ARTICLE 2. Definitions [3635. - 3637.3.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3635.1. Section 3635.1.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, or other representative of any kind and includes the state and any city, county, city and county, district or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or of any governmental subdivision whatsoever.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3635.3. Section 3635.3.

“Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. Each zone of a general structure which is separated from any other zone in the structure is a separate pool.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3635.5. Section 3635.5.

“Tracts of land” means land areas under separate ownership which are all of the following: (a) Contiguous either on the surface or in the subsurface. (b) Located within a field which has been producing for more than 20 years. (c) Located within a field over 75 percent of which lies within incorporated areas.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3636. Section 3636.

“Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3640) of this chapter, any consent agreement or other agreement entered into in connection with, and supplemental to, such unit agreement, but does not include a unit operating agreement or any preliminary agreement confined to effectuating any exchange of interests in land which the parties to such preliminary agreement may desire. “Unit operating agreement” means an agreement, entered into by the working interest owners only, governing all operations performed by the unit operator pursuant to the unit agreement and the unit operating agreement for the production of unitized substances.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3636.1. Section 3636.1.

“Unit area” means all lands included within an area subject to a unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3640) of this chapter.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3636.2. Section 3636.2.

“Unit production” means all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of a unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to Section 3643.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3637. Section 3637.

“Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement, or otherwise, under which the owner of such interest has the right to drill for, develop, and produce oil and gas. A working interest shall be deemed vested in the owner thereof even though his right to drill or produce may be delegated to an operator under a drilling and operating agreement, unit agreement, or other type of operating agreement.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3637.2. Section 3637.2.

“Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof other than a working interest.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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