43 C.F.R. § 3137.81 What is the function of a participating area?
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) The function of a participating area is to allocate production to each committed tract within a participating area. For royalty purposes, BLM allocates to each committed tract within the participating area in the same proportion as that tract's surface acreage in the participating area to the total acreage in the participating area. (b) For exploratory and primary recovery operations, BLM will consider gas cycling and pressure maintenance wells when establishing participating area boundaries. (c) For secondary and tertiary recovery operations, BLM will consider all wells that contribute to production when establishing participating area boundaries.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3130—OIL AND GAS LEASING: NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA
Subpart 3137—Unitization Agreements—National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Participating Areas
§ 3137.81 What is the function of a participating area?
