43 C.F.R. § 3217.11 : Public Lands: Interior — REGULATIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS — BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR — MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) — GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING — COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS — 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.