[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR227.22]

[Page 643-644]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 227_LEASING OF CERTAIN LANDS IN WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, 
WYOMING, FOR OIL AND GAS MINING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 227.22  Diligence and prevention of waste.

    The lessee shall exercise diligence in drilling and operating wells 
for oil and gas on the leased lands while such products can be secured 
in paying quantities; carry on all operations in a

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good and workmanlike manner in accordance with approved methods and 
practice, having due regard for the prevention of waste of oil or gas 
developed on the land, or the entrance of water through wells drilled by 
the lessee to the productive sands or oil or gas-bearing strata to the 
destruction or injury of the oil or gas deposits, the preservation and 
conservation of the property for future productive operations, and to 
the health and safety of workmen and employees; plug securely all wells 
before abandoning the same and to shut off effectually all water from 
the oil or gas-bearing strata; not drill any well within 200 feet of any 
house or barn on the premises without the lessor's written consent; 
carry out at his expense all reasonable orders and requirements of the 
supervisor relative to prevention of waste, and preservation of the 
property and the health and safety of workmen; bury all pipelines 
crossing tillable lands below plow depth unless other arrangements 
therefor are made with the superintendent; pay all damages to crops, 
buildings, and other improvements on the premises occasioned by the 
lessee's operations: Provided, That the lessee shall not be held 
responsible for delays or casualties occasioned by causes beyond his 
control.