[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3186.3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3180--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 3186--Model Forms
 
Sec. 3186.3  Model for designation of successor unit operator by working interest owners.

    Designation of successor Unit Operator ------ Unit Area, County of 
------, State of ------. No. ------.
    This indenture, dated as of the -- day of ----, 19--, by and between 
----, hereinafter designated as ``First Party,'' and the owners of 
unitized working interests, hereinafter designated as ``Second 
Parties,''
    Witnesseth: Whereas under the provisions of the Act of February 25, 
1920, 41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C. secs. 181, et seq., as amended by the Act 
of August 8, 1946, 60 Stat. 950, the Secretary of the Interior, on the 
------ day of ------, 19--, approved a unit agreement ------ Unit Area, 
wherein ------ is designated as Unit Operator, and
    Whereas said ------ has resigned as such Operator \1\ and the 
designation of a successor Unit Operator is now required pursuant to the 
terms thereof; and
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    \1\ Where the designation of a successor Unit Operator is required 
for any reason other than resignation, such reason shall be substituted 
for the one stated.

    Whereas the First Party has been and hereby is designated by Second 
Parties as Unit Operator, and said First Party desires to assume all the 
rights, duties, and obligations of Unit Operator under the said unit 
agreement:
    Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises hereinbefore set 
forth and the promises hereinafter stated, the First Party hereby 
covenants and agrees to fulfill the duties and assume the obligations of 
Unit Operator under and pursuant to all the terms of

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the ------ unit agreement, and the Second Parties covenant and agree 
that, effective upon approval of this indenture by the (Name and Title 
of authorized officer, BLM) First Party shall be granted the exclusive 
right and privilege of exercising any and all rights and privileges as 
Unit Operator, pursuant to the terms and conditions of said unit 
agreement; said Unit agreement being hereby incorporated herein by 
reference and made a part hereof as fully and effectively as though said 
unit agreement were expressly set forth in this instrument.
    In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this instrument 
as of the date hereinabove set forth.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
      (Witnesses)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
      (Witnesses)
________________________________________________________________________
      (First Party)
________________________________________________________________________
      (Second Party)
    I hereby approve the foregoing indenture designating ------ as Unit 
Operator under the unit agreement for the ------ Unit Area, this -- day 
of ------, 19--.
________________________________________________________________________
Authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management.

[48 FR 26766, June 10, 1983. Redesignated at 48 FR 36587, Aug. 12, 1983, 
as amended at 51 FR 34604, Sept. 30, 1986]