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§ 34.2. Cross unit drilling for unconventional wells

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 58 P.S. Oil and GasEffective: January 6, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 58 P.S. Oil and Gas (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Oil and Gas Wells (Refs & Annos)
Oil and Gas Lease Act
Effective: January 6, 2020
58 P.S. § 34.2
§ 34.2. Cross unit drilling for unconventional wells
Currentness
(a) General rule.--If an operator has the right to drill an oil or gas well on separate units, the operator may drill and produce a well that traverses, by horizontal drilling, more than one unit, if:
(1) The operator reasonably allocates production from the well to or among each unit the operator reasonably determines to be attributable to each unit. The operator may allocate production on an acreage basis for multiple units provided the allocation has a reasonable correlation to the portion of the horizontal well bore in each unit.
(2) The traversing well is not expressly prohibited by the terms of a lease.
(b) Location requirement.--The 330-foot location requirement in section 6 of the act of July 25, 1961 (P.L. 825, No. 359),1 known as the Oil and Gas Conservation Law, shall not apply to unit lines traversed by a conservation well.
(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(1) authorize an operator to drill an oil or gas well that is not subject to a valid lease or royalty agreement; and
(2) automatically expand or diminish the current surface rights of an operator to include operations related to any existing unit or any well drilled between existing units.

Credits

1979, July 20, P.L. 183, No. 60, § 2.2, added 2019, Nov. 7, P.L. 634, No. 85, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 6, 2020].

Footnotes

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58 P.S. § 406.
58 P.S. § 34.2, PA ST 58 P.S. § 34.2
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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