When necessary the commission shall hold a hearing to set proration unit allowables for the state.
The commission shall consider all evidence of market demand for oil and gas, including sworn statements of individual demand as submitted by each purchaser or buyer in the state, and determine the amount to be produced from all pools. The amount so determined will be allocated among the various pools in accordance with existing regulations and in each pool in accordance with regulations governing each pool. In allocated pools, effective the .rst day of each proration period, the commission will issue a proration schedule which will authorize the production of oil and gas from the various units in strict accordance with the schedule, and the purchase and transportation of such production. Allowable for wells completed after the .rst day of the proration period will become effective from the date of well completion. A supplementary order will be issued by the commission to the operator of a newly completed or recompleted well, and to the purchaser or transporter of the production from a newly completed or recompleted well, establishing the effective date of completion, the amount of production permitted during the remainder of the proration period, and the authority to purchase and transport same from said proration unit.
N.D. Admin Code 43-02-03-65
General Authority: NDCC 38-08-04, 38-08-06
Law Implemented: NDCC 38-08-04, 38-08-06