OAR 632-010-0161
Compulsory Integration Orders


(1)

Definitions. For purposes of this rule:

(a)

“Costs” include:

(A)

“Drilling costs,” which means all reasonable costs and expenses of drilling, redrilling, reworking, deepening, plugging back, testing, and completing the well; and

(B)

“Production costs,” which means all reasonable on-site costs and expenses of production and production equipment for the well, including wellhead, but not pipeline costs and not overhead.

(b)

“Participating owner” means each owner in the spacing unit who, prior to commencement of drilling operations, entered into a written agreement with the operator to share costs, production, and entitlements. However, where no such agreement has been reached, an owner, who prior to drilling tendered the operator a written agreement to pay not less than the owner’s pro rata share of costs attributable to the owner’s interest, as computed in section (2) of this rule, in the spacing unit in exchange for a share of production and entitlements, will be considered to be a participating owner and to have entered into a constructive agreement to that effect.

(2)

Timing. In the absence of a voluntary integration agreement for the entire spacing unit, the board will enter an order integrating all mineral rights ownership interests in a spacing unit pursuant to ORS 520.220 (Integrating interests or tracts within spacing unit)(2), at any time following the entry of an order establishing the spacing unit for a pool pursuant to ORS 520.210 (Establishment of spacing units for pool or field).

(3)

Determination of Interests. A compulsory integration order determines the interest of each mineral rights owner in the spacing unit by dividing:

(a)

The number of surface acres subject to an owner’s mineral rights located in the spacing unit; by

(b)

The total number of surface acres in the spacing unit.

(4)

Content. The compulsory integration order will provide for the drilling, if necessary, and operation of the well on the spacing unit for the sharing of production and for the payment of costs.

(5)

Effective Date. The compulsory integration order becomes effective on the date of initial production, unless the board establishes another date.

(6)

Allocation of Costs and Earnings:

(a)

The compulsory integration order will treat the operator and participating owners as a single entity. The operator-participating owners’ entity is entitled to share production and pay costs, both in proportion to the total interest, as computed under section (2) of this rule, of the operator-participating owners’ entity in the spacing unit. The express and constructive agreements between the operator and participating owner(s) control the allocations of production and costs attributable to the operator-participating owners’ entity; and

(b)

The compulsory integration order will allocate each non-participating owner a full share in production in proportion to the owner’s interest in the spacing unit subject to royalty obligations, if any.

(c)

The compulsory integration order will authorize the operator-participating owners’ entity to withhold from each nonparticipating owner’s share of production a pro rata share of drilling and production costs. The pro-rata share of costs may also be subject to a multiplier established by the Board to compensate the operator-participating owners assumption of risks associated with production.

Source: Rule 632-010-0161 — Compulsory Integration Orders, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=632-010-0161.

632‑010‑0002
General Rules
632‑010‑0004
Supremacy of Special Rules
632‑010‑0008
Definitions
632‑010‑0010
Application and Permit to Drill, Redrill, Deepen, Alter Casing, or Rework
632‑010‑0011
Active Permits
632‑010‑0012
Modifications to Drilling Permits
632‑010‑0014
Drilling Practices
632‑010‑0015
Down Hole Loss and Decommissioning of a Radioactive Source
632‑010‑0016
Enclosure and Identification of Wells, Tanks, and Other Oil Measuring Devices
632‑010‑0017
Well Records (Logs)
632‑010‑0018
Organization Reports
632‑010‑0020
Surface Equipment
632‑010‑0128
Boiler or Light Plant
632‑010‑0130
Rubbish or Debris
632‑010‑0132
Tubing
632‑010‑0134
Chokes
632‑010‑0136
Separators
632‑010‑0138
Fire Walls
632‑010‑0140
Reserve Pits, Sumps, and Above-Ground Tanks
632‑010‑0142
Directional Drilling
632‑010‑0144
Report of Perforating or Well Stimulation Treatment
632‑010‑0146
Vacuum Pumps Prohibited
632‑010‑0148
Production Practice
632‑010‑0150
Removal Of Casing
632‑010‑0151
Notification of Fire, Breaks, Leaks, or Blowouts
632‑010‑0152
Multiple Completion of Wells
632‑010‑0154
Determining and Naming Fields and Pools
632‑010‑0156
Spacing Units, Notification
632‑010‑0157
Exceptions to Special Rules
632‑010‑0159
Underground Reservoirs for Natural Gas Storage
632‑010‑0161
Compulsory Integration Orders
632‑010‑0162
Illegal Production
632‑010‑0163
Limitation of Production
632‑010‑0164
Commingling of Production Prohibited
632‑010‑0165
Allocation of Gas Pursuant to Special Pool Rules
632‑010‑0166
Reports by Purchasers and Producers
632‑010‑0167
Maximum Efficient Rate Hearings
632‑010‑0168
Use of Earthen Reservoirs
632‑010‑0170
Reservoir Surveys
632‑010‑0172
Operators to Assist in Reservoir Surveys
632‑010‑0174
Measurement of Potential Open-Flow of Gas Wells
632‑010‑0176
Supervision of Open-Flow and Pressure Tests
632‑010‑0178
Duration of Tests
632‑010‑0182
Gas to Be Metered
632‑010‑0184
Direct Well Pressure
632‑010‑0186
Gas-Oil Ratio
632‑010‑0188
Gas-Oil Ratio Surveys and Reports
632‑010‑0190
Gas Utilization
632‑010‑0192
Disposal of Brine or Salt Water
632‑010‑0194
Water Injection and Water Flooding of Oil and Gas Properties
632‑010‑0196
Gas Injection of Oil and Gas Properties
632‑010‑0198
Abandonment, Unlawful Abandonment, Suspension, Well Plugging
632‑010‑0205
Drilling Surety Bond
632‑010‑0210
Disposal of Solid and Liquid Wastes
632‑010‑0220
Measurement of Oil
632‑010‑0225
Spacing Plan
632‑010‑0230
Location of Wells
632‑010‑0235
Exceptions
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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