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OCS Lease Expiration: MMS Denial of Suspension of Operations Upheld

The Energy Law

By Jana Grauberger : A recent Interior Board of Land Appeals (“IBLA”) ruling, ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , Due to weather conditions and the limitations of ATP’s contracted drilling rig, ATP was unable to get a well drilled prior to the lease expiration date.