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COMMUNITIZATION AGREEMENT
Contract No. ________________
THIS AGREEMENT, entered into as of the date shown in Section 10 hereof by and between the
parties subscribing, ratifying, or consenting hereto, such Parties being hereinafter referred to as "parties
hereto."
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended and supplemented,
authorizes communitization or drilling agreements communitizing or pooling a Federal oil and gas lease,
or any portion thereof, with other lands, whether or not owned by the United States, when separate tracts
under such Federal lease cannot be independently developed and operated in conformity with an
established well-spacing program for the field or area and such communitization or pooling is determined
to be in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto own working, royalty or other leasehold interests, or operating
rights under the oil and gas leases and lands subject to this agreement which cannot be independently
developed and operated in conformity with the well-spacing program established for the field or area in
which said lands are located; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to communitize and pool their respective mineral interests
in lands subject to this agreement for the purpose of developing and producing communitized substances
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual advantages to the parties
hereto, it is mutually covenanted and agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows:
1. The lands covered by this agreement (hereinafter referred to as "communitized area")
are described as follows:
T.
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containing ____________ acres. This agreement is in conformance with the
North Dakota Industrial Commission’s Spacing Order No. ______________ and
Pooling Order No. _____________. This agreement shall include only the
____________________ pool underlying said lands and the crude oil and
associated natural gas, hereinafter, referred to as "communitized substances,”
producible from such pool. In the event the North Dakota Industrial
Commission makes any further order amending Spacing Order No. __________
and Pooling Order No. __________, or authorizing increased density
_____________ pool wells within the boundary of this agreement, this
agreement and the allocation of production provided herein, shall apply to all
such increased density wells.