82-11-211. Operations considered as done by all owners in unit. (1) All operations, including but not limited to the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area, shall be considered for all purposes the conduct of those operations upon each tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portion of the unit production allocated to a tract in a unit area shall, when produced, be considered for all purposes to have been actually produced from the tract by a well drilled thereon.
(2) Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the board providing for unit operations shall constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations of each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that the obligations cannot be performed because of the order of the board.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 33, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.8.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation
82-11-201. Establishment of well spacing units
82-11-202. Pooling of interest within spacing unit
82-11-203. Pooling agreements not in violation of antitrust laws
82-11-204. Hearing on operation of pool as unit
82-11-205. Board order for unit operation -- criteria
82-11-206. Terms and conditions of plan for unit operations
82-11-207. Approval of plan for unit operations by persons paying costs
82-11-208. Board orders -- amendment
82-11-209. Units established by previous order
82-11-210. Unit operations -- less than whole of pool
82-11-211. Operations considered as done by all owners in unit
82-11-212. Property rights and operator's lien
82-11-213. Contract not terminated by board order
82-11-214. Title to oil and gas rights not affected by board order
82-11-215. Unit operation not restraint of trade
82-11-216. No creation of relationship between parties in unit