After discovery of an oil and gas pool and for the prevention of waste, to avoid the drilling of an excessive number of wells and to assure the ultimate maximum recovery of gas or oil, the Director shall, after due investigation and a hearing, establish drilling and/or operation units. The Director also, after investigation and a hearing, shall make such special orders as will give to each producer the opportunity to use his or her just and equitable share of the maximum reservoir energy of any pool.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-13-.06
O.C.G.A. §12-4-2, et seq., as amended.