IC 14-37-9
    Chapter 9. Integration and Forced Pooling

IC 14-37-9-1
Agreement to integrate interests; commission requiring integration
    Sec. 1. (a) If at least two (2) separately owned tracts of land arelocated:
        (1) within an established drilling unit; or
        (2) within a pool or part of a pool suitable for secondaryrecovery methods;
the owners of the separate tracts may agree to integrate their interestsand to develop their land as a drilling unit.
    (b) If the owners of separate tracts of land do not agree tointegrate their interests, the commission shall, for the prevention ofwaste or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, require theowners to integrate their interests and to develop the land as adrilling unit.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

IC 14-37-9-2
Order for integration
    Sec. 2. An order for integration issued under this chapter must bebased upon reasonable terms that give the owner of each tract anequitable share of oil and natural gas in the unit or pool. The part ofthe production allocated to the owner of each tract shall beconsidered as if produced from a well drilled on that tract. Thecommission may not limit well production under this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

IC 14-37-9-3
Costs of production from integrated well
    Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "field" means a group of poolsthat are related to a single geologic feature by structure orstratigraphy.
    (b) If an integration order is entered, the operator may assess eachinterested owner for the actual reasonable expenditures required indevelopment and operations, including charges for supervision.
    (c) The operator is entitled to receive the first production from awell that otherwise would be credited to the other owners of theintegrated interests, so that the proportionate share owed by the otherowners for expenditures under this chapter is paid to the operatorfrom production.
    (d) The value of the production shall be calculated at the marketprice in the field when the production is received by the operator orplaced to the credit of the operator.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.

IC 14-37-9-4
Deputies
    Sec. 4. The commission shall determine any dispute that arises

under this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.30.