{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-93.515","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 93.515","heading":"OIL AND GAS WELLS; RULES RELATING TO SPACING, POOLING, AND UNITIZATION.","body":"The commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under chapter 14 relating to:\n(1) spacing of oil and gas wells to regulate the density of drilling to prevent unnecessary draining of the reservoir and to prevent economic waste of products from wells;\n(2) pooling, which is the combining of tracts and mineral interests to form a drilling or spacing unit; and\n(3) unitization, which is the acquisition of the legal right to operate a whole reservoir as though all tracts overlying the reservoir were under a single lease.","path":["LANDS AND MINERALS","CHAPTER 93. MINERAL LANDS","OIL AND GAS WELLS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/93.515","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"93e7663770c31a63a5fe8277cebfccec5dc4702b6543741b6994c6371a68f07a","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-93.514","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-93.516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}