[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR220.014]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 220--ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING NET PROFIT SHARE PAYMENT FOR OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 220.014  Allocation of joint costs and credits.

    (a) Joint costs shall be grouped in cost pools for allocation to 
NPSL and non-NPSL operations in reasonable proportion to the beneficial 
or causal relationships which exist between a specific cost pool and the 
operations. That portion of a joint cost pool that may be allocated to 
NPSL operations is called an allocable joint cost.
    (b) The following allocation principles apply in allocating joint 
costs:
    (1) G & G. G & G shall be allocated on a line mile per tract basis.
    (2) Wages and salaries. Wages and salaries that are not charged as 
direct on the basis of time spent on a particular job shall be allocated 
on a reasonable and equitable basis.
    (3) Compensated personal absence, payroll taxes and personal 
expenses. These items shall be allocated on the same basis as wages and 
salaries.
    (4) Transportation costs. Transportation costs for employees that 
are not charged direct shall be allocated on the same basis as their 
wages and salaries.
    (c) Joint credits shall be allocated in the same manner as joint 
costs.
    (d) When the NPSL is made a part of a unit, the allowed costs shall 
be charged to the NPSL capital account

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on the basis specified in the unit operating agreement as approved by 
the Director. Revenues and other credits shall be made to the NPSL 
accounts on the same basis as specified in the approved operating 
agreement. Joint costs of an NPSL and a non-NPSL tract that are adjacent 
to one another and are on the same structure shall be allocated on a 
basis approved by the Director.