Montana Code 82-11-205. Board order for unit operation — criteria
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:
Terms Used In Montana Code 82-11-205
- Board: means the board of oil and gas conservation provided for in 2-15-3303. See Montana Code 82-11-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Gas: means all natural gases and all other fluid hydrocarbons, including methane gas or any other natural gas found in any coal formation, as produced at the wellhead and not defined as oil in subsection (3). See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Oil: means crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form by ordinary production methods and that are not the result of condensation of gas before or after it leaves the reservoir. See Montana Code 82-1-111
- Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil or gas or both; each zone of a structure which is completely separated from any other zone in the same structure is a pool, as that term is used in this chapter. See Montana Code 82-11-101
(1)such operation is reasonably necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas;
(2)the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas less royalties or, as to gas pools only, the value of the economies to be effected, exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting such operations; and
(3)the full areal extent of the pool or pools or part thereof has been reasonably defined and determined by drilling operations.