Common use of UNIT AREA Clause in Contracts

UNIT AREA. The following described land is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township , Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total acres, more or less. Counties: Exhibit "A" shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "B" attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and kind of ownership of oil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "Division". The above-described unit area shall, when practicable, be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:

UNIT AREA. The following described land is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if neededarea: |Attacb another page ifyou need more space.] Township , Range Township.Range, N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total SectionSubdivisions: SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "D" SectionSubdivisions: SectionSubdivisions: SectionSubdivisions: Containingtotal acres, more or less. Counties: , in Countries)^63New Mexico Exhibit "A" shows, in addition to the boundary of attached hereto is a map showing the unit area, area and the boundaries and identity of tracts oftracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operatorunit operator. Exhibit "B" ” attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, unit operator the acreage, percentage, percentage and kind of ownership of oil ofoil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" said schedule or map shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits on said map or schedule as owned by such party. Exhibits Exhibit "A" and "BnB" shall be revised by the Unit Operator unit operator whenever changes in ownership in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", revisions necessary or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New MexicoLands, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of ” or the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals DepartmentDivision, hereinafter referred to as the "Division". The above-described unit area shall, when practicable, be expanded All land committed to include therein any additional lands this agreement shall constitute land referred to herein as "unitized land" or shall be contracted "land subject to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:".

UNIT AREA. The following described land area specified on the map attached hereto marked Exhibit A is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township area, Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total containing ___ acres, more or less. Counties: Exhibit "A" A shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "B" B attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and kind of ownership of oil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" A or B shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "A" A and "B" B shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", AO and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management BLM office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "Division". The above-described unit area shall, shall when practicable, practicable be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:: (a) Unit Operator, on its own motion (after preliminary concurrence by the AO), or on demand of the AO, shall prepare a notice of proposed expansion or contraction describing the contemplated changes in the boundaries of the unit area, the reasons therefor, any plans for additional drilling, and the proposed effective date of the expansion or contraction, preferably the first day of a month subsequent to the date of notice. (b) Said notice shall be delivered to the proper BLM office, and copies thereof mailed to the last known address of each working interest owner, xxxxxx and lessor whose interests are affected, advising that 30 days will be allowed for submission to the Unit Operator of any objections. (c) Upon expiration of the 30-day period provided in the preceding item (b) hereof, Unit Operator shall file with the AO evidence of mailing of the notice of expansion or contraction and a copy of any objections thereto which have been filed with Unit Operator, together with an application in triplicate, for approval of such expansion or contraction and with appropriate joinders. (d) After due consideration of all pertinent information, the expansion or contraction shall, upon approval by the AO, become effective as of the date prescribed in the notice thereof or such other appropriate date. (e) All legal subdivisions of lands (i.e., 40 acres by Government survey or its nearest lot or tract equivalent; in instances of irregular surveys, unusually large lots or tracts shall be considered in multiples of 40 acres or the nearest aliquot equivalent thereof), no parts of which are in or entitled to be in a participating area on or before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the first initial participating area established under this unit agreement, shall be eliminated automatically from this agreement, effective as of said fifth anniversary, and such lands shall no longer be a part of the unit area and shall no longer be subject to this agreement, unless diligent drilling operations are in progress on unitized lands not entitled to participation on said fifth anniversary, in which event all such lands shall remain subject hereto for so long as such drilling operations are continued diligently, with not more than 90-days time elapsing between the completion of one such well and the commencement of the next such well. All legal subdivisions of lands not entitled to be in a participating area within 10 years after the effective date of the first initial participating area approved under this agreement shall be automatically eliminated from this agreement as of said tenth anniversary. The Unit Operator shall, within 90 days after the effective date of any elimination hereunder, describe the area so eliminated to the satisfaction of the AO and promptly notify all parties in interest. All lands reasonably proved productive of unitized substances in paying quantities by diligent drilling operations after the aforesaid 5-year period shall become participating in the same manner as during said first 5-year period. However, when such diligent drilling operations cease, all nonparticipating lands not then entitled to be in a participating area shall be automatically eliminated effective as the 91st day thereafter. Any expansion of the unit area pursuant to this section which embraces lands theretofore eliminated pursuant to this subsection 2(e) shall not be considered automatic commitment or recommitment of such lands. If conditions warrant extension of the 10-year period specified in this subsection, a single extension of not to exceed 2 years may be accomplished by consent of the owners of 90 percent of the working interest in the current nonparticipating unitized lands and the owners of 60 percent of the basic royalty interests (exclusive of the basic royalty interests of the United States) in nonparticipating unitized lands with approval of the AO, provided such extension application is submitted not later than 60 days prior to the expiration of said 10-year period. 3.

UNIT AREA. The following described land area specified on the map attached hereto, marked Exhibit “A,” is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township area (hereinafter “Unit Area”), Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total containing 113,290.38 acres, more or less. Counties: Exhibit "“A" ” shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit areaUnit Area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "“B" ” attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and kind of ownership of oil and gas gas, including coalbed gas, interests in all lands in the unit areaUnit Area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "“A" and "” or “B" ” shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "“A" ” and "“B" ” shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area Unit Area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "“AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", ” and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office. In addition to the various tracts and leases described in Exhibit “A”, the Unit Area is divided into five separate “Sub-Areas. The boundaries of the separate Sub-Areas are identified in Exhibit “A-1”. The Xxxx Mountain Unit and one (1) copy thereof the Sun Dog Unit are contained within the boundaries of Sub-Areas I and II, respectively. Upon termination and merger of the Sun Dog Unit and the Xxxx Mountain Unit as provided in Section 33, the lands within the Xxxx Mountain Unit shall be filed with merged into Sub-Area I and the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with lands within the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "Division"Sun Dog Unit shall be merged into Sub-Area II. The above-described unit area shall, Unit Area shall when practicable, practicable be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreementUnit Agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:

UNIT AREA. The following described land is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township area: See map attached hereto marked as Exhibit “A” is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the Unit Area containing, Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total acres, 7,212.26 acres more or less. Counties: Exhibit "A" shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "B" attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and kind of ownership of oil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officerofficer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "“Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1I) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "“Division". .” The above-described unit area shall, when practicable, be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected affected in the following manner:

UNIT AREA. The following described land is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township area: Sec map attached hereto marked as Exhibit "A" is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the l/nir Area containing, Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total acres, 4,762.57 acres more or less. Counties: Exhibit "A" shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "''B" attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and anti kind of ownership of oil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are arc shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "A" and "BR" shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officerofficer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, office and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1I) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the ofthe Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "Division,". The above-described unit area shall, when practicable, be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this ol’ihis agreement. , Such expansion or contraction shall be effected alTected in the following manner:

UNIT AREA. The following described land area specified on the map attached hereto marked Exhibit “A” is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages if needed.] Township area, Range , N.M.P.M. Section Subdivisions Section Subdivisions Containing total containing 13,383.35 acres, more or less. Counties: Exhibit "“A" ” shows, in addition to the boundary of the unit area, the boundaries and identity of tracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operator. Exhibit "“B" ” attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, the acreage, percentage, and kind of ownership of oil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "“A" and "” or “B" ” shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits as owned by such party. Exhibits "“A" ” and "“B" ” shall be revised by the Unit Operator whenever changes in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals Department, hereinafter referred to as "Division". The above-described unit area shall, shall when practicable, practicable be expanded to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:

UNIT AREA. The following described land is hereby designated and recognized as constituting the unit area[Attach additional pages area: ]Artucti another page if neededyou need more space.] ) Township 00X .Xxxxx 00X , Range X.X.X.X. Section 01 Subdivision,. Lots 1-4. S/2N/2. & S/2 Section 02 Subdivisions: Lots 1-4, N.M.P.M. S/2N/2, & S/2 Section Subdivisions 03 Subdivisions: Lots 1-4, S/2N/2. & S/2 Section Subdivisions 10 Subdivisions: _N/2 Containing 2241.16 total acres, more or less. Counties: , in County(ies)_ Lea New Mexico Exhibit "A" shows, in addition to the boundary of attached hereto is a map showing the unit area, area and the boundaries and identity of tracts oftracts and leases in said area to the extent known to the Unit Operatorunit operator. Exhibit "B" attached hereto is a schedule showing to the extent known to the Unit Operator, unit operator the acreage, percentage, percentage and kind of ownership of oil ofownership ofoil and gas interests in all lands in the unit area. However, nothing herein or in Exhibits "A" and "B" said schedule or map shall be construed as a representation by any party hereto as to the ownership of any ofany interest other than such interest or interests as are shown in the Exhibits on said map or schedule as owned by such party. Exhibits Exhibit "A" and "B" shall be revised by the Unit Operator unit operator whenever changes in ownership in the unit area or in the ownership interests in the individual tracts render such revision necessary, or when requested by the Authorized Officer, hereinafter referred to as "AO", revisions necessary or when requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of New MexicoLands, hereinafter referred to as "Land Commissioner", and not less than four (4) copies of " or the revised Exhibits shall be filed with the proper Bureau of Land Management office, and one (1) copy thereof shall be filed with the Land Commissioner, and one (1) copy with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division of the Energy and Minerals DepartmentDivision, hereinafter referred to as the "Division”. AH land committed to this agreement shall constitute land referred to herein as ". The above-described unit area shall, when practicable, be expanded unitized land" or "land subject to include therein any additional lands or shall be contracted to exclude lands whenever such expansion or contraction is deemed to be necessary or advisable to conform with the purposes of this agreement. Such expansion or contraction shall be effected in the following manner:".