Compulsory Integration / Forced Pooling by State

State Type of Regulation(s) Laws Code Section No. Supervising Agency

Alabama

1) Forced pooling

Oil and Gas Regs 2) Compulsory unitization Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Oil and Gas Laws Pooling Statute NA Oil and Gas Regs Pooling Statute Unitization Statute NA NA Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Unitization Statute 27-506

Rule 400-7

Alabama State Oil and Gas Board

Alaska

Involuntary unitization

31.05.110

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Arizona Compulsory unitization Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Compulsory integration Compulsory unitization Involuntary pooling NA Forced pooling Forced pooling Compulsory unitization NA NA

15-72-303 3320.2 34-60-116 NA 7-7000-7503 377.28 12.4.45 NA NA 240.131 14-37-9 458A.8

Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission CA Div. of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection DE Dept. of Natl Resources and Envtl. Control Florida Oil and Gas Program Georgia Environmental Protection Division Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Illinois Division of Oil and Gas Indiana Division of Oil and Gas Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources

1) Integration pooling 2) Compulsory unitization Integration and forced pooling Compulsory unitization

Kansas Compulsory unitization Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Involuntary pooling Compulsory unitization NA NA

Unitization Statute Pooling Statute

55-1304 353.64 30.9 NA NA NA 319.101 93.515 53-3-7 259.110 50-5.010 82-11-202 57-909 522.0824 NA NA 19.2.100.52 23-0901 NA

Kansas Corporation Commission Kentucky Division of Oil and Gas Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Maryland Bureau of Mines MA Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs MI Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources Mississippi Oil and Gas Board Missouri Oil and Gas Council Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation Nebraska Oil and Gas Cons. Commission Nevada Division of Minerals NH Dept. of Environmental Services New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection New Mexico Oil Conservation Division New York Division of Mineral Resources NC Dept. of Environment and Natl Resources

Unitization Statute NA NA NA Pooling Satute Unitization Statute Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Unitization Regs Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Unitization Statute NA NA Unitization Statute Integration Statute NA

Massachusetts NA Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada Compulsory pooling Compulsory unitization Compulsory pooling 1) Involuntary pooling 2) Statutory unitization 1) Involuntary pooling 2) Compulsory unitization Involuntary pooling Compulsory unitization

New Hampshire NA New Jersey New Mexico New York NA 1) Forced pooling 2) Statutory unitization Compulsory integration and Compulsory unitization

North Carolina NA

North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma

Integration of fractional tracts Mandatory pooling 1) Compulsory unitization 2) Forced pooling

Integration Statute Pooling Statute Oil and Gas Statutes 520.220

38-08-08 1509.27 52-870.1

North Dakota Oil and Gas Division Ohio Oil and Gas Commission OK Corp. Commission Oil and Gas Division

Oregon Compulsory integration Pennsylvania Rhode Island Compulsory integration NA

Integration Statute

Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries 79.33 NA 48-43-340 45-9 Rule 1040-5-1-.01 102.017 40-6-6.5 14-29-523 Pennsylvania Bureau of Oil and Gas Mgmt. RI Department of Environmental Management SC Department of Natural Resources South Dakota Oil and Gas Section Tennessee Oil and Gas Board Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining Vermont Natural Gas and Oil Resources Board Virginia Division of Gas and Oil Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources West Virginia Office of Oil and Gas Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wyoming Oil and Gas Cons. Commission

Integration Statute NA Integration Statute Pooling Statute Oil and Gas Regs Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Pooling Statute Pooling Statute

South Carolina Compulsory integration South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont 1) Compulsory pooling 2) Compulsory unitization Forced integration Forced pooling 1) Involuntary pooling 2) Compulsory unitization Forced pooling

Virginia Compulsory pooling Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Compulsory unitization Mandatory pooling NA Compulsory pooling

45.1-361.21 78.52.240 22C-9-7 NA 30-5-109

Unitization Statute Pooling Statute NA Pooling Statute