(26) Requiring that— 
(A) all carbon dioxide produced from Fed-
eral and Indian leases be analyzed for carcino-
genic benzene; and 
(B) benzene produced with such carbon di-
oxide must be filtered out and removed safely 
as necessary to prevent harm to the environ-
ment bearing such benezene content to a max-
imum permissible level of 5 parts per billion. 
(27) Requiring that— 
(A) royalties be paid on the fair market 
value of nitrogen extracted from such leases 
that is used industrially for well stimulation, 
helium recovery, or other uses; and 
(B) royalties be paid on the fair market 
value of ultimately processed helium recovered 
from such leases. 
(28) Allowing only 5 percent of the value of the 
elemental sulfur recovered during processing of hy-
drogen sulfide gas from such leases to be deducted 
for processing costs in determining royalty pay-
ments. 
(29) Requiring that all heating content analysis 
of natural gas be conducted to a minimum level of 
C15. 
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(30) Eliminating artificial conversion from dry 
BTU to wet BTU, and requiring that natural gas be 
analyzed and royalties paid for at all times on the 
basis of dry BTU only. 
(31) Requiring that natural gas sampling be 
performed at all times with a floating piston cylinder 
container at the same pressure intake as the pres-
sure of the natural gas gathering line. 
(32) Requiring use of natural gas filters with a 
minimum of 10 microns, and preferably 15 microns, 
both in the intake to natural gas sampling con-
tainers and in the exit from the natural gas sam-
pling containers into the chromatograph. 
(33) Mandate the use of a Quad Unit for both 
portable and stationary chromatographs in order to 
correct for the presence of nitrogen and oxygen, if 
any, in certain natural gas streams. 
(34) Require the calibration of all chro-
matograph equipment every three months and the 
use of only American Gas Association-approved 
standard comparison containers for such calibration. 
(35) Requiring that natural gas stored during 
the summer period and marketed during the winter 
period be sold on the basis of the purchase price 
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minus a maximum of $0.50 per MMBTU storage 
charges. 
(36) Requiring payment of royalties on any 
such natural gas stored on Federal or Indian lands 
on the basis of corresponding storage charges. 
(37) Imposing penalties for the intentional non-
payment of royalties for natural gas liquids recov-
ered— 
(A) from purging of natural gas gathering 
lines and natural gas pipelines; or 
(B) from field separators, dehydrators, and 
processing plants, 
including cancellation of oil and natural gas leases 
and criminal penalties. 
(38) Requiring that the separator, dehydrator, 
and natural gas meter be located within 100 feet of 
each natural gas wellhead. 
(39) Requiring that BTU heating content anal-
ysis be performed when the natural gas is at a tem-
perature of 140 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit at all 
times. 
(40) Requiring that heating content analysis 
and volume measurements are identical at the sales 
point to what they are at the purchase point, after 
allowing for a small volume for leakage in old pipes, 
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