55-1303. Requisites of application; hearings. Any working interest owner may file an application with the commission requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof. The application shall contain: (a) A description of the land and pool or part thereof to be so operated, termed the unit area;
(b) a statement of the type of operations contemplated for the unit area;
(c) a copy of a proposed plan of unitization which the applicant considers fair, reasonable and equitable;
(d) a copy of a proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid;
(e) an allegation of the facts required to be found by the commission under K.S.A. 55-1304 and amendments thereto.
Upon filing of an application for an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof, the commission shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 174; July 1, 1989.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Act provides exclusive method to compel unitization; inclusion of 4 / 7 mineral interest in a unit under K.S.A. 55-701 et seq. constitutes invalid forced unitization. (Dissenting opinion.) Mobil Oil Corp. v. Kansas Corporation Commission, 227 Kan. 594, 611, 608 P.2d 1325.
2. Cited; extension of term mineral interest covering several tracts where one tract unitized determined and certified (K.S.A. 60-3201 et seq.). Edmonston v. Home Stake Oil & Gas Corp., 243 Kan. 376, 381, 762 P.2d 176 (1988).
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