[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR3135.1-6]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 3130_OIL AND GAS LEASING: NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA

--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart 3135_Transfers, Extensions, Consolidations, and Suspensions

 

Sec.  3135.1-6  Consolidation of leases.



    (a) Leases may be consolidated upon written request of the lessee 

filed with the State Director Alaska, Bureau of Land Management. The 

request shall identify each lease involved by serial number and shall 

explain the factors which justify the consolidation. Include with each 

request for a consolidation of leases the processing fee found in the 

fee schedule in Sec.  3000.12 of this chapter.

    (b) All parties holding any undivided interest in any lease involved 

in the consolidation shall agree to enter into the same lease 

consolidation.

    (c) Consolidation of leases not to exceed 60,000 acres may be 

approved by the State Director, Alaska if it is determined that the 

consolidation is justified.

    (d) The effective date, the anniversary date and the primary term of 

the consolidated lease shall be those of the oldest original lease 

involved in the consolidation. The term of a consolidated lease shall be 

extended beyond the primary lease term only so long as oil or gas is 

produced in paying quantities or approved constructive or actual 

drilling or reworking operations are conducted thereon.

    (e) Royalty, rental, special lease stipulations and other terms and 

conditions of each original lease except the effective date, anniversary 

date and the primary term shall continue to apply to that lease or any 

portion thereof regardless of the lease becoming a part of a 

consolidated lease.



[48 FR 413, Jan. 5, 1983, as amended at 70 FR 58875, Oct. 7, 2005]