Federal Register: October 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 209)

DOCID: fr28oc08-84 FR Doc E8-25656

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Land Management Bureau

WY ID: [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW152696]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCID: fr28oc08-84

ACTION: Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.23(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Delta Petroleum Corporation and Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP for competitive oil and gas lease WYW152696 for land in Fremont County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.

SUMMARY:

Wyoming,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The lessees have agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year, and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessees have paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessees have met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW152696 effective April 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting the lands.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E825656 Filed 102708; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 431022P

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 7756176.