312 IAC 29-19-2 - Involuntary integration of interests
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-37-3
Affected: IC 14-37
Sec. 2.
(a) If the
owners or lessees of separate tracts of land located within a proposed drilling
unit, or within a pool or part of a pool sought for secondary, tertiary, other
enhanced recovery methods, or shared facilities among tracts operated by the
same operator, do not agree to integrate their interests, the division director
shall, for the prevention of waste or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary
wells, require all the owners or lessees to integrate their interests according
to the requirements of IC 14-37 and this rule.
(b) A petition may be made by the owner or
lessee of a present or future oil and gas interest in a tract of land located
within the proposed unit for an order requiring all of the owners or lessees to
integrate their interests so that the land may be developed as a drilling unit
or unitized for the production from a pool or part of a pool sought for
secondary, tertiary, enhanced recovery methods, or shared facilities.
(c) Before submitting a petition to the
division director, the petitioner shall have made a diligent attempt to locate
and obtain voluntary agreements from all of the other owners or lessees of oil
and gas interests in the proposed unit.
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