74 FR 45 pg. 10264 - Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
Type: NOTICEVolume: 74Number: 45Page: 10264
Docket number: [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW173883]
FR document: [FR Doc. E9-5035 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Land Management Bureau
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW173883]
Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
SUMMARY:
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Kodiak Oil Gas (USA) Inc., and O'Neal Resources Corporation for Competitive oil and gas lease WYW173883 for land in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, Julie L. Weaver, Acting Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The lessees have agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year and 16 2⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessees have paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessees have met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW173883 effective August 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting the lands.
Julie L. Weaver,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E9-5035 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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