Washington Code 78.52.253 – Pooling agreement, offer to pool, pooling order — Fairness to nonconsenting, unleased owners
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A pooling agreement, offer to pool, or pooling order is not considered fair and reasonable as applied to nonconsenting, unleased owners only, if it provides for an operating agreement containing any of the following provisions:
Terms Used In Washington Code 78.52.253
- Operator: means the person who operates a well or unit or who has been designated or accepted by the owners to operate the well or unit, and who is responsible for compliance with the department's rules and policies. See Washington Code 78.52.010
- Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil or gas, or both. See Washington Code 78.52.010
- Pooling: means the integration or combination of two or more tracts into an area sufficient to constitute a development unit of the size for one well as prescribed by the department. See Washington Code 78.52.010
(1) Preferential right of the operator to purchase mineral interests in the unit;
(2) A call on or option to purchase production from the unit;
(3) Operating charges that include any part of district or central office expense other than reasonable overhead charges; or
(4) Prohibition against nonoperators questioning the operation of the unit.
[ 1983 c 253 § 20.]