ND-2024-04-0729

All bidding and lease sale on BLM parcels listed on this website shall be subject to the statutes, administrative rules and regulations of the BLM per the authority of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 as amended and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended.

A lease issued as a result of this sale will have a primary term of 10 years. It will continue beyond its primary term as long as oil or gas in paying quantities is produced on or for the benefit of the lease. Rental at $3.00 per acre for the first 2 years, $5.00 per acre for years 3 thru 8, and $15.00 per acre thereafter is due on or before the anniversary date with the first year's rental paid to the BLM and subsequent payments paid to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) each year until production begins.

The royalty rate that applies to the lands offered in this lease sale is a fixed 16.67 percent. Once a lease is producing, you must pay a royalty of 16.67 percent (or as the lease is amended) of the value or the amount of production removed or sold from the lease. You will find other lease terms on the standard lease form. (Form 3100-011, March 2023).

NDMT105686021

The land within this parcel is committed to Communitization Agreement (CA) NDMT105686021 (Legacy No. NDM 102345), Bakken Formation, effective 02/01/2011, which includes 16.92 acres of this parcel. The operator of this CA is Marathon Oil Company. The successful bidder should contact the CA operator to determine their rights under this CA. The CA operator may require the successful bidder to pay a proportionate cost of the well, including drilling, completing, equipping, and operating the well as a condition of participating in the CA.

More information on federal pooling agreements may be found by searching the Serial Number on BLM's Mineral and Land Report System (MLRS) or by contacting the Bureau of Land Management.

Stipulations are part of the lease and supersede any inconsistent provisions of the lease form. Some parcels are subject to surface use stipulations. They are requirements or restrictions on how you conduct operations.

They become part of the lease and supersede any inconsistent provisions in the lease form. See Sale Notice for stipulation details.

THIS TRACT IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LEASE STIPULATIONS:

• Standard 16-3 Standard Oil and Gas Lease Stipulations
• HQ-CR-1 Cultural Resource Protection
• HQ-MLA-1 Notice to Lessee Concerning Mineral Leasing Act Section 2(a)(2)(A)
• HQ-TES-1 Threatened and Endangered Species Act
• LN 14-12 Paleontological Resource Inventory Requirement
• LN 14-18 Air Resource Analysis
• LN 14-23 Setback from Human Occupied Residences Requirement
• LN 14-52 Lease Notice for US Army Corps of Engineers administered lands within the exterior boundary of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
• COE 18-1 Standard Stipulation for Lands Under Jurisdiction of Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
• COE 18-2 Corps of Engineers Standard Stipulation
• COE 18-3 Section 10/404 Regulatory Stipulation
• COE 18-4 Section 408 Stipulation

After all auctions have closed, the successful bidder will be notified via email with closing instructions, including total amount due.

On the day of the sale, you must pay at least the minimum bonus bid of $10 per acre or fraction of an acre; the first year's advance rental of $3 per acre or fraction of an acre; and a non-refundable administrative fee of $195, to the BLM State Office by the close of business.

A 1.5% Buyer Premium, calculated as 1.5% of the total bonus, will be added to the cost of this lease.

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