CHAPTER 9. INTEGRATION AND FORCED POOLING

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 are
located:

        (1) within an established drilling unit; or

        (2) within a pool or part of a pool suitable for secondary
recovery methods;

the owners of the separate tracts may agree to integrate their interests
and to develop their land as a drilling unit.

    (b) If the owners of separate tracts of land do not agree to
integrate their interests, the commission shall, for the prevention of
waste or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, require the
owners to integrate their interests and to develop the land as a
drilling 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 be
based upon reasonable terms that give the owner of each tract an
equitable share of oil and natural gas in the unit or pool. The part of
the production allocated to the owner of each tract shall be
considered as if produced from a well drilled on that tract. The
commission 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 pools
that are related to a single geologic feature by structure or
stratigraphy.

    (b) If an integration order is entered, the operator may assess each
interested owner for the actual reasonable expenditures required in
development and operations, including charges for supervision.

    (c) The operator is entitled to receive the first production from a
well that otherwise would be credited to the other owners of the
integrated interests, so that the proportionate share owed by the other
owners for expenditures under this chapter is paid to the operator
from production.

    (d) The value of the production shall be calculated at the market
price in the field when the production is received by the operator or
placed 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.