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43 C.F.R. PART 3100--OIL AND GAS LEASING

TITLE 43--Public Lands: Interior

Subtitle B--REGULATIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SUBCHAPTER C--MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)

PART 3100--OIL AND GAS LEASING

Subpart 3100--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING: GENERAL

�3100.0-3

Authority.

�3100.0-5

Definitions.

�3100.0-9

Information collection.

�3100.1

Helium.

�3100.2

Drainage.

�3100.2-1

Compensation for drainage.

�3100.2-2

Drilling and production or payment of compensatory royalty.

�3100.3

Options.

�3100.3-1

Enforceability.

�3100.3-2

Effect of option on acreage.

�3100.3-3

Option statements.

�3100.4

Public availability of information.

Subpart 3101--ISSUANCE OF LEASES

�3101.1

Lease terms and conditions.

�3101.1-1

Lease form.

�3101.1-2

Surface use rights.

�3101.1-3

Stipulations and information notices.

�3101.1-4

Modification or waiver of lease terms and stipulations.

�3101.2

Acreage limitations.

�3101.2-1

Public domain lands.

�3101.2-2

Acquired lands.

�3101.2-3

Excepted acreage.

�3101.2-4

Excess acreage.

�3101.2-5

Computation.

�3101.2-6

Showing required.

�3101.3

Leases within unit areas.

�3101.3-1

Joinder evidence required.

�3101.3-2

Separate leases to issue.

�3101.4

Lands covered by application to close lands to mineral leasing.

�3101.5

National Wildlife Refuge System lands.

�3101.5-1

Wildlife refuge lands.

�3101.5-2

Coordination lands.

�3101.5-3

Alaska wildlife areas.

�3101.5-4

Stipulations.

�3101.6

Recreation and public purposes lands.

�3101.7

Federal lands administered by an agency outside of the Department of the Interior.

�3101.7-1

General requirements.

�3101.7-2

Action by the Bureau of Land Management.

�3101.7-3

Appeals.

�3101.8

State's or charitable organization's ownership of surface overlying Federally-owned minerals.

Subpart 3102--QUALIFICATIONS OF LESSEES

�3102.1

Who may hold leases.

�3102.2

Aliens.

�3102.3

Minors.

�3102.4

Signature.

�3102.5

Compliance, certification of compliance and evidence.

�3102.5-1

Compliance.

�3102.5-2

Certification of compliance.

�3102.5-3

Evidence of compliance.

Subpart 3103--FEES, RENTALS AND ROYALTY

�3103.1

Payments.

�3103.1-1

Form of remittance.

�3103.1-2

Where submitted.

�3103.2

Rentals.

�3103.2-1

Rental requirements.

�3103.2-2

Annual rental payments.

�3103.3

Royalties.

�3103.3-1

Royalty on production.

�3103.3-2

Minimum royalties.

�3103.4

Production incentives.

�3103.4-1

Royalty reductions.

�3103.4-2

Stripper well royalty reductions.

�3103.4-3

Heavy oil royalty reductions.

�3103.4-4

Suspension of operations and/or production.

Subpart 3104--BONDS

�3104.1

Bond obligations.

�3104.2

Lease bond.

�3104.3

Statewide and nationwide bonds.

�3104.4

Unit operator's bond.

�3104.5

Increased amount of bonds.

�3104.6

Where filed and number of copies.

�3104.7

Default.

�3104.8

Termination of period of liability.

Subpart 3105--COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION PROVISIONS

�3105.1

Cooperative or unit agreement.

�3105.2

Communitization or drilling agreements.

�3105.2-1

Where filed.

�3105.2-2

Purpose.

�3105.2-3

Requirements.

�3105.3

Operating, drilling or development contracts.

�3105.3-1

Where filed.

�3105.3-2

Purpose.

�3105.3-3

Requirements.

�3105.4

Combination for joint operations or for transportation of oil.

�3105.4-1

Where filed.

�3105.4-2

Purpose.

�3105.4-3

Requirements.

�3105.4-4

Rights-of-way.

�3105.5

Subsurface storage of oil and gas.

�3105.5-1

Where filed.

�3105.5-2

Purpose.

�3105.5-3

Requirements.

�3105.5-4

Extension of lease term.

�3105.6

Consolidation of leases.

Subpart 3106--TRANSFERS BY ASSIGNMENT, SUBLEASE OR OTHERWISE

�3106.1

Transfers, general.

�3106.2

Qualifications of transferees.

�3106.3

Fees.

�3106.4

Forms.

�3106.4-1

Transfers of record title and of operating rights (subleases).

�3106.4-2

Transfers of other interests, including royalty interests and production payments.

�3106.4-3

Mass transfers.

�3106.5

Description of lands.

�3106.6

Bonds.

�3106.6-1

Lease bond.

�3106.6-2

Statewide/nationwide bond.

�3106.7

Approval of transfer.

�3106.7-1

Failure to qualify.

�3106.7-2

If I transfer my lease, what is my continuing obligation?

�3106.7-3

Lease account status.

�3106.7-4

Effective date of transfer.

�3106.7-5

Effect of transfer.

�3106.7-6

If I acquire a lease by an assignment or transfer, what obligations do I agree to assume?

�3106.8

Other types of transfers.

�3106.8-1

Heirs and devisees.

�3106.8-2

Change of name.

�3106.8-3

Corporate merger.

Subpart 3107--CONTINUATION, EXTENSION OR RENEWAL

�3107.1

Extension by drilling.

�3107.2

Production.

�3107.2-1

Continuation by production.

�3107.2-2

Cessation of production.

�3107.2-3

Leases capable of production.

�3107.3

Extension for terms of cooperative or unit plan.

�3107.3-1

Leases committed to plan.

�3107.3-2

Segregation of leases committed in part.

�3107.3-3

20-year lease or any renewal thereof.

�3107.4

Extension by elimination.

�3107.5

Extension of leases segregated by assignment.

�3107.5-1

Extension after discovery on other segregated portions.

�3107.5-2

Undeveloped parts of leases in their extended term.

�3107.5-3

Undeveloped parts of producing leases.

�3107.6

Extension of reinstated leases.

�3107.7

Exchange leases: 20-year term.

�3107.8

Renewal leases.

�3107.8-1

Requirements.

�3107.8-2

Application.

�3107.8-3

Approval.

�3107.9

Other types.

�3107.9-1

Payment of compensatory royalty.

�3107.9-2

Subsurface storage of oil and gas.

Subpart 3108--RELINQUISHMENT, TERMINATION, CANCELLATION

�3108.1

As a lessee, may I relinquish my lease?

�3108.2

Termination by operation of law and reinstatement.

�3108.2-1

Automatic termination.

�3108.2-2

Reinstatement at existing rental and royalty rates: Class I reinstatements.

�3108.2-3

Reinstatement at higher rental and royalty rates: Class II reinstatements.

�3108.2-4

Conversion of unpatented oil placer mining claims: Class III reinstatements.

�3108.3

Cancellation.

�3108.4

purchasers.

�3108.5

Waiver or suspension of lease rights.

Subpart 3109--LEASING UNDER SPECIAL ACTS

�3109.1

Rights-of-way.

�3109.1-1

Generally.

�3109.1-2

Application.

�3109.1-3

Notice.

�3109.1-4

Award of lease or compensatory royalty agreement.

�3109.1-5

Compensatory royalty agreement or lease.

�3109.2

Units of the National Park System.

�3109.2-1

Authority to lease.--[Reserved]

�3109.2-2

Area subject to lease.--[Reserved]

�3109.3

Shasta and Trinity Units of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area.