30 CFR § 556.800 - As an operating rights owner, may I assign all or part of my operating rights interest?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s556.800"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 556.800 - As an operating rights owner, may I assign all or part of my operating rights interest?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "556.800"
section_name: "As an operating rights owner, may I assign all or part of my operating rights interest?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "556"
part_name: "LEASING OF SULFUR OR OIL AND GAS AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 6213; 43 U.S.C. 1334."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "556"
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# 556.800 As an operating rights owner, may I assign all or part of my operating rights interest?

An operating rights owner may assign all or part of its operating rights interests, subject to BOEM approval. Each instrument that transfers an interest must describe, by officially designated aliquot parts and depth levels, the interest proposed to be transferred.