§ 17-504. Utilization of brine rights - Application - Solution gas owners as respondents.

A.  A party desiring to unitize brine rights shall file with the Corporation Commission an application setting forth a description of the proposed unit area with a map or plat thereof attached.  The application shall allege the existence of the facts required to be found by the Commission as provided in Section 7 of this act.  The application shall set forth the name and address of each brine owner within the area affected by the application.  Each such person shall be a respondent to the application.  In an application to enlarge the unit area, brine owners within the existing unit and brine owners in the area to be added to the unit shall be respondents to the application.

B.  In the event the brine sought to be unitized is found in association with solution gas, the application shall set forth the name and address of each solution gas owner within the area affected by the application.  Each such person shall be a respondent to the application.  In an application to enlarge the unit area, solution gas owners within the existing unit and solution gas owners in the area to be added to the unit shall be respondents to the application.

C.  Every application to establish a brine unit shall have attached thereto a recommended plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.