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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: April 5, 2024) |
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Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Public Lands |
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Chapter II - Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior |
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SubChapter C - Minerals Management (3000) |
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Part 3130 - Oil and Gas Leasing: National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska |
| Subpart 3130 - Oil and Gas Leasing, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: General |
| § 3130.0-1 - Purpose. |
| § 3130.1 - Attorney General review. |
| § 3130.0-2 - Policy. |
| § 3130.2 - Limitation on time to institute suit to contest a Secretary's decision. |
| § 3130.0-3 - Authority. |
| § 3130.3 - Drainage. |
| § 3130.4 - Leasing: General. |
| § 3130.0-5 - Definitions. |
| § 3130.5 - Bona fide purchasers. |
| § 3130.6 - Leasing maps and land descriptions. |
| § 3130.0-7 - Cross references. |
| § 3130.4-1 - Tract size. |
| § 3130.4-2 - Lease term. |
| § 3130.6-1 - Leasing maps. |
| § 3130.6-2 - Land descriptions. |
| Subpart 3131 - Leasing Program |
| § 3131.1 - Receipt and consideration of nominations; public notice and participation. |
| § 3131.2 - Tentative tract selection. |
| § 3131.3 - Special stipulations. |
| § 3131.4 - Lease sales. |
| § 3131.4-1 - Notice of sale. |
| Subpart 3132 - Issuance of Leases |
| § 3132.1 - Who may hold a lease. |
| § 3132.2 - Submission of bids. |
| § 3132.3 - Payments. |
| § 3132.4 - Qualifications. |
| § 3132.5 - Award of leases. |
| § 3132.5-1 - Forms. |
| § 3132.5-2 - Dating of leases. |
| Subpart 3133 - Rentals and Royalties |
| § 3133.1 - Rentals. |
| § 3133.2 - Royalties. |
| § 3133.3 - Under what circumstances will BLM waive, suspend, or reduce the rental, royalty, or minimum royalty on my NPR-A lease? |
| § 3133.4 - How do I apply for a waiver, suspension or reduction of rental, royalty or minimum royalty for my NPR-A lease? |
| § 3133.2-1 - Minimum royalties. |
| Subpart 3134 - Bonding: General |
| § 3134.1 - Bonding. |
| § 3134.1-1 - Form of bond. |
| § 3134.1-2 - Additional bonds. |
| Subpart 3135 - Transfers, Extensions, Consolidations, and Suspensions |
| § 3135.1 - Transfers and extensions, general. |
| § 3135.2 - 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? |
| § 3135.3 - How do I apply for a suspension of operations and production? |
| § 3135.4 - When is a suspension of operations and production effective? |
| § 3135.5 - When should I stop paying rental or royalty after BLM requires or approves a suspension of operations and production ? |
| § 3135.6 - When will my suspension terminate? |
| § 3135.7 - What effect does a suspension of operations and production have on the term of my lease? |
| § 3135.8 - 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? |
| § 3135.1-1 - Transfers. |
| § 3135.1-2 - Requirements for filing of transfers. |
| § 3135.1-3 - Separate filing for transfers. |
| § 3135.1-4 - Effect of transfer of a tract. |
| § 3135.1-5 - Extension of lease. |
| § 3135.1-6 - Lease renewal. |
| § 3135.1-7 - Consolidation of leases. |
| § 3135.1-8 - Termination of administration for conveyed lands and segregation. |
| Subpart 3136 - Relinquishments, Terminations and Cancellations of Leases |
| § 3136.1 - Relinquishment of leases or parts of leases. |
| § 3136.2 - Terminations. |
| § 3136.3 - Cancellation of leases. |
| Subpart 3137 - Unitization Agreements - National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
| § 3137.5 - What terms do I need to know to understand this subpart? |
| Change in Ownership |
| § 3137.120 - As a transferee of an interest in a unitized NPR-A lease, am I subject to the terms and conditions of the unit agreement? |
| Development |
| § 3137.40 - What initial development obligations must I define in a unit agreement? |
| § 3137.41 - What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement? |
| Appeals |
| § 3137.150 - How do I appeal a decision that BLM issues under this subpart? |
| Application |
| § 3137.15 - 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? |
| § 3137.20 - Is there a standard unit agreement form? |
| § 3137.21 - What must I include in an NPR-A unit agreement? |
| § 3137.22 - What are the size and shape requirements for a unit area? |
| § 3137.23 - What must I include in my NPR-A unitization application? |
| § 3137.24 - Why would BLM reject a unit agreement application? |
| § 3137.25 - How will the parties to the unit know if BLM approves the unit agreement? |
| § 3137.26 - When is a unit agreement effective? |
| § 3137.27 - What effect do subsequent contracts or obligations have on the unit agreement? |
| § 3137.28 - What oil and gas resources of committed tracts does the unit agreement include? |
| Obligations and Extensions |
| § 3137.110 - Do the terms and conditions of a unit agreement modify Federal lease stipulations? |
| § 3137.111 - When will BLM extend the primary term of all leases committed to a unit agreement or renew all leases committed to a unit agreement? |
| § 3137.112 - What happens if I am prevented from performing actual or constructive drilling or reworking operations? |
| Optional Terms |
| § 3137.50 - What optional terms may I include in a unit agreement? |
| § 3137.51 - Under what conditions does BLM permit multiple unit operators? |
| § 3137.52 - How may I modify the unit agreement? |
| Unit Agreement Operating Requirements |
| § 3137.60 - As the unit operator, what are my obligations? |
| § 3137.61 - How do I change unit operators? |
| § 3137.62 - What are my liabilities as a former unit operator? |
| § 3137.63 - What are my liabilities after BLM approves me as the new unit operator? |
| § 3137.64 - As a unit operator, what must I do to prevent or compensate for drainage? |
| Development Requirements |
| § 3137.70 - What must I do to meet initial development obligations? |
| § 3137.71 - What must I do to meet continuing development obligations? |
| § 3137.72 - What if reasons beyond my control prevent me from meeting the initial or a continuing development obligation by the time the unit agreement specifies? |
| § 3137.73 - What will BLM do after I submit a plan to meet continuing development obligations? |
| § 3137.74 - What must I do after BLM approves my continuing development obligations plan? |
| § 3137.75 - May I perform additional development outside established participating areas to fulfill continuing development obligations? |
| § 3137.76 - What happens if I do not meet a continuing development obligation? |
| General |
| § 3137.10 - What benefits do I receive for entering into a unit agreement? |
| § 3137.11 - What consultation must the BLM perform if lands in the unit area are owned by a regional corporation or the State of Alaska? |
| Participating Areas |
| § 3137.80 - What are participating areas and how do they relate to the unit agreement? |
| § 3137.81 - What is the function of a participating area? |
| § 3137.82 - What are productivity criteria? |
| § 3137.83 - What establishes a participating area? |
| § 3137.84 - What must I submit to BLM to establish a new participating area, or modify an existing participating area? |
| § 3137.85 - What is the effective date of a participating area? |
| § 3137.86 - What happens to a participating area when I obtain new information demonstrating that the participating area should be larger or smaller than previously determined? |
| § 3137.87 - What must I do if there are unleased Federal tracts in a participating area? |
| § 3137.88 - What happens when a well outside a participating area does not meet the productivity criteria? |
| § 3137.89 - How does production allocation occur from wells that do not meet the productivity criteria? |
| § 3137.90 - Who must operate wells that do not meet the productivity criteria? |
| § 3137.91 - When will BLM allow a well previously determined to be a non-unit well to be used in establishing or modifying a PA? |
| § 3137.92 - When does a participating area terminate? |
| Production Allocation |
| § 3137.100 - How must I allocate production to the United States when a participating area includes unleased Federal lands? |
| Unit Termination |
| § 3137.130 - Under what circumstances will BLM approve a voluntary termination of the unit? |
| § 3137.131 - What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations? |
| § 3137.132 - What if I do not meet a continuing development obligation before I establish any participating area in the unit? |
| § 3137.133 - After participating areas are established, when does the unit terminate? |
| § 3137.134 - What happens to committed leases if the unit terminates? |
| § 3137.135 - What are the unit operator's obligations after unit termination? |
| Subpart 3138 - Subsurface Storage Agreements in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) |
| § 3138.10 - When will BLM enter into a subsurface storage agreement in NPR-A covering federally-owned lands? |
| § 3138.11 - How do I apply for a subsurface storage agreement? |
| § 3138.12 - What must I pay for storage? |