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NRS 522.010 - Waste of oil and gas prohibited. - The waste of oil and gas is prohibited in the...
NRS 522.020 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 522.021 - "Correlative rights" defined. - "Correlative rights" means the opportunity afforded, so far as it...
NRS 522.023 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Division of Minerals of the Commission on...
NRS 522.024 - "Division order" defined. - "Division order" means a written instrument executed for the purpose...
NRS 522.025 - "Field" defined. - "Field" means the general area which is underlain or appears...
NRS 522.027 - "Gas" defined. - "Gas" includes all natural gas and all hydrocarbons produced at...
NRS 522.0275 - "Hydraulic fracturing" and "hydraulically fractured" defined. - "Hydraulic fracturing" or "hydraulically fractured" means the process of pumping...
NRS 522.028 - "Lessee" defined. - "Lessee" means the person entitled under an oil and gas...
NRS 522.0285 - "Lessor" defined. - "Lessor" means the mineral owner who has executed a lease...
NRS 522.029 - "Oil" defined. - "Oil" includes: 1. The crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons...
NRS 522.0295 - "Operator" defined. - "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of drilling...
NRS 522.0301 - "Other nonworking interest" defined. - "Other nonworking interest" means any interest in an oil and...
NRS 522.0305 - "Overriding royalty" defined. - "Overriding royalty" means a share of production taken from the...
NRS 522.031 - "Owner" defined. - "Owner" means the person who has the right to drill...
NRS 522.033 - "Person" defined. - "Person" includes any department, agency or instrumentality of the State...
NRS 522.035 - "Pool" defined. - "Pool" means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing to contain,...
NRS 522.037 - "Producer" defined. - "Producer" means the owner of a well or wells capable...
NRS 522.038 - "Royalty" defined. - "Royalty" means the mineral owner’s share of production. (Added to...
NRS 522.039 - "Waste" defined. - "Waste" includes: 1. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of...
NRS 522.0395 - "Working interest" defined. - "Working interest" means the interest granted under an oil and...
NRS 522.040 - Powers and duties of Division. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 522.119: 1. The Division...
NRS 522.050 - Application for issuance of permit or for change in terms of existing permit; fees established by regulation; deposit of fees. - 1. A person shall not drill or operate an oil...
NRS 522.060 - Establishment of drilling units for pools. - 1. For the prevention of waste, to protect and enforce...
NRS 522.080 - Use of gas from well to manufacture carbon products without permit is prima facie waste. - The use of gas from a well producing gas only,...
NRS 522.082 - "Unit production" defined. - As used in NRS 522.082 to 522.0878, inclusive, "unit production"...
NRS 522.0824 - Voluntary unitization; petition for compulsory unitization. - 1. To prevent, or to assist in preventing waste, as...
NRS 522.0828 - Order for compulsory unitization: Findings required before issuance. - If upon the filing of a petition and after notice...
NRS 522.083 - Order for compulsory unitization: Limitations on area of pool to be included in plan. - 1. The order of the Division must define the area...
NRS 522.0834 - Order for compulsory unitization: Consent of certain percentage of owners required; hearings; revocation of order. - 1. No order of the Division creating a unit and...
NRS 522.0838 - Plan of unitization: Required provisions. - The plan of unitization for each such unit and unit...
NRS 522.084 - Plan of unitization: Modification; approval of owners not required in certain circumstances. - The unit area of a unit may be enlarged to...
NRS 522.0844 - Property acquired by unit is owned by lessees subject to management by unit. - All property, whether real or personal, which the unit may...
NRS 522.0848 - Transfer of title to tracts and leases not required; proceeds and production are income of owners. - 1. This chapter does not require a transfer to or...
NRS 522.085 - Distribution of production; distribution in kind under certain circumstances. - 1. The amount of the unit production allocated to each...
NRS 522.0854 - Expenses of unit: Liability of owners is several and limited to amount charged. - The obligation or liability of the lessees or other owners...
NRS 522.0858 - Expenses of unit: Lien for amount assessed; persons primarily responsible for payment; payment by persons not responsible; payment to royalty owners free of lien and expenses. - 1. Subject to such reasonable limitations as may be set...
NRS 522.086 - Operations under plan are considered fulfillment of provisions in contracts relating to pool in unit. - Operations carried on under and in accordance with the plan...
NRS 522.0864 - Property rights, leases and contracts regarded as modified to conform to provisions of chapter and plan of unitization. - Property rights, leases, contracts and all other rights and obligations...
NRS 522.0868 - Plan approved by Division does not violate statutes prohibiting monopolies. - No agreement or plan for the development and operation of...
NRS 522.087 - Implied covenants unaffected. - NRS 522.082 to 522.0878, inclusive, and any plan of unitization...
NRS 522.0874 - Procedural requirements for petitions, notices and hearings. - 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided in NRS 522.082 to...
NRS 522.0878 - Operation of well in unit area by persons not included in unit unlawful. - After the effective date of an order of the Division...
NRS 522.090 - Regulations and orders of Division: Notice; hearing and entry of order. - 1. The Division shall make no regulation or order, or...
NRS 522.100 - Witnesses: Attendance and testimony; production of books and records; contempt. - 1. The Division may summon witnesses and require the production...
NRS 522.110 - Application for rehearing. - Within 20 days after written notice of the entry of...
NRS 522.113 - Payment of money derived from sale of production; liability for violation; applicability. - 1. The owner, lessee, operator or other person who is...
NRS 522.115 - Respective rights; information to be reported with remittance; liability for failure to report information. - 1. For purposes of determining the respective rights of the...
NRS 522.118 - Applicability; alteration of previous agreement prohibited. - 1. The provisions of NRS 522.115 govern the relationship between...
NRS 522.119 - Development of program; regulations. - 1. The Division of Minerals and the Division of Environmental...
NRS 522.120 - Penalties. - 1. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this...
NRS 522.130 - Injunctive relief. - 1. Whenever it appears that any person is violating or...
NRS 522.140 - Application of chapter; lands subject to jurisdiction of United States. - 1. As the State of Nevada is a sovereign state...
NRS 522.150 - Payment of expenses for affiliation with Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; submission of monthly production report and payment of administrative fee by producers; establishment of administrative fee by regulation. - 1. Any expenses in connection with Nevada’s affiliation with the...
NRS 522.160 - Nevada to join Interstate Compact. - The Governor is authorized and directed, for and in the...
NRS 522.170 - Contents of Interstate Compact. - The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas referred to...
NRS 522.180 - Extension of expiration date of Compact; reentry of State after withdrawal. - 1. The Governor is authorized and empowered, for and in...
NRS 522.190 - Interstate Oil Compact Commission: State representation. - 1. The Governor shall be the official representative of the...