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MT Code § 82-11-164 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-164. Lien created

  82-11-164. Lien created. (1) The oil and gas production damage mitigation account has a lien in the amount of the expenditure from the account under 82-11-161(4), plus interest accrued at the rate of 10% a year, against all real and personal property in this state owned by the responsible person or in which the responsible person has an interest.   (2) The lien created under subsection (1) must be filed in the office of the secretary of state and must attach to all real or personal property of the responsible person.   (3) A lien created by this section is valid until paid in full or otherwise discharged. The lien must be foreclosed in accordance with applicable laws governing foreclosure of liens.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 530, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 734, L. 1991.
MT Code § 82-11-165 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-165. through 82-11-170 reserved

  82-11-165 through 82-11-170 reserved.
MT Code § 82-11-171 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-171. Terminated

  82-11-171. Terminated. Sec. 39, Ch. 15, Sp. L. July 1992.   History: En. Sec. 36, Ch. 15, Sp. L. July 1992.
MT Code § 82-11-172 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-172. Short title

  82-11-172. Short title. Sections 82-11-172 through 82-11-174 may be known as the "Coal Bed Methane Production Offset Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 578, L. 2001.
MT Code § 82-11-173 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-173. Legislative findings -- purpose

  82-11-173. Legislative findings -- purpose. (1) The legislature finds that a delay in the development of certain coal bed methane wells may inadvertently result in the loss of coal bed methane resources.   (2) The legislature further finds that because of the nature of this subsurface mineral resource, it is highly susceptible to collateral extraction and use through development efforts on adjacent federal, tribal, or other states' lands to the economic detriment of Montana and its citizens.   (3) The legislature further finds that there is a compelling state interest to authorize the board through this limited program to act in a timely and expeditious manner to permit coal bed methane wells to offset the collateral permitting of wells by other entities on nonjurisdictional lands that are not subject to permitting by the board under 82-11-103 in order to:   (a) protect coal bed methane mineral reserves from collateral extraction by others;   (b) provide economic benefits to the state;   (c) protect the private property rights of the owners of the mineral reserves;   (d) promote the balanced development of state lands and protect the mineral reserve interest held in trust for the benefit of state schools; and   (e) assist in providing much needed energy resources to the region.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 578, L. 2001.
MT Code § 82-11-174 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements

  82-11-174. Offset permitting -- geographic requirements. The board is authorized and directed to issue, upon application and subject to the regulatory requirements of the program and 82-11-175, permits for coal bed methane production wells that will offset permitting by federal agencies, tribal agencies, or agencies of other states of coal bed methane wells that are located within 1 mile of the perimeter of lands that are under the jurisdiction of the board.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 578, L. 2001.
MT Code § 82-11-175 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-175. Coal bed methane wells -- requirements

  82-11-175. Coal bed methane wells -- requirements. (1) Coal bed methane production wells that involve the production of ground water must comply with this section.   (2) Ground water produced in association with a coal bed methane well must be managed in any of the following ways:   (a) used as irrigation or stock water or for other beneficial uses in compliance with Title 85, chapter 2, part 3;   (b) reinjected to an acceptable subsurface strata or aquifer pursuant to applicable law;   (c) discharged to the surface or surface waters subject to the permit requirements of Title 75, chapter 5; or   (d) managed through other methods allowed by law.   (3) (a) Prior to the development of a coal bed methane well that involves the production of ground water from an aquifer that is a source of supply for appropriation rights or permits to appropriate under Title 85, chapter 2, the developer of the coal bed methane well shall notify and offer a reasonable mitigation agreement to each appropriator of water who holds an appropriation right or a permit to appropriate under Title 85, chapter 2, that is for ground water and for which the point of diversion is within:   (i) 1 mile of the coal bed methane well; or   (ii) one-half mile of a well that is adversely affected by the coal bed methane well.   (b) The mitigation agreement must address the reduction or loss of water resources and must provide for prompt supplementation or replacement of water from any natural spring or water well adversely affected by the coal bed methane well. The mitigation agreement is not required to address a loss of water well productivity that does not result from a reduction in the amount of available water because of production of ground water from the coal bed methane well.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 578, L. 2001; Sec. 85-2-521, MCA 2001; redes. 82-11-175 by Sec. 1, Ch. 117, L. 2003.
MT Code § 82-11-176 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-176. through 82-11-179 reserved

  82-11-176 through 82-11-179 reserved.
MT Code § 82-11-180 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-180. Preservation of property rights

  82-11-180. Preservation of property rights. (1) Title 82, chapter 11, parts 1 and 2, and the issuance of a permit for a carbon dioxide injection well pursuant to Title 82, chapter 11, parts 1 and 2, do not:   (a) prejudice the rights of property owners within a geologic storage reservoir to exercise rights that have not been committed to a storage reservoir; or   (b) prevent a mineral owner or mineral lessee from drilling through or near a storage reservoir to explore for and develop minerals, provided that the drilling, production, and related activities comply with board requirements that preserve the storage reservoir's integrity and implement Title 82, chapter 11, parts 1 and 2.   (2) Title 82, chapter 11, parts 1 and 2, may not be construed to:   (a) change or alter common law in accordance with 1-1-108 as it relates to the rights belonging to or the dominance of the mineral estate, including but not limited to the right to mine, drill, or recomplete a well, to inject substances to facilitate production, or to implement enhanced recovery for the purposes of recovery of oil, gas, or other minerals;   (b) impede or impair the ability of an oil and gas operator to inject carbon dioxide for enhanced recovery or to establish, verify, register, and sell emission reduction credits or attributes associated with the project;   (c) change or alter common law or statutory provisions regarding the ownership of surface or subsurface rights;   (d) diminish, impair, or in any way affect the rights of a natural gas public utility, as defined in 82-10-301, to own, operate, or control a gas storage reservoir in use prior to May 6, 2009; or   (e) apply within the exterior boundaries of any federally recognized Indian reservation within the state of Montana unless the governing body of the tribe adopts a carbon sequestration law and enters into a cooperative agreement with the state.   (3) If the ownership of the geologic storage reservoir cannot be determined from the deeds or severance documents related to the property by reviewing statutory or common law, it is presumed that the surface owner owns the geologic storage reservoir.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 474, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-181 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-181. Geologic storage reservoir administrative fee -- account established

  82-11-181. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Geologic storage reservoir administrative fee -- account established. (1) (a) A geologic storage operator shall pay to the board a fee on each ton of carbon dioxide injected for storage for the purpose of carrying out the state's responsibility to monitor and manage geologic storage reservoirs. If a geologic storage operator chooses to indefinitely accept liability pursuant to 82-11-183(9)(a), the board shall remit the fee to the operator. If a geologic storage operator is required to maintain liability pursuant to 82-11-183(9)(b), the board may not remit the fee.   (b) The fee must be in the amount set by board rule.   (c) The amount must be based on the anticipated actual expenses that the board will incur in monitoring and managing geologic storage reservoirs during their postclosure phases.   (2) There is a geologic storage reservoir program account in the special revenue fund.   (3) (a) Each fiscal year there must be deposited in the account the fees collected pursuant to 82-11-184(2)(b) and subsection (1) of this section, to be used by the board for monitoring and managing geologic storage reservoirs pursuant to 82-11-183(6) and (8).   (b) Funds received from bonds or other surety as authorized in 82-11-123(1)(f) and 82-11-183 must be deposited in the account.   (4) Interest and earnings on the funds in the geologic storage reservoir program account accrue to that account.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 474, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-182 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-182. Liability for carbon dioxide during injection

  82-11-182. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Liability for carbon dioxide during injection. (1) Until the certificate of project completion is issued pursuant to 82-11-183(1) and title to the stored carbon dioxide and geologic storage reservoir is transferred to the state pursuant to 82-11-183(7), the geologic storage operator is liable for the operation and management of the carbon dioxide injection well, the geologic storage reservoir, and the injected or stored carbon dioxide.   (2) Bond or other surety furnished pursuant to 82-11-123(1)(f) must be adequate to meet the requirements of subsection (1).   (3) For the purposes of 82-11-183 and this section, "title" includes title to the geologic storage reservoir and the stored carbon dioxide.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 474, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 123, L. 2013.
MT Code § 82-11-184 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-184. Conversion of enhanced recovery wells

  82-11-184. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Conversion of enhanced recovery wells. (1) A well regulated under this chapter in which carbon dioxide is injected for the purpose of enhancing the recovery of oil and gas may be converted to a carbon dioxide injection well.   (2) (a) The board shall develop rules with regard to the conversion of wells referred to in subsection (1) to carbon dioxide injection wells. The rules must be in accordance with all application, permitting, and regulatory requirements for carbon dioxide injection wells pursuant to this part.   (b) The rules must include provisions for a fee to be paid by the owner of a converted well in an amount equivalent to the fee required to be paid by a geologic storage operator pursuant to 82-11-181(1).   (3) Wells converted to carbon dioxide injection wells pursuant to this section are subject to carbon dioxide injection well and geologic storage reservoir regulations pursuant to this chapter, including requirements for bonding or other surety, the issuance of a certificate of completion, and acceptance or transfer of liability.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 474, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-185 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-185. Makoshika state park requirements

  82-11-185. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Makoshika state park requirements. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), on lands managed as Makoshika state park pursuant to Title 23, chapter 1, and under the control of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks by grant, acquisition, lease, easement, or other means, a person may not:   (a) drill, construct, convert, or operate an oil or gas well, stratigraphic test well, or core hole;   (b) conduct vibroseis, drill a seismic shot hole, or set a surface charge;   (c) explore for oil or gas in a manner that damages the land surface; or   (d) construct or place any surface facility associated with oil or gas exploration or development.   (2) The prohibitions in subsection (1) do not preclude the development of geologic storage reservoirs or of oil or gas resources from beneath Makoshika state park through directional drilling or access from property outside the boundaries of the state park provided that the surface resources of the state park are not disturbed.   (3) The prohibitions listed in subsection (1) do not apply to geologic storage reservoirs or to oil or gas resources within Makoshika state park that are owned by a private person, nor do the prohibitions apply to school trust lands within the boundaries of the park. The state acknowledges the mineral rights of Dawson County and the state school trust and the private property rights of persons owning private mineral rights within Makoshika state park. The department of fish, wildlife, and parks is directed to conduct negotiations with the owners of mineral rights within Makoshika state park with the purpose of acquiring those rights in the name of the state.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 474, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-186 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-186. and 82-11-187 reserved

  82-11-186 and 82-11-187 reserved.
MT Code § 82-11-188 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 1. Regulation by Board of Oil and Gas Conservation|82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage -- certification

  82-11-188. Incidental carbon dioxide storage -- certification. (1) An operator or producer of an oil or gas enhanced recovery project may request that the board certify the quantity of carbon dioxide being stored incidentally through the enhanced recovery project.   (2) The operator or producer shall submit a plan to account for the incidentally stored carbon dioxide on a form provided by the board.   (3) Upon approval of the plan, the board shall certify the amount of carbon dioxide incidentally stored through the enhanced recovery project.   (4) An application for certification pursuant to this section is not an application for a geologic storage project or a carbon dioxide injection well for injection in a geologic storage reservoir. Certification of incidentally stored carbon dioxide pursuant to this section does not convert an enhanced recovery project to a geologic storage project and does not subject the enhanced recovery project to the requirements of the carbon dioxide injection well regulations or geologic storage reservoir regulations pursuant to this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 129, L. 2015.
MT Code § 82-11-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 2. Unit Operations|82-11-203. Pooling agreements not in violation of antitrust laws

  82-11-203. Pooling agreements not in violation of antitrust laws. (1) An agreement for the unit or cooperative development and operation of a field or pool or any part of either or for conducting repressuring or pressure maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations, including the extraction and separation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas in connection therewith, or any other method of unit or cooperative operation, including water flooding, is authorized and may be performed.   (2) Such an agreement does not violate any of the statutes of this state relating to trusts, monopolies, or contracts and combinations in restraint of trade if the agreement is approved by the board as being in the public interest and reasonably necessary to increase ultimate recovery or to prevent waste of oil or gas.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 238, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 60, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.
MT Code § 82-11-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 2. Unit Operations|82-11-205. Board order for unit operation -- criteria

  82-11-205. (Temporary) Board order for unit operation -- criteria. The board shall make an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or pools or part thereof if it determines, based on evidence presented at the hearing, that:   (1) such operation is reasonably necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas;   (2) the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas less royalties or, as to gas pools only, the value of the economies to be effected, exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting such operations; and   (3) the full areal extent of the pool or pools or part thereof has been reasonably defined and determined by drilling operations.   82-11-205. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Board order for unit operation -- criteria. The board shall make an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or pools or part of the pools or of a geologic storage reservoir if it determines, based on evidence presented at the hearing, that:   (1) the operation is reasonably necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas or the operation is necessary for the long-term storage of carbon dioxide;   (2) the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas less royalties or, as to gas pools only, the value of the economies to be effected, exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting the operations; and   (3) (a) the full areal extent of the pool or pools or part of the pools has been reasonably defined and determined by drilling operations; or   (b) in the case of a geologic storage reservoir, the full areal extent of the project has been reasonably defined and determined by drilling operations, geologic interpretation, seismic information, or other information acceptable to the board.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 33, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 150, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.2; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 474, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 2. Unit Operations|82-11-207. Approval of plan for unit operations by persons paying costs

  82-11-207. Approval of plan for unit operations by persons paying costs. An order of the board providing for unit operations may not become effective unless the plan for unit operations prescribed by the board has been approved in writing by those persons who under the board's order will be required to pay at least 70% of the costs of the unit operations and also by the persons owning at least 60% of the production or proceeds of the unit operations that will be credited to interests that are free of cost, such as royalties, overriding royalties, and production payments, and the board has made a finding, either in the order providing for unit operations or in a supplemental order, that the plan for unit operations has been approved. However, if one owner who is obligated to pay costs of the unit operation owns 70% or more but less than 100%, the approval of that owner and at least one other owner is required, and if one person entitled to production or proceeds of the production that will be credited to interests that are free of costs owns 60% or more but less than 100%, the approval of that person and at least one other owner is required. If the plan for unit operations has not been approved at the time the order providing for unit operations is made, the board shall, upon application and notice, hold supplemental hearings that may be required to determine if and when the plan for unit operations has been approved. If the requisite number of owners and persons and the requisite percentage of interests in the unit area do not approve the plan for unit operations within a period of 6 months from the date on which the order providing for unit operations is made, the board shall revoke the order unless, for good cause shown, the board extends the time.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 33, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.4; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 311, L. 2009.
MT Code § 82-11-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas|Chapter 11. Oil and Gas Conservation|Part 2. Unit Operations|82-11-208. Board orders -- amendment

  82-11-208. Board orders -- amendment. An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the board in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and notice as an original order providing for unit operations; however, if such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the owners, the approval of the amendment by the persons owning interests which are free of costs, such as royalties, overriding royalties, and production payments, is not required, and an order of amendment may not change the percentage for the allocation of oil and gas as established for any tract by the original order, except with the consent of all persons owning oil and gas rights in the tract, or change the percentage for the allocation of cost as established for any tract by the original order, except with the consent of all owners in the tract.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 33, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 60-131.5.