Any working interest owner may file an application with the division requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool or any part thereof. The application shall contain:
A. a description of the proposed unit area and the vertical limits to be included therein with a map or plat thereof attached;
B. a statement that the reservoir or portion thereof involved in the application has been reasonably defined by development;
C. a statement of the type of operations contemplated for the unit area;
D. a copy of a proposed plan of unitization which the applicant considers fair, reasonable and equitable;
E. a copy of a proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid; and
F. an allegation of the facts required to be found by the division under Section 70-7-6 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 65-14-5, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 293, § 5; 1977, ch. 255, § 111.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gas and Oil §§ 164, 172.
Compulsory pooling or unitization statute or ordinance requiring owners or lessees of oil and gas lands to develop their holdings as a single drilling unit and the like, 37 A.L.R.2d 434.
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