NDAC 43-02-03-65
Authorization for production, purchase, and transportation
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 43-02-03-65
When necessary the commission shall hold a hearing to set proration unit allowables for the state.
The commission shall consider all evidence of market demand for oil and gas, including sworn
statements of individual demand as submitted by each purchaser or buyer in the state, and determine
the amount to be produced from all pools. The amount so determined will be allocated among the
various pools in accordance with existing regulations and in each pool in accordance with regulations
governing each pool. In allocated pools, effective the first day of each proration period, the commission
will issue a proration schedule which will authorize the production of oil and gas from the various units
in strict accordance with the schedule, and the purchase and transportation of such production.
Allowable for wells completed after the first day of the proration period will become effective from the
date of well completion. A supplementary order will be issued by the commission to the operator of a
newly completed or recompleted well, and to the purchaser or transporter of the production from a
newly completed or recompleted well, establishing the effective date of completion, the amount of
production permitted during the remainder of the proration period, and the authority to purchase and
transport same from said proration unit.