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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 7 - Royalty Products › 11 AAC 82.700 - Taking royalty in-kind for royalty products other than oil, gas, or associated substances

Current through May 31, 2024
Royalty products other than oil, gas, or associated
					 substances taken in-kind as provided by
					 AS
					 38.05.182 must be taken under the provision
					 of the lease which reserves the royalty to the state. If no such provision is
					 in the lease or in the regulations dealing with the products to be taken, all
					 or any portion of the state's share will, at the option of the commissioner, be
					 taken in-kind in accordance with the following:
(1) 90 days written notice will be given to
				  each lessee of the state's election to take the royalty products in-kind;
				  however, if the portion of the state's share to be taken in-kind exceeds 50
				  percent of the state's share, 180 days notice will be given;
(2) after taking has actually commenced, the
				  amount to be taken in-kind will, in the commissioner's discretion, be increased
				  or decreased from time to time by
(A) not more
				  than 10 percent, upon 30 days written notice to each lessee of
				  record;
(B) from 10 percent to 50
				  percent, upon 90 days written notice; and
(C) more than 50 percent, upon 180 days
				  written notice; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 7 - Royalty Products › 11 AAC 82.705 - Bidding method for royalty products other than oil, gas, or associated substances

Current through May 31, 2024
Royalty products, other than oil, gas, or associated
					 substances, that the commissioner determines are to be sold by competitive bid
					 will be offered for sale by sealed bid or at public auction.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.145
AS
						38.05.183
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 7 - Royalty Products › 11 AAC 82.710 - Notice of sale for royalty products other than oil, gas, or associated substances

Current through May 31, 2024
If the commissioner determines that royalty products other
					 than oil, gas, or associated substances will be offered for competitive sale,
					 notice of the sale will be given as provided by
					 AS
					 38.05.945. The notice must specify all the
					 terms and conditions of the sale including the royalty products to be sold,
					 bidding method, bond requirements, sale place and time, minimum bid, if
					 prescribed, and any other term or condition that the commissioner determines
					 necessary to carry out the purposes of
					 AS
					 38.05.183.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.135(b)
AS 38.05.145
AS 38.05.180
AS
						38.05.183
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 7 - Royalty Products › 11 AAC 82.715 - Qualifications for royalty products other than oil, gas, or associated substances

Current through May 31, 2024
A purchaser of the state royalty products other than oil,
					 gas, or associated substances must comply with the qualification requirements
					 of 11 AAC 82.200 and must supply the
					 showing of qualification required of mineral permittees and lessees by
					 11 AAC 82.205.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.145
AS
						38.05.183
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 8 - Records and Reports › 11 AAC 82.800 - Production records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Mineral lessees of state land shall keep
				  in their possession accurate books and records showing the production and
				  disposition of all minerals produced from the leased land and shall permit the
				  commissioner or his agents at all reasonable hours to examine them.
(b) The commissioner will, in his discretion,
				  require copies of sales contracts and other agreements with the first bona fide
				  purchaser affecting produced minerals which are subject to royalties.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020(b)
AS
						38.05.145(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 8 - Records and Reports › 11 AAC 82.805 - Test results

Current through May 31, 2024
The lessee of a state-issued mineral lease and the licensee
					 of a state-issued oil and gas exploration license shall furnish, upon request
					 of the commissioner, a copy of all geological, geophysical, engineering, and
					 other factual data obtained from the lease or oil and gas exploration license,
					 including all pertinent tests, records, surveys, and analyses conducted on or
					 pertaining to the leased or licensed land or products from it, but not
					 including interpretations of these items or proprietary research data or
					 techniques.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.145
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 8 - Records and Reports › 11 AAC 82.810 - Confidentiality of data

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Geological,
				  geophysical, and engineering data, including well and bore hole data, and
				  interpretations of those data, will be kept confidential at the written request
				  of the person supplying the information. Cost data and financial information
				  submitted in support of applications, bonds, leases, and similar items will be
				  kept confidential at the written request of the person supplying the
				  information except as provided in
				  AS
				  38.05.036.
(b) Information for which confidentiality is
				  requested must be identified as "confidential" on the outer envelope and on
				  each page, and must be submitted separately from information not entitled to
				  confidential status.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.035
AS
						38.05.145
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 8 - Records and Reports › 11 AAC 82.815 - Cross-referencing

Current through May 31, 2024
A party who is required to submit information to the
					 commissioner under this title may cross-reference information which it or other
					 parties, including agencies of state or federal government, have previously
					 filed with the commissioner. A party making a cross-reference shall precisely
					 identify the referenced information, the approximate date, and the office with
					 which it was filed. If the information cannot be located in the departmental
					 files, or if inaccessibility of the information would delay processing of the
					 application, the commissioner will, in his discretion, require that the
					 information be submitted.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.035
AS
						38.05.145
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.903 - Description of land

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner will, in the commissioner's discretion,
					 make state land that is not under lease or otherwise excluded from oil and gas
					 leasing or exploration licensing by state law available for oil and gas
					 exploration licensing. Land proposed for licensing must be described by legal
					 subdivision, section, township, range, and meridian if the land has been
					 surveyed under the public land rectangular system or is included in protracted
					 surveys approved by the department or by the United States Bureau of Land
					 Management.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.906 - Term

Current through May 31, 2024
The term for an oil and gas exploration license will be
					 determined by the commissioner in accordance with
					 AS
					 38.05.132.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.909 - License proposal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At any time during a calendar year, the
				  commissioner will, in the commissioner's discretion, issue a call for proposals
				  for an oil and gas exploration license that specifies the
(1) area to be offered for
				  licensing;
(2) minimum
				  qualifications for a licensee, as specified under
				  11 AAC 82.200(a);
				  and
(3) minimum exploration work
				  commitment expressed in dollars.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.912 - Request for competing proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a proposal
				  for an exploration license submitted under
				  11 AAC 82.909(a) or (d) is not rejected by the commissioner, the
				  commissioner will issue a request for competing proposals concurrent with a
				  public notice of intent by the commissioner to evaluate the acceptability of
				  the proposal.
(b) A prospective
				  licensee must notify the commissioner in writing of the prospective licensee's
				  intent to submit a proposal for an oil and gas exploration license within 30
				  days after the commissioner has issued a request for competing proposals under
				  (a) of this section.
(c) A
				  competing proposal for an oil and gas exploration license submitted by a
				  prospective licensee must conform to
				  11 AAC 82.909(e)
				  and must be received by the department within 60 days after the commissioner
				  has issued a request for competing proposals under (a) of this
				  section.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.915 - Qualifications

Current through May 31, 2024
A prospective licensee for an oil and gas exploration
					 license must comply with
					 11 AAC 82.200(a)
					 and 11 AAC 82.205 before submitting a
					 proposal under
					 11 AAC 82.909 or
					 11 AAC 82.912.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.133
AS
						38.05.190
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.918 - Public notice

Current through May 31, 2024
A public notice is subject to the provisions of
					 AS
					 38.05.945(b) if the
					 notice
(1) solicits proposals for an
				  oil and gas exploration license;
(2) announces the intent by the commissioner
				  to evaluate the acceptability of a proposal for an oil and gas exploration
				  license and requests competing proposals; or
(3) seeks comments on a best interest finding
				  for an oil and gas exploration license.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.133
AS
						38.05.945
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.921 - Invitation to bid

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If competing proposals are submitted, and
				  the written finding of the commissioner concludes that an oil and gas
				  exploration license should be issued, the commissioner will issue to each
				  applicant that submitted a proposal under
				  11 AAC 82.909 or
				  11 AAC 82.912 an invitation to
				  submit a sealed bid on a form supplied by the department.
(b) The invitation to bid will
(1) be issued concurrent with the written
				  finding;
(2) describe the area to
				  be offered for licensing;
(3)
				  designate the date a sealed bid must be received by the commissioner;
(4) include the finding under
				  AS
				  38.05.133(f), the
				  exploration license and lease forms that will be used, and a bid form;
				  and
(5) disclose additional
				  information and set out additional requirements as the commissioner determines
				  to be necessary.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.924 - Bid deposit

Current through May 31, 2024
An oil and gas exploration license sealed bid received in
					 response to a request for a competitive bid must be accompanied by a bid
					 deposit of 20 percent of the license fee, rounded to the nearest dollar. The
					 bid deposit is subject to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.425.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.927 - Submitted bid

Current through May 31, 2024
A sealed bid submitted for an oil and gas exploration
					 license is subject to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.420.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.930 - Joint bid

Current through May 31, 2024
A joint sealed bid for an oil and gas exploration license
					 is subject to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.430.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.933 - Tie bids

Current through May 31, 2024
In the event of tie bids for an oil and gas exploration
					 license, the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.455
					 apply.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.936 - Notification of competitive award

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  commissioner will, within 15 days following the date that a sealed bid must be
				  received, notify each prospective licensee of the commissioner's decision to
				  accept or reject that prospective licensee's sealed bid.
(b) A successful bidder shall, within 30 days
				  after receiving notification of the award, wire transfer the balance of the
				  exploration license fee, submit two fully executed copies of the exploration
				  license form, and file the security required by
				  AS
				  38.05.132(c)(4). All
				  documentation must be physically received by the department by the close of
				  business on that 30th day.
(c) If a
				  successful bidder fails to comply with (b) of this section, the bid deposit and
				  the license award are forfeited. The commissioner will, in the commissioner's
				  discretion, award the exploration license to the next successive highest
				  bidder.
(d) The commissioner will,
				  in the commissioner's discretion, hold a bid deposit until a license is
				  awarded, or until the commissioner decides not to award the license.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.939 - Return of bid deposits

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will return unsuccessful bid deposits for an
					 oil and gas exploration license within 10 days following the award and
					 acceptance of an oil and gas exploration license.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.942 - Effective date of license

Current through May 31, 2024
The effective date of an oil and gas exploration license is
					 established according to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.675.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.945 - Bonding or other security

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An exploration
				  license shall be bonded under the provisions of
				  11 AAC 82.600(c) and (f).
(b) The principal on a bond must be the
				  licensee of record with the department.
(c) A licensee shall, upon acceptance, and on
				  or before each anniversary of the effective date of an oil and gas exploration
				  license, deliver to the department an affidavit showing that the required
				  security is in place with the department and executed in favor of the state.
				  Each affidavit shall include calculations conforming the security to the
				  requirements of
				  AS
				  38.05.132(c)(4)(B). The
				  commissioner will, in the commissioner's discretion, revoke an oil and gas
				  exploration license for failure to provide the commissioner with this
				  affidavit. Upon revocation, a licensee's security is forfeited to the
				  state.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.948 - Reservations

Current through May 31, 2024
An oil and gas exploration license must comply with the
					 provisions of
					 11 AAC 83.150(a).
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS 38.05.133
AS
						38.05.134
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.951 - Plan of operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each operation conducted under an oil and
				  gas exploration license is subject to the provisions of
				  11 AAC 83.158, and
				  11 AAC 96.010 -
				  11 AAC 96.140.
(b) For an exploratory drilling operation, a
				  licensee shall allow representatives of the department to
(1) be on-site for drilling, coring, and
				  testing; and
(2) examine the core
				  after drilling.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.954 - Relinquishment of lands

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On or before
				  the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the issuance of an oil and gas
				  exploration license and on or before every anniversary thereafter, a licensee
				  shall deliver to the department a description of
(1) the actual work completed, total
				  cumulative direct exploration expenditure, and the percentage of the original
				  work commitment completed; and
(2)
				  a listing of lands selected for relinquishment, if the work completed exceeds
				  25 percent, but is less than 50 percent, with a map at a scale of 1:250,000
				  indicating lands to be relinquished.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.957 - Surrenders

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When a licensee voluntarily surrenders an
				  oil and gas exploration license, the provisions of
				  11 AAC 82.635 apply.
(b) Upon the effective date of surrender of
				  the license, a licensee shall forfeit to the state the security required in
				  AS
				  38.05.132(c)(4)(B).
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.960 - Audit

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner will, in the
				  commissioner's discretion, audit expenditures by inspecting all reports and
				  other information filed in support of or relating to direct exploration
				  expenditures, whether or not that information is confidential. The commissioner
				  will hold confidential information that qualifies as such, in accordance with
				  AS
				  38.05.035(a)(9)(C) and
				  (a)(9)(D).
(b) The commissioner will, in the
				  commissioner's discretion, require additional information regarding a
				  licensee's direct exploration expenditures, reports, data, or other information
				  relevant to the drilling of an oil and gas exploration well or the gathering of
				  geologic or geophysical data. The commissioner will, in the commissioner's
				  discretion, terminate a license if the licensee fails to provide the
				  information in the time specified by the commissioner.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS
						38.05.132
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.963 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
A prospective licensee or licensee disagreeing with a
					 decision of the department may appeal under the provisions of 11 AAC
					 02.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.133
AS
						44.37.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.966 - Assignments

Current through May 31, 2024
The assigning of an oil and gas exploration license is
					 subject to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.605 and
					 11 AAC 82.615.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.969 - Effective date of assignments

Current through May 31, 2024
The effective date of an assignment of an oil and gas
					 exploration license is as provided for in
					 11 AAC 82.625.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.972 - Responsibility

Current through May 31, 2024
The responsibilities of an assignor and an assignee of an
					 oil and gas exploration license are subject to the provisions of
					 11 AAC 82.630.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.975 - Termination

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner will, in the commissioner's discretion,
					 terminate a license whenever a licensee fails to comply with a provision of an
					 oil and gas exploration license, applicable statutes, regulations, or
					 stipulations and the failure continues for a period of 60 days following
					 written notice by the commissioner to the licensee of failure to comply. Upon
					 termination, a licensee's oil and gas exploration license security required by
					 AS
					 38.05.132(c)(4)(B) is
					 forfeited to the state.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.978 - Conversion request

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After completion of all work commitment
				  obligations, and before the expiration of an oil and gas exploration license, a
				  licensee may request the conversion of all or part of the license into oil and
				  gas leases.
(b) A licensee shall
				  submit to the department a written request providing the legal description of
				  each proposed lease. The request may not exceed 5,760 acres of land. Proposed
				  leased lands must be
(1) reasonably compact
				  and contiguous;
(2) to the extent
				  possible, comprised of full sections; and
(3) described by section, township, range and
				  meridian, or by other legal subdivision.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.981 - Submittal of geologic and geophysical data

Current through May 31, 2024
On or before each anniversary date of an exploration
					 license, a licensee shall submit to the department all geologic and geophysical
					 data obtained under an exploration license.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS 38.05.133
AS
						38.05.134
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.984 - Confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner will hold confidential
				  all geologic and geophysical data submitted by a licensee until the land from
				  which the data were acquired is no longer subject to an oil and gas exploration
				  license, and provided that the land has not been converted to one or more oil
				  and gas leases.
(b) The geologic
				  and geophysical data on each active lease shall continue to be held
				  confidential by the commissioner, and shall remain confidential for two years
				  after the date of conversion. If a lease expires within two years of the date
				  of conversion, the data on that lease will no longer be held confidential by
				  the commissioner.
(c) The
				  provisions of
				  11 AAC 83.153 shall not apply for
				  data submitted to the commissioner that have been obtained under an exploration
				  license.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.035
AS 38.05.131
AS 38.05.132
AS
						38.05.133
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 82 - Mineral Leasing Procedure › Article 9 - Exploration Licensing › 11 AAC 82.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1) "audit" means the process of obtaining
				  sufficient competent evidentiary matter through inspection, observation,
				  inquiry, and confirmation to afford a reasonable basis for ascertaining the
				  compliance by the subject of the audit with the applicable law, regulations,
				  stipulations, and oil and gas exploration license terms and
				  conditions;
(2) "commissioner"
				  means the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources;
(3) "department" means the Department of
				  Natural Resources;
(4) "finding"
				  means a written finding addressing all matters set out in
				  AS
				  38.05.035(e) and (g), except
				  for AS
				  38.05.035(g)(1)(B)(xi);
(5) "geologic data" means information
				  gathered from surface geologic measurements, well and core hole information in
				  a form suitable for storage, processing or interpretation, such as magnetic
				  tape, computer disk, film, paper prints and listings; these may include mud
				  logs; electric logs; density logs; sonic logs; neutron logs; gamma ray logs;
				  interpretative logs such as Schlumberger's cyberlock and formation
				  microscanners and all types of dipmeter logs; directional surveys; core
				  (conventional and sidewall) and outcrop sample descriptions and measurements,
				  photos and analyses, including lithologic, porosity and permeability,
				  petrographic, geochemical, thermal maturation, fission track, radiometric
				  dating, fluid inclusion, palynologic, paleontologic, ichnologic, and
				  sedimentologic data and interpretations; sample descriptions; data and analyses
				  from cuttings, including lithologic and petrographic, descriptive and
				  interpreted palynologic and paleontologic, geochemical, and thermal maturation
				  indicators; fluid analysis; drillstem and repeat formation tests; other
				  formation tests; and periodic drilling and operating reports; "geologic data"
				  also includes maps, cross sections, fence diagrams and other interpretive
				  displays produced during the term of the license or subsequent lease;
(6) "geophysical data" means all of the
				  measurements and information obtained from electric surveys, gravity surveys,
				  magnetic surveys, seismic reflection surveys, seismic refraction surveys and
				  remote sensing; the information may be in the form of both raw field data and
				  data that are the result of any processing or reduction in a form suitable for
				  storage, processing, or interpretation, such as magnetic tape, computer disk,
				  film, paper prints, or listings.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.131
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.100 - Leasing methods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, all land is competitive for oil and gas leasing purposes and may only
				  be leased under competitive procedures provided in 11 AAC 82.
(b) The director will consider applications
				  for shallow natural gas leases on a first-come first-served basis.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.135
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS 38.05.177
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.105 - "Paying quantities" defined

Current through May 31, 2024
"Production in paying quantities," as used in
					 11 AAC 83.100 -
					 11 AAC 83.295 and
					 11 AAC 83.400 -
					 11 AAC 83.910, means production in
					 such quantity as to enable the operator to realize a profit. For purposes of
					 the habendum clause of a lease, that is, for the purpose of keeping the lease
					 in force after the expiration of the primary term, "paying quantities" means
					 production in quantities sufficient to yield a return in excess of operating
					 costs, even though drilling and equipment costs may never be repaid and the
					 undertaking considered as a whole may ultimately result in a
					 loss.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.110 - Rental

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rental payments are due in accordance
				  with the rental provisions of the lease.
(b) The department will credit an overpayment
				  of rent to the next year's rental.
(c) All oil and gas leases are conditioned
				  upon payment of the annual rental in advance on or before the beginning of each
				  lease year before completion of a well capable of producing oil and gas in
				  paying quantities on these leased lands.
(d) After a well has been plugged and
				  abandoned and there is no other well on the lease capable of production, the
				  commissioner may allow the rental rate effective during the year of the
				  abandonment to be the rate for the remainder of the term of the lease, or, if
				  production is achieved from a subsequent well, until the royalty or net profit
				  share to the state exceeds the rental for that year.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.111 - Rental payments during an appeal or pending application

Current through May 31, 2024
For a lease that is expired but otherwise remains subject
					 to a pending application or appeal, the lessee must continue to pay annual
					 rental at the previous year's rental rate, on or before the anniversary of the
					 lease, during the application or appeal process. If, upon resolution of an
					 appeal or final decision issued by the department, a lease is not extended, the
					 department may refund the rental for the current lease year, prorated by month
					 and acreage, starting the first day of the month following the time when the
					 appeal resolution or decision becomes final.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.125 - Extension by drilling

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If drilling, including redrilling,
				  sidetracking, or other means necessary to reach the originally proposed bottom
				  hole location, has commenced on or before the expiration date of the primary
				  term of the lease and is continued through that date with reasonable diligence,
				  the lease will continue in full force until 90 days after the drilling has
				  ceased and for so long after that date as oil or gas is produced in paying
				  quantities.
(b) In (a) of this
				  section, "drilling" means operations necessary or convenient to drilling a well
				  in the ground with equipment of sufficient size and capacity to drill to the
				  total depth proposed for the well.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.130 - Extension after production

Current through May 31, 2024
If production occurs in paying quantities during the
					 primary term of any lease, and if at the end of the primary term or at any time
					 prior to the end of the primary term that production has ceased, or if
					 production ceases at any time after the expiration of the primary term, then
					 the lease does not terminate if the lessee commences drilling or reworking
					 operations (either in a well from which the production has ceased or in a new
					 well) within 60 days after the cessation of production; and the lease remains
					 in full force and effect so long as operations are prosecuted with reasonable
					 diligence; and, if the drilling or reworking operations result in the
					 production of oil or gas, the lease remains in full force and effect so long as
					 oil or gas is produced from it in paying quantities.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.135 - Shut-in production

Current through May 31, 2024
No lease covering land on which there is a well capable of
					 producing oil or gas in paying quantities will expire because the lessee fails
					 to produce oil or gas, unless the commissioner gives notice to the lessee or
					 operator allowing a reasonable time, which will not be less than 60 days after
					 receipt of notice, to place the well on a producing status and the lessee or
					 operator fails to do so. After producing status is established, production must
					 continue on the leased land until suspension of production is allowed by the
					 commissioner.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.140(d)
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.140 - Extension by elimination from a unit

Current through May 31, 2024
If any lease or a portion of one is eliminated from the
					 unit plan or recovery program, or if the unit plan or recovery program is
					 terminated, then the lease or portion of it so eliminated continues in full
					 force and effect as may be provided in the unit or cooperative agreement, but
					 for not less than 90 days from the date of the elimination or termination and
					 so long thereafter as drilling or redrilling operations are being conducted on
					 it and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying
					 quantities.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180(d)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.145 - Directional drilling clause

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner will include a directional drilling clause
					 in all oil and gas leases that have been issued or that may be subsequently
					 issued by the state. The clause will provide that actual drilling from a well
					 located off the leased premises, but to be completed or bottomed on leased
					 premises, will be considered as actual drilling under the lease
					 terms.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.150 - Reservations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Every oil and gas lease or exploration
				  license must reserve to Alaska the right to dispose of to others the surface of
				  the leased land subject to the lease or the licensed land subject to the
				  license, and the right to authorize others by grant, lease, or permit, subject
				  to the lease or oil and gas exploration license and under such conditions as
				  will prevent unnecessary or unreasonable interference with the rights and
				  operations under the lease or oil and gas exploration license, to enter upon
				  and use the leased or licensed land
(1) to
				  explore for oil or gas by geological or geophysical means including the
				  drilling of shallow core holes or stratigraphic tests to a depth of not more
				  than 1,000 feet;
(2) to explore
				  for, develop, and remove natural resources other than oil, gas, and associated
				  substances on or from the leased or licensed land;
(3) for non-exclusive easements and
				  rights-of-way for any lawful purpose, including shafts and tunnels necessary or
				  appropriate for working of the leased or licensed land or other land for
				  natural resources other than oil, gas, or associated substances;
(4) for well sites and well bores of wells
				  drilled from or through the leased or licensed land to explore for or produce
				  oil, gas, and associated substances in and from other land; and
(5) for any other purpose now or after
				  September 4, 1974 authorized by law and not inconsistent with the rights under
				  the lease or oil and gas exploration license.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.153 - Confidential reports

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the commissioner finds that reports or
				  information required under
				  AS
				  31.05.035(a) contain
				  significant information relating to the valuation of unleased land within a
				  three-mile radius of the well from which these reports or information were
				  obtained, the commissioner will, upon the written request of the owner of the
				  well, keep the reports or information confidential for a reasonable time not to
				  exceed 90 days after disposal of the unleased land, unless the owner of the
				  well gives written permission to release the reports and information at an
				  earlier date. The commissioner will, in his or her discretion, extend
				  confidentiality to reports or information required under
				  AS
				  31.05.035 from a well located more than three
				  miles from any unleased land if the owner of the well from which these reports
				  or information are derived makes a sufficient showing that the reports or
				  information contain significant information relating to the valuation of
				  unleased land beyond the three-mile radius.
(b) Reports or information for which extended
				  confidentiality is requested or has been granted under
				  AS
				  31.05.035 will not be eligible for extended
				  confidentiality when
(1) the lease on which
				  the well is drilled has expired; or
(2) the unleased land within a three-mile
				  radius of the well from which the reports or information are obtained is
				  offered in a competitive lease sale, but receives no bids greater than or equal
				  to any minimum bid established for that sale.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.155 - Damages

Current through May 31, 2024
Each lessee, licensee of a state-issued oil and gas
					 exploration license, or permittee is required to pay any damage that becomes
					 payable under
					 AS
					 38.05.130 and shall indemnify Alaska and hold
					 it harmless from and against any claims, demands, liabilities, and expenses
					 arising from or in connection with the damage.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.130
AS 38.05.131
AS 38.05.133
AS
						38.05.145
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.158 - Plan of operations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this
				  section, a plan of operations for all or part of the leased area or area
				  subject to an oil and gas exploration license must be approved by the
				  commissioner before any operations may be undertaken on or in the leased or
				  licensed area.
(b) A plan of
				  operations is not required for
(1) activities
				  that would not require a land use permit under this title; or
(2) operations undertaken under an approved
				  unit plan of operations in accordance with this title.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.160 - Oil and gas lease bond

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before operations commence on a state oil
				  and gas lease, a bond in the amount of at least $10,000 must be furnished to
				  the department.
(b) The
				  commissioner will, in his discretion, after notice and an opportunity to be
				  heard, require a bond in a reasonable amount greater than the amount specified
				  in (a) of this section where a greater amount is justified by the nature of the
				  surface, the uses and improvements on or in the vicinity of the leased land,
				  and the degree of risk involved in the types of operations proposed or being
				  conducted on the lease. A statewide bond furnished under (c) of this section
				  will not satisfy any requirement of a bond imposed under this provision but
				  will be considered by the commissioner in determining the need for and the
				  amount of any additional bond under this subsection.
(c) Any person holding any interest in any
				  lease may furnish a statewide bond in the amount of $500,000. A statewide bond
				  satisfies all the bond requirements to which an oil or gas lease is subject
				  under the Department of Natural Resources except that the commissioner will, in
				  his discretion, require an additional unusual risk bond under (b) of this
				  section or specific lease provisions.
(d) All oil and gas lease bonds must comply
				  with 11 AAC 82.600.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020(b)
AS
						38.05.145(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.165 - Conditional leases

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If all or any part, as shown on the
				  division leasing plats when the lease was issued, of the land covered by a
				  lease is land that has been selected by Alaska under laws of the United States
				  granting land to Alaska but the land has not been patented to Alaska by the
				  United States, then the lease shall be a conditional lease as provided by law
				  with respect to the land until a patent becomes effective. If for any reason a
				  selection is disapproved or patent is denied as to all or any part of the land,
				  no rentals, royalties or minimum royalties paid to Alaska under the lease will
				  be refunded. Any bonus paid for a competitive lease will be refunded in full if
				  the entire lease fails or if the lease fails in part and the lessee elects to
				  surrender the remaining part. If the lessee elects to retain a remaining part,
				  the bonus will be refunded in pro rata part on an acreage basis.
(b) To be considered a conditional lease
				  under this section, the lease must contain at least a legal subdivision of 40
				  acres in the aggregate of land which has not been patented to Alaska by the
				  United States.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145(a)
AS
						38.05.180(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.170 - Failure to pay rental

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Any lease on which there is no well
				  capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities terminates by operation of
				  law if any rental due is not timely paid on or before each anniversary date of
				  the lease, except where the provisions of
				  11 AAC 83.620 are
				  applicable.
(b) For purpose of this
				  section, and notwithstanding
				  11 AAC 88.130(a) (2), rental is timely if it is received in
				  the designated office by the anniversary date.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS 38.05.145
AS
						38.05.180
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 6 - Lands › Chapter 83 - Oil and Gas Leasing › Article 1 - General Oil and Gas Lease Provisions › 11 AAC 83.175 - Reinstatement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner will reinstate a lease
				  automatically terminated under
				  11 AAC 83.170 if he finds that the
				  failure to pay rental was justifiable and not due to lack of reasonable
				  diligence by the lessee and the rental is paid within 15 days after receipt of
				  notice of the termination, along with a statement and supporting evidence of
				  the reasons for the failure. The burden of showing that he qualifies for
				  reinstatement under this subsection is on the lessee and only those cases will
				  be considered where the circumstances can be verified by independent evidence
				  other than lessee's statements. The failure to pay rental will not be
				  considered justifiable unless payment was prevented or delayed by unforeseen
				  circumstances beyond the lessee's reasonable control. Situations such as
				  ignorance of the lease, law, or regulations, inability to pay, error or
				  oversight of the lessee's employees or agents, forgetfulness, and failure to
				  receive a billing are not grounds for reinstatement. Situations caused by major
				  sickness, accidents, death, acts of God, and errors of departmental employees,
				  the U.S. Postal Service, or a commercial delivery service may be considered as
				  grounds for reinstatement.
(b) If
				  the rental payment due under a lease is timely paid but the amount of the
				  payment is deficient, and the commissioner believes the payment was determined
				  in accordance with the rental or acreage figure stated in the lease or in a
				  bill, decision, notice, or letter by the department and the figure is found to
				  be in error, or if the commissioner finds that the deficiency was otherwise
				  justifiable and not due to a lack of reasonable diligence on the part of the
				  lessee, the lease will be reinstated if the lessee corrects the deficiency
				  within 15 days after receipt of notice of the deficiency.
Authority:
AS
						38.05.020
AS
						38.05.145