OCS Lease Expiration: MMS Denial of Suspension of Operations Upheld
The Energy Law
JANUARY 30, 2008
173 IBLA 250 (2008), affirms an MMS denial of a Suspension of Operations (“SOO”) where the lessee submitted an revised exploration plan (“EP”) and permit to drill (“APD”) just days before the lease’s 10-year primary term expired, but was unable to conduct lease activities before the expiration date.
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