[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 233 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 64097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29101]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT922200-10-L13100000-FI0000-P; NDM 97716]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NDM 97716

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), Murex Petroleum Corporation 
timely filed a petition for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas 
lease NDM 97716, Mountrail County, North Dakota. The lessee paid the 
required rental accruing from the date of termination.
    No leases were issued that affect these lands. The lessee agrees to 
new lease terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per acre and 16\2/3\ 
percent. The lessee paid the $500 administration fee for the 
reinstatement of the lease and $163 cost for publishing this Notice.
    The lessee 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; and
     The $163 cost of publishing this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri Bakken, Chief, Fluids 
Adjudication Section, BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 
Billings, Montana 59101-4669, 406-896-5091.

Teri Bakken,
Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section.
[FR Doc. E9-29101 Filed 12-4-09; 8:45 am]
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