Michigan Compiled Laws 451-1994-iii-3-2-617 Part 617 Unitization (324.61701...324.61738)

• Section 324.61701 Definitions.
  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Field” means an underground reservoir or reservoirs containing oil or gas, or both....
• Section 324.61702 Supervisor Of Wells; General Duties; Fees.
  Subject to the limitations of this part, the supervisor shall make and enforce such orders, rules, and regulations and do such things as may...
• Section 324.61703 Petition; Filing; Contents.
  Any interested lessee may file a verified petition with the supervisor requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool, pools, or parts...
• Section 324.61704 Notice To Interested Persons; Contents; Notice Of Protest; Order.
  (1) Upon the filing of a petition as provided in section 61703, the petitioner shall give notice to interested persons as set forth in...
• Section 324.61705 Order For Unit Operations; Terms And Conditions; Plan For Operations.
  The order of the supervisor shall be upon terms and conditions that are fair, reasonable, and equitable and shall prescribe a plan for unit...
• Section 324.61706 Effective Date Of Order; Finding.
  An order of the supervisor providing for unit operations shall not be declared or become effective until the supervisor makes a finding, either in...
• Section 324.61707 Supplemental Hearings And Orders; Ineffective Order; Time.
  If a finding is not made as set forth in section 61706 at the time the order for unit operations is made, the supervisor...
• Section 324.61708 Amendment Of Orders; Approval; Limitations.
  An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the supervisor in the same manner and subject to the...
• Section 324.61709 Signed Writings; Admissible As Evidence.
  Writings containing signatures that are witnessed and acknowledged in a form acceptable for recording under the laws of this state shall be admissible under...
• Section 324.61710 Unit Area Embracing Previously Established Area.
  The supervisor by order may provide for the unit operation of a unit area that embraces a unit area established by a previous order....
• Section 324.61711 Unit Area Less Than Whole Pool.
  An order may provide for a unit area less than the whole of a pool if the unit area is of such size or...
• Section 324.61712 Operations Upon Unit Area Considered Operation On Separate Tracts.
  All operations, including, but not limited to, the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area, shall be...
• Section 324.61713 Lease Obligations; Effect On Unit Operation.
  Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the supervisor for unit operations constitute a fulfillment of all the express and implied obligations of each...
• Section 324.61714 Order For Unit Operation Not To Affect Title; Property; Acquisition.
  Except to the extent that the parties specifically agree otherwise, an order for unit operations shall not be construed to result in a transfer...
• Section 324.61715 Unit; Legal Powers; Operator Of Unit; Powers.
  Each unit created under this part, if the plan provides, shall, through its operator, be capable of suing, being sued, and contracting as such...
• Section 324.61716 Operation Of Well Without Authority Prohibited.
  After the effective date of the order of the supervisor creating a unit, the operation of any well within the unit area except by...
• Section 324.61717 Property Rights As Amended Or Modified.
  Property rights, leases, contracts, and all other rights and obligations shall be regarded as amended and modified to the extent necessary to conform to...
• Section 324.61718 Lien For Costs; Responsibility For Costs; Subrogation.
  Subject to reasonable limitations as set out in the plan of unitization, the unit shall have a first and prior lien for costs incurred...
• Section 324.61719 Lessee's Obligation; Liability.
  The obligation or liability of each lessee in the several separately owned tracts for the payment of unit expense at all times is several...
• Section 324.61720 Allocation Of Unit Production.
  The portion of the unit production allocated to any tract and the proceeds from the sale of that unit production are the property and...
• Section 324.61721 Division Order Or Contract Not Affected By Unit Order.
  A division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase of production from a separately owned tract shall not be terminated by...
• Section 324.61722 Unit Production Or Proceeds Not Income Of Unit; Unit As Administrative Agent Only.
  The unit production, proceeds from the sale of the unit production, or other receipts shall not be treated, regarded, or taxed as income or...
• Section 324.61723 Agreements In Restraint Of Trade Prohibited.
  An agreement between or among lessees or other owners of oil and gas rights in oil and gas properties entered into pursuant to this...
• Section 324.61724 Consent To Or Participation In Plan Or Program Of Unitization By Governmental Subdivision Or Agency.
  The department or other proper board or officer of the state having the control and management of state land and the proper board or...
• Section 324.61725 Rules, Regulations, Or Orders; Public Hearings; Notice.
  Except as provided in section 61704, rules, regulations, or orders shall not be made, promulgated, put into effect, revoked, changed, renewed, or extended, unless...
• Section 324.61726 Hearings; Jurisdictional Requirements Of Notice.
  Jurisdictional requirements of notice of time, place, and issues involved for all hearings required by this part, except proceedings for criminal or civil enforcement...
• Section 324.61727 Service Of Notice; Filing Receipts; Filing Undelivered Notices; Filing Affidavit Of Service.
  (1) Service of the notice described in section 61704(2), which is provided as a matter of public policy and not as a requirement of...
• Section 324.61728 Compliance With Mcl 24.201 To 24.328; Persons Authorized To Conduct Hearings And Other Actions.
  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this part, all proceedings under this part, including the filing of petitions, the giving of notices, the conduct...
• Section 324.61729 Appellant To Comply With Order, Rule, Or Regulation; Bond.
  During the pendency of the appeal, the appealing party shall obey the order, rule, or regulation appealed unless the interests sought to be protected...
• Section 324.61730 Judicial Review.
  The action of the supervisor shall be final with respect to jurisdiction for an appeal before any regulatory agency of this state, but any...
• Section 324.61731 Subpoena Of Witnesses And Documentary Evidence; Incriminating Evidence; Perjury.
  The supervisor may compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, papers, records, or articles necessary in any proceeding before...
• Section 324.61732 Failure Or Refusal To Comply With Subpoena; Refusal To Testify Or Answer; Penalty.
  In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the supervisor, or the refusal...
• Section 324.61733 Fees And Travel Expense Of Witnesses.
  Any witness summoned by subpoena or by written request of the supervisor and attending any hearing called by the supervisor is entitled to the...
• Section 324.61734 Witnesses; False Swearing Or Affidavit; Penalty.
  If any person of whom an oath is required under this part, or by any rule, regulation, or order of the supervisor, willfully swears...
• Section 324.61735 Enforcement Of Part.
  The supervisor may bring proceedings for the enforcement of this part and all rules and regulations promulgated under this part or for the prevention...
• Section 324.61736 Violation Of Part; Penalty.
  A person who violates this part or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated under this part is subject to a penalty of not more...
• Section 324.61737 Violation Of Part; Aiding Or Abetting; Penalty.
  A person aiding or abetting in the violation of this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made under this part, is subject to...
• Section 324.61738 Orders Of Supervisor; Recording; Notice.
  A certified copy of any order of the supervisor issued under this part is entitled to be recorded in the office of the register...

Last modified: October 10, 2016