---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3217.12"
title: "43"
number: "3217.12"
heading: "What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3217.12"
---

# §3217.12. What does BLM need to approve my communitization agreement?


For BLM to approve a communitization agreement, you must give us the following information:

- (a) The location of the separate tracts comprising the drilling or spacing unit;
- (b) How you will prorate production or royalties to each separate tract based on total acres involved;
- (c) The name of each tract operator; and
- (d) **Provisions for protecting the interests of all parties, including the United States.**

## 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.