- § 3647 The owner of any working interest or royalty interest in a tract which is the subject of a unit agreement who did not consent to the proposed unit agreement…
- § 3648 Any unit agreement approved by the supervisor shall contain a provision under which a party whose surface land is being utilized for the benefit of the unit…
- § 3649 Any proposed modification of an approved unit agreement shall be submitted by the unit operator to the supervisor for his review and approval. No modification…
- § 3650 If at any time after the entry of an order of unitization issued pursuant to Section 3645, it develops that all or a portion of a further tract or tracts of…
- § 3651 The supervisor shall issue his order that such further tract or tracts of land insofar as they contain the pool or pools, or portions thereof, and the…
- § 3652 The supervisor’s order issued pursuant to Section 3651 shall contain a fair basis for allocating production to such further tract or tracts of land and make…
- § 3653 Any disagreement with respect to the unit operation between persons owning any interest in the pool or pools, or portions thereof, subject to the unit…
- § 3653.5 A petition requesting approval of a unit agreement and each copy thereof shall contain or have attached to it: (a) A request that the supervisor approve the…
- § 3654 Any and all decisions or determinations made by the supervisor under the provisions of this chapter shall be appealable to any court of competent jurisdiction…
- § 3655 The three-fourths interests referred to in Sections 3642, 3649, and 3651 shall be determined as follows: (a) A total value, composed of the combined value of…
- § 3656 No unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall effect or result in, or be construed to effect or result in, the…
- § 3657 Operations incident to the drilling, producing, or operating of a well or wells on any portion of a unit area under a unit agreement approved by the supervisor…
- § 3658 Any order of the supervisor issued pursuant to this article shall, from and after its effective date, be effective as to, and be binding upon, each person…
- § 3659 Prior to any public hearing held by the supervisor pursuant to this chapter, the supervisor shall give reasonable written notice of the hearing to all persons…