For the purpose of this article and for all purposes under this
article, the following words and terms wherever and whenever used
or appearing in this article shall have the scope and meaning hereinafter
defined and set out in connection with each:
1.Â
PERSON – Shall mean and include both the singular and the plural;
and shall mean and include any person, individual, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, club, society, cooperative, trust, municipal
corporation or political subdivision whatsoever.
2.Â
WELL – Shall include and mean any hole or holes, bore or bores,
to any sand, formation, strata or depth for the purpose of producing
and recovering any oil, gas, liquid hydrocarbon, or any of them.
3.Â
PERMITTEE – Shall mean the person to whom is issued a permit
for the drilling and operation of a well under this article, and his
or its administrators, executors, heirs, successors, and assigns.
4.Â
All technical or oil and gas industry words or phrases used herein
and not specifically defined herein shall have that meaning customarily
attributable thereto by prudent operators in the oil and gas industry.
5.Â
LEASE – Shall mean any tract of land subject to an oil, gas,
and mineral lease or other oil and gas development contract, or any
unit composed of several tracts and leases but operated as one lease,
and any tract of land in which the minerals are owned by any operator
or someone holding under it or him, but which, due to the fee royalty
ownership is developed and operated as a separate tract.
