“Maximum Efficient Rate,” commonly referred to as “MER,” is defined as the highest daily rate of production which can be sustained economically from a particular pool, from existing wells and facilities, for a reasonable period without loss of economically recoverable ultimate production of oil from such pool.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3451
Recommendation of Maximum Efficient Rates of Production
Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 437.
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