N.D. Cent. Code § 38-08-09.17
The commission upon its own motion may, and upon petition of any interested person shall, after notice therefor, hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of two or more pools or parts thereof separated vertically in one field, and has the power to create such a unit and provide for the unitization and unitized operation of the unit source of supply. "Unit source of supply" means those pools or parts thereof to be produced by such unit operation as designated by order of the industrial commission. The petition, the hearing, the commission's findings and order, and all other matters must be in the form and manner and in accordance with the procedure and requirements hereinabove set forth in sections 38-08-09.1 through 38-08-09.16; provided, however, whenever and wherever the words "common source of supply" appear in said sections, the words "unit source of supply" must be substituted in lieu thereof and all other provisions of the sections shall otherwise apply.
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