(a) The plan for unit operations prescribed by the board under ORS 520.270 has been approved in writing by (A) those owners who, under the board’s order, will be required to pay at least 75 percent of the costs of the unit operation, and (B) those persons who, at the time of the order of the board, owned of record legal title to 75 percent of royalty and overriding royalty payable with respect to oil and gas produced from the pool or part thereof over the entire unit area; and
(b) The board has made a finding, either in the order providing for unit operations or in a supplemental order, that the plan for unit operations has been so approved.
(2) If the plan for unit operations has not been approved pursuant to subsection (1) of this section at the time the order providing for unit operations is made, the board shall upon application and notice hold such supplemental hearings as are required to determine if and when the plan for unit operations has been approved. If the persons owning the percentage of interest in the unit area required by subsection (1) of this section do not approve the plan for unit operations within a period of six months after the date on which the order providing for unit operations is made, the order is ineffective and shall be revoked by the board unless the board, for good cause shown, extends the time for approval. [1961 c.671 §5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 520 - Conservation of Gas and Oil
Section 520.005 - Definitions.
Section 520.017 - Fees; rules; disposition of fees.
Section 520.027 - Information holes; holes drilled as part of seismic program; trade secrets.
Section 520.045 - Determination of waste of oil or gas.
Section 520.055 - General jurisdiction and authority of board; tidal lands; rules.
Section 520.095 - Rules and orders; bond.
Section 520.097 - Abandonment or completion of well; well logs and records; trade secrets.
Section 520.125 - Authority of board to summon witnesses and require production of evidence.
Section 520.175 - Injunctions to restrain violation or threatened violation of chapter.
Section 520.210 - Establishment of spacing units for pool or field; purpose; scope; effect.
Section 520.220 - Integrating interests or tracts within spacing unit.
Section 520.260 - Hearing to determine need for unitization of operations; required findings; order.
Section 520.270 - Plan for unit operations.
Section 520.280 - Allocation of production under plan; ownership.
Section 520.290 - When unitization order to become effective; supplemental hearings.
Section 520.300 - Amending unitization order.
Section 520.350 - Property rights in underground reservoirs for natural gas storage.