43 CFR 3162.2-4 - What protective action may BLM require the lessee to take to protect the leases from drainage?

Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 19, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Sep 06, 2024

§ 3162.2-4 - What protective action may BLM require the lessee to take to protect the leases from drainage?

We may require you to:

(a) Drill or modify and produce all wells that are necessary to protect the leased mineral resources from drainage;

(b) Enter into a unitization or communitization agreement with the lease containing the draining well; or

[66 FR 1893, Jan. 10, 2001]

authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189,306,359,and; 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, 1740; and Sec. 107, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted

source: 47 FR 47765, Oct. 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 48 FR 36583, Aug. 12, 1983.

cite as: 43 CFR 3162.2-4