060-18 Wyo. Code R. §§ 18-3 - [Effective 10/24/2024] General Provisions
(a) The Board may,
without prior notice, withdraw specific lands from leasing for oil and gas when
it appears reasonably necessary to protect the economic or environmental
interests of the beneficiaries. Any party desiring to lease lands for oil and
gas which have been withdrawn may request that a withdrawal be rescinded in
whole or in part.
(b) The Board may
condition the issuance of any oil and gas lease upon specific stipulations for
the protection of the public, the environment, the waters of the state,
historical, archeological or paleontological materials, the wildlife resources,
or any of the subsurface or surface resources of the state.
(c) The Board may deny an oil and gas lease
to any person or legal entity which has failed to comply with any rules of the
Board or any terms and conditions of any lease or other agreement with the
Board.
(d) The Board may refuse to
issue an oil and gas lease or approve an assignment of an interest in an
existing oil and gas lease if issuing the lease or approving the assignment
will diminish the interest of the beneficiaries.
(e) On lands in which the state owns less
than the entire interest in the oil and gas estate, a lease will be issued by
the Board covering the state's interest independent of the other
co-owners.
(f) Oil and gas covered
by an existing lease is not available for lease (top leasing) until the
existing lease terminates, and the oil and gas is made available for leasing
under Section
5 of this chapter.
(g) An application may be filed for a lease
on lands not shown by the records of the Office to be owned by the state. The
applicant must submit evidence through the Office to the Wyoming Attorney
General showing that it is probable that the lands applied for, or any interest
therein, have escheated to the State of Wyoming. Such applicant shall
coordinate with and pay for all costs for the Office and the Attorney General
pursuant to the filing of a petition under
W.S.
9-5-203 seeking title for the state. After
receiving a court order vesting title in the state, the applicant shall have
the right to lease the escheated lands under the Board's current form of lease
without bidding thereon at auction. If the lands are not found to have
escheated to the state, applicant will not be entitled to any lease or cost
reimbursement.
(h) Discovery of
historical, archaeological, or paleontological deposits on state lands during
the course of development shall be reported to the Office by the lessee prior
to further disturbance, and operations may only re-commence as authorized by
the Director. The Director shall notify the lessee regarding mitigation within
five (5) working days after receiving the report.
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