Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 02, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 3105.2-2 - Purpose.

When a lease or a portion thereof cannot be independently developed and operated in conformity with an established well-spacing or well-development program, the authorized officer may approve communitization or drilling agreements for such lands with other lands, whether or not owned by the United States, upon a determination that it is in the public interest. Operations or production under such an agreement shall be deemed to be operations or production as to each lease committed thereto.

authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189,306,359; 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740; and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58)
source: 48 FR 33662, July 22, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 3105.2-2