[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3181.3]

[Page 440]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3180_ONSHORE OIL AND GAS UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS--Table of 
Contents
 
               Subpart 3181_Application for Unit Agreement
 
Sec. 3181.3  Parties to unit agreement.

    The owners of any right, title, or interest in the oil and gas 
deposits to be unitized are regarded as proper parties to a proposed 
agreement. All such parties must be invited to join the agreement. If 
any party fails or refuses to join the agreement, the proponent of the 
agreement, at the time it is filed for approval, must submit evidence of 
reasonable effort made to obtain joinder of such party and, when 
requested, the reasons for such nonjoinders. The address of each 
signatory party to the agreement should be inserted below the signature. 
Each signature should be attested by at least one witness if not 
notarized. The signing parties may execute any number of counterparts of 
the agreement with the same force and effect as if all parties signed 
the same document, or may execute a ratification or consent in a 
separate instrument with like force and effect.