[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9261-9262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT922200-09-L13100000-FI0000-P;NDM 90948]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease; 
NDM 90948

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Encore 
Operating, LP, Upton Resources U.S.A., Inc., Northern Energy 
Corporation, and W.H. Champion timely filed a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas lease NDM 90948, Billings County, North 
Dakota. The lessees paid the required rental accruing from the date of 
termination.
    No leases were issued that affect these lands. The lessees agree to 
new lease terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per acre and 16\2/3\ 
percent or 4 percentages above the existing competitive royalty rate. 
The lessees paid the $500 administration fee for the reinstatement of 
the lease and $163 cost for publishing this Notice.
    The lessees met the requirements for reinstatement of the lease per 
Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). 
We are proposing to reinstate the lease, effective the date of 
termination subject to:
     The original terms and conditions of the lease;
     The increased rental of $10 per acre;
     The increased royalty of 16\2/3\ percent or 4 percentages 
above the existing competitive royalty rate; and
     The $163 cost of publishing this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri Bakken, Chief, Fluids 
Adjudication

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Section, BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 
Montana 59101-4669, 406-896-5091.

    Dated: February 25, 2009.
Teri Bakken,
Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section.
 [FR Doc. E9-4435 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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