Title 82, Title 82

An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the board in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and notice as an original order providing for unit operations; however, if such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the owne…

The board may provide by an order for the unit operation of a pool or pools or parts of a pool or pools that embrace a unit established by an order of the board made prior to February 13, 1969. The order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, must first treat the un…

An order may provide for unit operations on less than the whole of a pool where the unit area is of such size and shape as may be reasonably required for that purpose and the conduct thereof will have no adverse effect upon other portions of the pool.

(1) All operations, including but not limited to the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area, shall be considered for all purposes the conduct of those operations upon each tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portion …

That portion of the unit production allocated to any tract and the proceeds from the sale of that production must be the property and income of the persons to whom or to whose credit the proceeds are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations, except that …

A division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase or production from a tract may not be terminated by the order providing for unit operations but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to the tract until terminated in accordance with the provis…

(Temporary) Title to oil and gas rights not affected by board order. Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, an order providing for unit operations does not result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract …

The formation of a unit as provided in 82-11-204 through 82-11-216 and the operation of the unit under order of the board shall not be in violation of any statute of this state relating to trusts, monopolies, contracts, or combinations in restraint of trade.

The formation of such a unit as herein provided will not create a relationship between the parties thereto which shall be deemed to be or constitute a joint endeavor, adventure, undertaking, association, or mining or other partnership.

The governor of the state of Montana is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name of the state of Montana, to join with other states in the Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil and Gas, which was heretofore executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935, and …

The Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil and Gas referred to in the above section, and which it is hereby proposed to enter and to extend by agreement reads as follows: AN INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE OIL AND GAS Article I This agreement may become effective within any compacting…

The governor of Montana is further authorized and empowered, for and in the name of the state of Montana, to execute agreements for the further extension of the expiration date of the Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil and Gas and to determine if and when it is in the best intere…

The governor is the official representative of the state of Montana on the interstate oil compact commission, provided for in the Interstate Compact To Conserve Oil and Gas, and shall exercise and perform for the state of Montana all the powers and duties as a member of the inter…

This part may not be construed as granting any power to the representative of the state of Montana in the representative's private or official capacity or to the interstate oil compact commission to prorate, allocate, regulate, or control oil or gas production or refined products…

The representative or the assistant representative appointed by the governor of the state of Montana to the oil compact commission must be allowed and paid the person's reasonable expenses while engaged in the performance of official duties, and the person's expenses and all othe…