Section 82-11-205 - [Effective until occurrence of contingency] Board order for unit operation - criteriaThe board shall make an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or pools or part thereof if it determines, based on evidence presented at the hearing, that:
(1) such operation is reasonably necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas;(2) the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas less royalties or, as to gas pools only, the value of the economies to be effected, exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting such operations; and(3) the full areal extent of the pool or pools or part thereof has been reasonably defined and determined by drilling operations.En. Sec. 2, Ch. 33, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 150, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.2; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 474, L. 2009.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.