[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3186.4]

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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. 3186.4  Model for change in unit operator by assignment.

    Change in 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 --
---- hereinafter designated as ``Second Party.''
    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 Department of the Interior, on the 
-- day of ------, 19--, approved a unit agreement for the ------ Unit 
Area, wherein the First Party is designated as Unit Operator; and
    Whereas the First Party desires to transfer, assign, release, and 
quitclaim, and the Second Party desires to assume all the rights, duties 
and obligations of Unit Operator under the unit agreement; and
    Whereas for sufficient and valuable consideration, the receipt 
whereof is hereby acknowledged, the First Party has transferred, 
conveyed, and assigned all his/its rights under certain operating 
agreements involving lands within the area set forth in said unit 
agreement unto the Second Party;
    Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises hereinbefore set 
forth, the First Party does hereby transfer, assign, release, and 
quitclaim unto Second Party all of First Party's rights, duties, and 
obligations as Unit Operator under said unit agreement; and
    Second Party hereby accepts this assignment and hereby covenants and 
agrees to fulfill the duties and assume the obligations of Unit Operator 
under and pursuant to all the terms of said unit agreement to the full 
extent set forth in this assignment, effective upon approval of this 
indenture by the (Name and Title of authorized officer, BLM); 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.
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 (Witnesses)
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 (Witnesses)
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 (First Party)
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 (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