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TITLE 43—Public Lands: Interior
Subtitle B—REGULATIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS (CONTINUED) CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) PART 3130—OIL AND GAS LEASING: NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA
Subpart 3130—OIL AND GAS LEASING, NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA: GENERAL
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| Cross references. [Reserved] |
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| Limitation on time to institute suit to contest a Secretary's decision. |
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| Leasing maps and land descriptions. |
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Subpart 3131—LEASING PROGRAM
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| Receipt and consideration of nominations; public notice and participation. |
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| Tentative tract selection. |
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Subpart 3132—ISSUANCE OF LEASES
Subpart 3133—RENTALS AND ROYALTIES
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| Under what circumstances will BLM waive, suspend, or reduce the rental, royalty, or minimum royalty on my NPR-A lease? |
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| How do I apply for a waiver, suspension or reduction of rental, royalty or minimum royalty for my NPR-A lease? |
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Subpart 3134—BONDING: GENERAL
Subpart 3135—TRANSFERS, EXTENSIONS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AND SUSPENSIONS
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| Transfers and extensions, general. |
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| Requirements for filing of transfers. |
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| Separate filing for transfers. |
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| Effect of transfer of a tract. |
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| Termination of administration for conveyed lands and segregation. |
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| Under what circumstances will BLM require a suspension of operations and production or approve my request for a suspension of operations and production for my lease? |
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| How do I apply for a suspension of operations and production? |
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| When is a suspension of operations and production effective? |
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| When should I stop paying rental or royalty after BLM requires or approves a suspension of operations and production ? |
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| When will my suspension terminate? |
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| What effect does a suspension of operations and production have on the term of my lease? |
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| If BLM requires a suspension or grants my request for a suspension of operations and production for my lease, when must I next pay advance annual rental, royalty, or minimum royalty? |
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Subpart 3136—RELINQUISHMENTS, TERMINATIONS AND CANCELLATIONS OF LEASES
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| Relinquishment of leases or parts of leases. |
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Subpart 3137—UNITIZATION AGREEMENTS—NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA
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| What terms do I need to know to understand this subpart? |
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General
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| What benefits do I receive for entering into a unit agreement? |
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| What consultation must the BLM perform if lands in the unit area are owned by a regional corporation or the State of Alaska? |
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Application
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| If the Federal lands constitute less than 10 percent of the lands in the proposed unit area, is the unit agreement subject to Federal regulations or approval? |
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| Is there a standard unit agreement form? |
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| What must I include in an NPR-A unit agreement? |
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| What are the size and shape requirements for a unit area? |
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| What must I include in my NPR-A unitization application? |
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| Why would BLM reject a unit agreement application? |
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| How will the parties to the unit know if BLM approves the unit agreement? |
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| When is a unit agreement effective? |
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| What effect do subsequent contracts or obligations have on the unit agreement? |
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| What oil and gas resources of committed tracts does the unit agreement include? |
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Development
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| What initial development obligations must I define in a unit agreement? |
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| What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement? |
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Optional Terms
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| What optional terms may I include in a unit agreement? |
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| Under what conditions does BLM permit multiple unit operators? |
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| How may I modify the unit agreement? |
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Unit Agreement Operating Requirements
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| As the unit operator, what are my obligations? |
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| How do I change unit operators? |
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| What are my liabilities as a former unit operator? |
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| What are my liabilities after BLM approves me as the new unit operator? |
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| As a unit operator, what must I do to prevent or compensate for drainage? |
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Development Requirements
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| What must I do to meet initial development obligations? |
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| What must I do to meet continuing development obligations? |
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| What if reasons beyond my control prevent me from meeting the initial or a continuing development obligation by the time the unit agreement specifies? |
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| What will BLM do after I submit a plan to meet continuing development obligations? |
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| What must I do after BLM approves my continuing development obligations plan? |
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| May I perform additional development outside established participating areas to fulfill continuing development obligations? |
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| What happens if I do not meet a continuing development obligation? |
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Participating Areas
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| What are participating areas and how do they relate to the unit agreement? |
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| What is the function of a participating area? |
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| What are productivity criteria? |
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| What establishes a participating area? |
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| What must I submit to BLM to establish a new participating area, or modify an existing participating area? |
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| What is the effective date of a participating area? |
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| What happens to a participating area when I obtain new information demonstrating that the participating area should be larger or smaller than previously determined? |
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| What must I do if there are unleased Federal tracts in a participating area? |
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| What happens when a well outside a participating area does not meet the productivity criteria? |
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| How does production allocation occur from wells that do not meet the productivity criteria? |
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| Who must operate wells that do not meet the productivity criteria? |
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| When will BLM allow a well previously determined to be a non-unit well to be used in establishing or modifying a PA? |
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| When does a participating area terminate? |
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Production Allocation
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| How must I allocate production to the United States when a participating area includes unleased Federal lands? |
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Obligations and Extensions
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| Do the terms and conditions of a unit agreement modify Federal lease stipulations? |
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| When will BLM extend the primary term of all leases committed to a unit agreement or renew all leases committed to a unit agreement? |
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| What happens if I am prevented from performing actual or constructive drilling or reworking operations? |
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Change in Ownership
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| As a transferee of an interest in a unitized NPR-A lease, am I subject to the terms and conditions of the unit agreement? |
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Unit Termination
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| Under what circumstances will BLM approve a voluntary termination of the unit? |
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| What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations? |
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| What if I do not meet a continuing development obligation before I establish any participating area in the unit? |
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| After participating areas are established, when does the unit terminate? |
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| What happens to committed leases if the unit terminates? |
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| What are the unit operator's obligations after unit termination? |
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Appeals
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| How do I appeal a decision that BLM issues under this subpart? |
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Subpart 3138—SUBSURFACE STORAGE AGREEMENTS IN THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA (NPR-A)
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| When will BLM enter into a subsurface storage agreement in NPR-A covering federally-owned lands? |
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| How do I apply for a subsurface storage agreement? |
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| What must I pay for storage? |
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