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CHAPTER 5 (Unit Operations and Approval of Unit Agreements) Code Document


001 An application for an order for the unit operations of a pool, pools, or parts thereof and for the pooling of the interests in the oil and gas in the proposed unit area shall contain:

   001.01 A plat outlining the area which will be affected by the proposed operation and showing all governmental quarter sections or lots equivalent thereto directly or diagonally offsetting said area. The names of the owner or operator of each separate tract of land shall be shown, and all wells, including dry, abandoned or drilling wells shall be properly located and designated on said plat. In the case of an operation conducted subject to a unit agreement, the area affected shall be the area subject to such agreement.

   001.02 The names and addresses of each owner as defined by the Act, or operator as shown by the Commission records, of lands within the area which will be affected by the operation and of lands directly or diagonally offsetting said area.

   001.03 A full description of the particular operation for which approval is sought.

   001.04 The names and addresses of the operator or operators of the project.

   001.05 The formation or formations from which all wells are producing or have produced.

   001.06 The name, depth and description of the reservoir, reservoirs, pool, pools or parts thereof to be so operated.

   001.07 The names of all persons owning or having an interest in the oil and gas in the proposed unit area or the production therefrom, including mortgagees and the owners of other liens or encumbrances, as disclosed by the public records in the county in which the unit area is situated and their addresses, if known. If the name or address of any person is unknown, the application shall so indicate.

   001.08 A proposed plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area which the petitioner considers fair, reasonable and equitable.

   001.09 A proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid, unless all owners within the unit area have already executed an operating agreement covering such supervision, management and allocation and payment of costs.

002 A hearing on an application filed under Chapter 4 and a hearing on an application filed under this rule may be consolidated for the purpose of hearing and taking testimony if a part of the testimony in one matter is also material in the other. Separate orders may be entered on each application.

   Statute: 57-901; 57-905; 57-910; 57-911