---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3217.11"
title: "43"
number: "3217.11"
heading: "What are communitization agreements?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3217.11"
---

# §3217.11. What are communitization agreements?


Under communitization agreements (also called drilling agreements), operators who cannot independently develop separate tracts due to well-spacing or well development programs may cooperatively develop such tracts. Lessees may ask BLM to approve a communitization agreement or, in some cases, we may require the lessees to enter into such an agreement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 109-58.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.