All non-operators who receive information relating to a gas purchase agreement from an operator in connection with or as required by this chapter shall hold and treat each document as confidential and shall not disclose such documents or the terms thereof to third parties, except those persons required to see said documents in order to decide whether a non-operator should become a consenting non-operator or nonconsenting non-operator. The provisions of this Section 75-58-19 shall have no application to any gas purchase agreement executed by the non-operator.