2005 Minnesota Statutes - 93.515 — Oil and gas wells; rules relating to spacing, pooling, and unitization.

     93.515 Oil and gas wells; rules relating to spacing, 
  pooling, and unitization. 


    The commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under 
 chapter 14 relating to: 


    (1) spacing of oil and gas wells to regulate the density of 
 drilling to prevent unnecessary draining of the reservoir and to 
 prevent economic waste of products from wells; 


    (2) pooling, which is the combining of tracts and mineral 
 interests to form a drilling or spacing unit; and 


    (3) unitization, which is the acquisition of the legal 
 right to operate a whole reservoir as though all tracts 
 overlying the reservoir were under a single lease. 


    HIST: 1993 c 113 art 4 s 4