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North Dakota Century Code
Title 38
Chapter 38-08
N.D. Cent. Code ch. 38-08
Control of Gas and Oil Resources
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38-08-01
Declaration of policy
38-08-02
Definitions
38-08-03
Waste prohibited
38-08-04
Jurisdiction of commission
38-08-04.1
Commission may employ examiners
38-08-04.2
Director of mineral resources - Director of oil and gas - Delegation to director of oil and gas
38-08-04.3
State geologist to assist commission
38-08-04.4
Commission authorized to enter into contracts
38-08-04.5
Abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund - Continuing appropriation - Budget section report
38-08-04.6
Oil and gas reservoir data fund - Appropriation
38-08-04.7
Right of entry
38-08-04.8
Recovery for costs of plugging and reclamation
38-08-04.9
Confiscation of equipment and salable oil to cover plugging and reclamation costs
38-08-04.10
Penalties and other relief
38-08-04.11
Cash bond fund for plugging oil and gas wells and reclamation of oil and gas well sites - Appropriation
38-08-04.12
Reclamation of land disturbed by oil and gas activity
38-08-05
Drilling permit required
38-08-06
Commission shall determine market demand and regulate the amount of production
38-08-06.1
Natural gas well status determinations and findings
38-08-06.2
Discrimination in the processing and purchasing of gas prohibited
38-08-06.3
Information statement to accompany payment to royalty owner - Penalty
38-08-06.4
Flaring of gas restricted - Imposition of tax - Payment of royalties - Industrial commission authority
38-08-07
Commission shall set spacing units
38-08-08
Integration of fractional tracts
38-08-09
Voluntary agreements for unit operation valid
38-08-09.1
Legislative finding
38-08-09.2
Power and authority of commission
38-08-09.3
Matters to be found by commission - Requisites of petition
38-08-09.4
Order - Units and unit areas - Plan of unitization
38-08-09.5
Ratification or approval of plan by lessees and owners
38-08-09.6
Unlawful operation
38-08-09.7
Status and powers of unit - Liability for expenses - Liens
38-08-09.8
Modification of property rights, leases, and contracts - Title to property - Distribution of proceeds - Effect of operations
38-08-09.9
Enlargement of area - Creation of new units - Amendment of plan
38-08-09.10
Reasonableness of plan
38-08-09.11
Participating by public lands
38-08-09.12
Receipts as income
38-08-09.13
Definitions
38-08-09.14
Severability of provisions
38-08-09.15
Agreement not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade
38-08-09.16
Appeals
38-08-09.17
Unit of more than one pool - Unit source of supply
38-08-10
Development and operating costs of integrated fractional tracts
38-08-11
Rules covering practice before commission
38-08-12
Commission has power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to require production of records
38-08-13
Party adversely affected may apply for reconsideration
38-08-14
Party adversely affected may appeal to district court
38-08-15
Acquisition and handling illegal oil and gas prohibited - Seizure of illegal oil and gas and sale thereof
38-08-16
Civil and criminal penalties
38-08-17
Action to restrain violation or threatened violation
38-08-18
Existing regulations still in force
38-08-19
Common purchasers - Discrimination in purchasing prohibited
38-08-20
Commingling of production - Central production facility - Metering of production - Testing of meters
38-08-20.1
Testing upon request of a royalty owner
38-08-21
Regulation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas
38-08-22
Regulation of welders by oil and gas division of industrial commission - Continuing appropriation
38-08-23
Plats
38-08-24
Carbon sequestration and storage projects - Priority
38-08-25
Hydraulic fracturing - Use of carbon dioxide - Designated as acceptable recovery processes
38-08-26
Submission of geographic information system data on oil and gas underground gathering pipelines required
38-08-27
Controls, inspections, and engineering design on crude oil and produced water underground gathering pipelines