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NE Code § 57-815 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-815 - Actions; parties; defense; retention of funds.

57-815.  Actions; parties; defense; retention of funds.In such actions all persons whose liens are filed as herein provided and other encumbrancers may be made parties and the issues shall be made and the trials shall be conducted as in other civil cases. Where such action is brought by any person other than an original contractor, the original contractor through whom such person claims a lien shall be made a party defendant and shall at his own expense defend against the claim and if the contractor fails to make such defense, the owner may make the same at the expense of such original contractor. Until all claims, costs, and expenses are finally adjudicated and defeated or satisfied, the owner shall be entitled to retain from the original contractor the amount thereof.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 15, p. 814.
NE Code § 57-816 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-816 - Actions; consolidation; intervention.

57-816.  Actions; consolidation; intervention.If several actions brought to enforce liens under the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820 on the same property be pending at the same time, the court may order them to be consolidated. Any claimant having filed his statement of lien as provided by the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820 shall be entitled to intervene in any pending action brought to enforce a lien on the same property.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 16, p. 814.
NE Code § 57-817 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-817 - Lien; removal of property; consent of holder of lien required.

57-817.  Lien; removal of property; consent of holder of lien required.When any lien provided for by sections 57-801 to 57-820 shall have attached to the property covered thereby, it shall be unlawful for any person to remove such property, or any part thereof, or cause the same to be removed from the premises where located at the time such lien attached or otherwise dispose of the same without the written consent of the holder of such lien.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 17, p. 814.
NE Code § 57-818 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-818 - Judgments; sale under execution.

57-818.  Judgments; sale under execution.In all cases where judgment may be rendered in favor of any person to enforce a lien under the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820, the leasehold interest, pipeline, or other property shall be ordered to be sold as in other cases of sales of real estate.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 18, p. 815.
NE Code § 57-819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-819 - Applicability of sections; liens granted prior to September 20, 1957; filing; enforcement; validity.

57-819.  Applicability of sections; liens granted prior to September 20, 1957; filing; enforcement; validity.All liens granted by the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820 shall be perfected and enforced in accordance with the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820 whether such liens arise before or after September 20, 1957. Any unperfected lien granted under any statute in effect prior to September 20, 1957, and which could be subsequently perfected in accordance with such prior statute were it not for the existence of sections 57-801 to 57-820 may be perfected and enforced in accordance with the provisions hereof if the statement of lien required to be filed under section 57-811 is filed within the time therein required or within two months after September 20, 1957, whichever period is longer. The validity of any lien perfected prior to September 20, 1957, in accordance with the requirements of any statute in effect prior to such date shall be determined on the basis of such prior statute but the enforcement thereof shall, insofar as possible, be governed by the provisions of sections 57-801 to 57-820.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 19, p. 815.
NE Code § 57-820 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-820 - Act, how cited.

57-820.  Act, how cited.Sections 57-801 to 57-820 shall be known and may be cited as the Oil and Gas Lien Act.Source  Laws 1957, c. 241, § 21, p. 815.
NE Code § 57-901 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-901 - Development of oil and natural gas; purpose.

57-901.  Development of oil and natural gas; purpose.The purpose of sections 57-901 to 57-923 is to permit the development of Nebraska's oil and natural gas resources up to the maximum efficient rate of production while promoting the health, safety, and environment of the residents of Nebraska. It is the public policy of the state and in the public interest to encourage responsible development, production, and utilization of oil and gas natural resources and their products, to prevent waste, to protect the correlative rights of all owners, to encourage and authorize cycling, recycling, pressure maintenance, and secondary recovery operations to obtain the most efficient recovery of oil and gas resources for the highest benefit of landowners, royalty owners, producers, and the general public, and to facilitate open communication with and the participation of the general public and affected local governmental entities.Source   Laws 1959, c. 262, § 1, p. 900;  Laws 2016, LB1082, § 1.  Annotations  This and succeeding sections contemplate determination of correlative rights of adjoining owners in a pool of oil or gas shall be determined on a fair, reasonable, and equitable basis. Farmers Irr. Dist. v. Schumacher, 187 Neb. 825, 194 N.W.2d 788 (1972). Lessee who refused to participate in a secondary recovery unit formed prior to compulsory unitization only entitled to recover for that which he would have produced by his own efforts without unitization. Baumgartner v. Gulf Oil Co., 184 Neb. 384, 168 N.W.2d 510 (1969).
NE Code § 57-902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-902 - Waste of oil and gas; prohibited.

57-902.  Waste of oil and gas; prohibited.Waste of oil and gas, or either of them, as defined in section 57-903, is prohibited in the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1959, c. 262, § 2, p. 901.
NE Code § 57-904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-904 - Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; members; qualifications; appointment; term; quorum; vacancy; compensation; expenses.

57-904.  Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; members; qualifications; appointment; term; quorum; vacancy; compensation; expenses.There is hereby established the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The commission shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Governor. The director of the state geological survey shall serve the commission in the capacity as its technical advisor, but with no power to vote. Any two commissioners shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. At least one member of the commission shall have had experience in the production of oil or gas and shall have resided in the State of Nebraska for at least one year. Each of the other members of the commission shall have resided in the State of Nebraska for at least three years. Initially, two of said members shall be appointed for a term of two years each; and one shall be appointed for a term of four years. At the expiration of the initial terms all members thereafter appointed shall serve for a term of four years. The Governor may at any time remove any appointed member of the commission for cause, and by appointment, with the approval of the Legislature, shall fill any vacancy on the commission.The members of the commission shall receive as compensation for their services not more than four hundred dollars per day for each day actually devoted to the business of the commission, except that they shall not receive a sum in any one year in excess of four thousand dollars each. In addition, each member of the commission shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with the carrying out of his or her duties as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1959, c. 262, § 4, p. 902;   Laws 1979, LB 90, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 99;  Laws 2018, LB1008, § 2;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 50.
NE Code § 57-905.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-905.01 - Operator of Class II commercial underground injection well; duties.

57-905.01.  Operator of Class II commercial underground injection well; duties.An operator of a Class II commercial underground injection well shall sample and analyze the fluids injected into each disposal well at sufficiently frequent time intervals to yield data representative of fluid characteristics, but no less frequently than once annually. The operator shall submit a copy of the fluid analysis to the commission.Source Laws 2016, LB1082, § 4.
NE Code § 57-906 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-906 - Oil and gas; drilling permit; abandonment permit; fee.

57-906.  Oil and gas; drilling permit; abandonment permit; fee.(1) It shall be unlawful to commence operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas without first giving to the commission notice of intention to drill, and without first obtaining a permit from the commission, under such rules and regulations as may be reasonably prescribed by the commission, and by paying to the commission a fee of two hundred dollars for each such permit.(2) It shall be unlawful to commence operations for the abandonment of a well with production casing in the hole without first giving to the commission notice of intention to abandon and without first obtaining the approval of the commission for such abandonment and paying to the commission a fee of one hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1959, c. 262, § 6, p. 905;   Laws 1967, c. 353, § 1, p. 938;   Laws 1974, LB 804, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 407, § 1.  Annotations This section requires a permit from the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission before a well may be drilled. Farmers Irr. Dist. v. Schumacher, 187 Neb. 825, 194 N.W.2d 788 (1972).
NE Code § 57-907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-907 - Commission; limitation on production; duties.

57-907.  Commission; limitation on production; duties.(1) The commission shall limit the production of oil and gas from each pool to that amount which can be produced without waste in such pool.(2) Whenever the commission limits the total amount of oil and gas which may be produced in any pool in this state to an amount less than that amount which the pool could produce if no restriction was imposed, the commission shall allocate or distribute the allowable production among the several wells or producing properties in the pool on a reasonable basis, preventing or minimizing reasonably avoidable drainage from each developed area not equalized by counterdrainage, so that each property will have the opportunity to produce or to receive its just and equitable share, subject to the reasonable necessities for the prevention of waste.(3) The commission shall give due regard to the fact that gas produced from oil pools is to be regulated in a manner as will protect the reasonable use of its energy for oil production.(4) Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation oil or gas from any owner or producer shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer in the same common source of supply offering to sell his oil or gas produced therefrom to such person or offering it to him for transportation.Source  Laws 1959, c. 262, § 7, p. 905. Annotations This section authorizes the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to limit production to prevent waste and to allocate or distribute allowable production equitably. Farmers Irr. Dist. v. Schumacher, 187 Neb. 825, 194 N.W.2d 788 (1972).
NE Code § 57-908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-908 - Commission; spacing units; establish.

57-908.  Commission; spacing units; establish.(1) When required to prevent waste, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights, the commission shall establish spacing units for a pool, except in those pools which, prior to September 28, 1959, have been developed to such an extent that it would be impracticable or unreasonable to establish spacing units at the existing state of development. Spacing units when established shall be of substantially uniform size and shape for the entire pool, except that when found to be necessary for any of the purposes above mentioned, the commission is authorized to divide any pool into zones and establish spacing units for each zone, which units may differ in size and shape from those established in any other zone.(2) The size and the shape of spacing units are to be such as will result in the efficient and economical development of the pool as a whole, and that size shall be the area that can be efficiently and economically drained by one well.(3) An order establishing spacing units for a pool shall specify the size and shape of each unit and the location of the permitted well thereon in accordance with a reasonably uniform spacing plan. Upon application of the person entitled to drill and after hearing, if the commission finds that a well drilled at the prescribed location would not produce in paying quantities, or that surface conditions would substantially add to the burden or hazard of drilling such well, the commission is authorized to enter an order permitting the well to be drilled at a location other than that prescribed by such spacing order; Provided, the commission shall include in the order suitable provisions to prevent the production from the spacing unit of more than its just and equitable share of the oil and gas in the pool.(4) An order establishing units for a pool shall cover all lands determined or believed to be underlaid by such pool, and may be changed or modified by the commission from time to time, when found necessary for the prevention of waste, or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights.Source  Laws 1959, c. 262, § 8, p. 906. Annotations Pooling order herein was entered in conformity to requirements of act. Farmers Irr. Dist. v. Schumacher, 187 Neb. 825, 194 N.W.2d 788 (1972).
NE Code § 57-910 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910 - Unit or cooperative development; plans and agreements; authorization; not violations of law; approval by commission; effect.

57-910.  Unit or cooperative development; plans and agreements; authorization; not violations of law; approval by commission; effect.Plans and agreements for the unit or cooperative development and operation of a field or pool, or a part of either, including those in connection with the conduct of repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations, including the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas in connection therewith, water floods or any other method of operation, are authorized and may be performed, and shall not be held or construed to violate any of the statutes of this state relating to trusts, monopolies, or contracts and combinations in restraint of trade, if the plans and agreements are in the public interest, protective of correlative rights, and reasonably necessary to increase ultimate recovery or to prevent waste of oil or gas. If any such plan or agreement has been approved by the commission and an order authorizing unit operations has been entered by it pursuant to notice and hearing as provided in sections 57-910 to 57-910.12, it shall bind not only the persons who have executed such plan or agreement, but also all persons owning interests in oil and gas within the unit area.Source   Laws 1959, c. 262, § 10, p. 908;   Laws 1965, c. 343, § 1, p. 975.
NE Code § 57-910.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.01 - Unit or cooperative development; application for order for unit operation; contents.

57-910.01.  Unit or cooperative development; application for order for unit operation; contents.Any owner may file an application with the commission requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool, pools, or parts thereof and for the pooling of the interests in the oil and gas in the proposed unit area for the purpose of conducting such unit operation. The application shall contain:(1) A description of the land and pool, pools, or parts thereof to be so operated, termed the unit area;(2) The names of all persons owning or having an interest in the oil and gas in the proposed unit area or the production therefrom, including mortgagees and the owners of other liens or encumbrances, as disclosed by the public records in the county in which the unit area is situated and their addresses, if known. If the name or address of any person is unknown, the application shall so indicate;(3) A statement of the type of the operations contemplated in order to effectuate the purposes of sections 57-910 to 57-910.12;(4) A proposed plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area which the petitioner considers fair, reasonable, and equitable; and(5) A proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid, unless all owners within the unit area have already executed an operating agreement covering such supervision, management, and allocation and payment of costs.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 2, p. 976.
NE Code § 57-910.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.02 - Unit or cooperative development; hearing; notice.

57-910.02.  Unit or cooperative development; hearing; notice.Upon filing of an application for an order providing for the unit operation of a pool, pools, or part thereof, and for the pooling of the interests in the oil and gas in the proposed unit area, the commission shall promptly set the matter for hearing and in addition to the notice otherwise required by section 57-911 or the commission rules shall cause notice of the hearing to be given by certified mail at least fifteen days prior to the date of hearing to all persons whose names are required to be set forth in such application.Source   Laws 1965, c. 343, § 3, p. 976;   Laws 1967, c. 354, § 1, p. 939.
NE Code § 57-910.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.05 - Unit or cooperative development; order for unit operation; allocation of unit production.

57-910.05.  Unit or cooperative development; order for unit operation; allocation of unit production.Upon application by an owner the commission, by order, may, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as in an original order, provide for the unit operation of a pool or pools, or parts thereof, that embrace a unit area established by a previous order of the commission. Such order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract, and the portion of the unit production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in such previously established unit area in the same proportions as those specified in the previous order.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 6, p. 979.
NE Code § 57-910.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.06 - Unit or cooperative development; operations upon any portion of unit area; effect.

57-910.06.  Unit or cooperative development; operations upon any portion of unit area; effect.All operations, including, but not limited to, the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any portion of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portion of the unit production allocated to a separately owned tract in a unit area shall, when produced, be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from such tract by a well drilled thereon. Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the commission providing for unit operations shall constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations of each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that compliance with such obligations cannot be had because of the orders of the commission.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 7, p. 979.
NE Code § 57-910.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.07 - Unit or cooperative development; unit production; allocation; property of several owners.

57-910.07.  Unit or cooperative development; unit production; allocation; property of several owners.The portion of the unit production allocated to any tract, and the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be the property and income of the several persons to whom, or to whose credit, the same are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 8, p. 980.
NE Code § 57-910.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.08 - Unit or cooperative development; division orders; no termination by commission.

57-910.08.  Unit or cooperative development; division orders; no termination by commission.No division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase of production from a separately owned tract shall be terminated by any commission order, but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to such tract until terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 9, p. 980.
NE Code § 57-910.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.09 - Unit or cooperative development; commission order not to result in transfer of title.

57-910.09.  Unit or cooperative development; commission order not to result in transfer of title.Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, no commission order shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in the unit area.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 10, p. 980.
NE Code § 57-910.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, and Gas|57-910.10 - Unit or cooperative development; lien of operator; establishment and enforcement; effect on nonconsenting owner.

57-910.10.  Unit or cooperative development; lien of operator; establishment and enforcement; effect on nonconsenting owner.Subject to the limitations set forth in sections 57-910 to 57-910.12, and to such further limitations as may be set forth in the plan of unitization and operating plan, the operator of the unit shall have a first and prior lien for costs incurred pursuant to the plan of unitization and operating plan upon each owner's oil and gas rights and his share of unitized production to secure the payment of such owner's proportionate part of the cost of developing and operating the unit area. The lien may be established and enforced in the same manner as is provided by sections 57-801 to 57-820. For such purposes any nonconsenting owner shall be deemed to have contracted with the unit operator for his proportionate part of the cost of developing and operating the unit area.Source  Laws 1965, c. 343, § 11, p. 980. Annotations The possible advantage in delay to nonpooling owners by being carried or otherwise financed may be lessened or offset by allowance of a cost item for risk capital. Ohmart v. Dennis, 188 Neb. 260, 196 N.W.2d 181 (1972).