30 CFR § 256.72 - Compensatory payments as production.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s256.72"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 256.72 - Compensatory payments as production."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "256.72"
section_name: "Compensatory payments as production."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "LEASING OF SULPHUR OR OIL AND GAS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701, 42 U.S.C. 6213, 43 U.S.C. 1334, Pub. L. 109-432."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "256"
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# 256.72 Compensatory payments as production.

If an oil and gas lessee makes compensatory payments and if the lease is not being maintained in force by other production of oil or gas in paying quantities or by other approved drilling or reworking operations, such payments shall be considered as the equivalent of production in paying quantities for all purposes of the lease.