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Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 102 PoolingLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Natural Resources Code > Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 102 Pooling This chapter may be cited as the Mineral Interest Pooling Act. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2570, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. ... In this chapter: (1) "Mineral" means and is limited to oil and gas. (2) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., ... The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any reservoir discovered and produced before March 8, 1961. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2571, ch. ... (a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to land owned by the State of Texas nor to land in which the State of ... When two or more separately owned tracts of land are embraced in a common reservoir of oil or gas for which the commission has established ... The following interested owners may apply to the commission for the pooling of mineral interests: (1) the owner of any interest in oil and gas ... (a) The applicant shall set forth in detail the nature of voluntary pooling offers made to the owners of the other interests in the proposed ... (a) The commission shall not require the owner of a mineral interest, the productive acreage of which is equal to or in excess of the ... A pooling agreement, offer to pool, or pooling order is not considered fair and reasonable if it provides for an operating agreement containing any of ... On the filing of an application for pooling of interests into a unit under the provisions of this chapter, at least 30 days notice before ... (a) After notice and hearing, all orders effecting the pooling shall be made on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable and will afford ... The commission shall pool only the acreage which at the time of its order reasonably appears to lie within the productive limits of the reservoir. ... (a) For the purpose of determining the portions of production owned by the persons owning interests in the pooled unit, the production shall be allocated ... (a) As to an owner who elects not to pay his proportionate share of the drilling and completion costs in advance, the commission shall make ... (a) The operations on and production from any portion of a unit for which a pooling order has been entered shall be considered for all ... A unit established by order of the commission under this chapter may not be modified or dissolved subsequently without the consent of all mineral owners ... A unit is automatically dissolved: (1) one year after its effective date if no production or drilling operations have been had on the unit; (2) ... On termination of a lease pooled by order of the commission under authority granted by this chapter, interests covered by the lease are considered pooled ... A person affected by an order of the commission adopted under the authority of this chapter is entitled to judicial review of that order in ... Appeal shall be to the district court of the county in which the land or any part of the land covered by the order is ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |