43 CFR § 3142.5 - Definitions.

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title: "43 CFR § 3142.5 - Definitions."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3142.5"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3140"
part_name: "LEASING IN SPECIAL TAR SAND AREAS"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 181  30 U.S.C. 351-359; 43 U.S.C. 1701  Pub. L. 97-78, 95 Stat. 1070; 42 U.S.C. 15801, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30988, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3142.5 Definitions.

As used in this subpart, the term:

*Production in paying quantities for combined hydrocarbon leases* means:

(1) Production, in compliance with an approved plan of operations and by nonconventional methods, of oil and gas which can be marketed; or

(2) Production of oil or gas by conventional methods as the term is currently used in 43 CFR part 3160.

*Production in paying quantities for oil and gas leases* means production of oil or gas by conventional methods that meets the definition of “production in paying quantities” in 43 CFR 3160.0-5.

*Production in paying quantities for tar sand leases* means production of shale oil quantities that provide a positive return after all costs of production have been met, including the amortized costs of the capital investment.