43 CFR § 3137.131 - What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3137.131"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3137.131 - What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3137.131"
section_name: "What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3130"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS LEASING: NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6508, 43 U.S.C. 1733 and 1740."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 55497, Nov. 9, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3130"
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# 3137.131 What happens if the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations?
If the unit terminated before the unit operator met the initial development obligations, BLM's approval of the unit agreement is revoked. You, as lessee, forfeit all further benefits, including extensions and suspensions, granted any NPR-A lease because of having been committed to the unit. Any lease that the BLM extended because of being committed to the unit would expire unless it had been granted an extension or renewal under § 3135.1-5 or § 3135.1-6.
[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]