Public Resources Code section 3657

Operations incident to the drilling, producing, or operating of a well or wells on any portion of a unit area under a unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed, for the purposes of determining compliance with lease and other contractual obligations, the conduct of such operations on each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several working interest owners thereof. That portion of the production allocated to each tract of land included in the unit area, when produced, shall be deemed for all purposes to have been produced from such tract by a well or wells drilled therein.

Source: Section 3657, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=3657.­ (accessed May 4, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

§ 3657’s source at ca​.gov