Section 3217.11 - What are communitization agreements?

1 Analyses of this regulation by attorneys

  1. CBD v. Salazar And The Way Forward For Fracking In Federal Minerals

    Perkins Coie LLPApril 18, 2013

    Third, consistent with CBD v. Salazar and Conner v. Burford, NSO lessees may be able to enter into “unitization” or “communitization agreements” with nearby federal lessees and thereby directionally drill into the leased federal minerals from other leased land that is not encumbered by an NSO provision. See 43 C.F.R. § 3217.11 (describing communitization agreements); id. § 3180 (describing unitization agreements).