Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 11. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

Construction -- No Conflict With Board Of Land Commissioners' Authority

82-11-104. (Temporary) Construction -- no conflict with board of land commissioners' authority. No provision of this chapter may be construed to conflict with 77-3-430, granting the board of land commissioners the authority to enter into pooling and unitization agreements for the production of oil or gas with others, provided that state lands are subject to the provisions of this chapter concerning spacing and statutory pooling and unitization in the absence of voluntary pooling and unitization agreements.

82-11-104. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Construction -- no conflict with board of land commissioners' authority. This chapter may not be construed to conflict with 77-3-430, granting the board of land commissioners the authority to enter into pooling and unitization agreements for the storage of carbon dioxide in a geologic storage reservoir or the production of oil or gas with others, provided that state lands are subject to the provisions of this chapter concerning spacing and statutory pooling and unitization in the absence of voluntary pooling and unitization agreements.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 238, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 253, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 336, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 60-126(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 734, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 474, L. 2009.