43 CFR § 3137.41 - What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3137.41"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3137.41 - What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3137.41"
section_name: "What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?"
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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# 3137.41 What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?
A unit agreement must provide for submission of supplemental or additional plans of development which obligate the operator to a program of exploration and development (see § 3137.71 of this subpart) that, after completion of the initial obligations —
(a) Meets or exceeds the rate of non-unit operations in the vicinity of the unit; and
(b) Represents an investment proportionate to the size of the area covered by the unit agreement.
[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]