California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 3635.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.)
• Section 3635.1.
  “Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, or other representative of any kind...
• Section 3635.2.
  “Land” means both surface and mineral rights.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.)
• Section 3635.3.
  “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas...
• Section 3635.4.
  “Field” means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch.
• Section 3635.5.
  “Tracts of land” means land areas under separate ownership which are all of the following:(a) Contiguous either on the surface or in the subsurface.(b) Located within a...
• Section 3636.
  “Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3640) of...
• Section 3636.1.
  “Unit area” means all lands included within an area subject to a unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with...
• Section 3636.2.
  “Unit production” means all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of a unit agreement approved by...
• Section 3636.3.
  “Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the working interest owners as operator or operators of the unit area.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch.
• Section 3637.
  “Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement, or otherwise, under...
• Section 3637.1.
  “Working interest owner” means a person owning a working interest.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.)
• Section 3637.2.
  “Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof...
• Section 3637.3.
  “Royalty interest owner” means a person owning a royalty interest.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1673.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018