Fees for Services

    The bureau has issued an NTL, effective Nov 1, 2009, that provides clarification and information to operators, lessees, and pipeline right-of-way holders on our policies and procedures on refunding a service fee. Please see NTL No. 2009-N09 for additional information and guidance.”

    Production & Development Pipeline Refund
    Request    		 Miscellaneous Collections Royalty Rate Relief
    Facility & Well Permits Structures Exploration & Development Plans Appeals FOIA Bill for Collection




    Miscellaneous Collections

    Service Cost
    Includes; Jury Duty, Travel Voucher Repayment, Centrally Billed Repayment, Vendor, etc) varies




    Appeals

    Service Cost
    Appeals $150
    Open Access Complaints $7,500




    Production and Development

    Service Cost
    Suspensions of operations/suspensions of production $1,968
    500 feet from lease/unit line production request $3,608
    Gas cap production request $4,592
    Downhole commingling request $5,357
    Voluntary unitization proposal or unit expansion $11,698
    Unitization revision $831
    Surface commingling & measurement application varies
    Royalty Relief Application varies




    Pipeline

    Service Cost
    Pipeline ROW grant application $2,569
    Pipeline ROW grant assignment $186
    Pipeline application modification - ROW $3,865
    Pipeline conversion of lease term to ROW $219
    New pipeline application - Lease Term $3,283
    Pipeline application modification - Lease Term $1,906
    Pipeline repair notification $360
    Application to decommission a pipeline - ROW $2,012
    Application to decommission a pipeline - Lease Term $1,059




    Facility and Well Permits

    Service Cost
    Application for permit to drill $1,959
    Application for permit to modify $116
    New facility production safety system application varies
    Modification production safety system application varies




    Structures (or Platforms)

    Service Cost
    Platform application installation under platform verification program $21,075
    Platform application - fixed structure under the platform approval program $3,018
    Platform application - Caisson well protector $1,536
    Platform application - Modification $3,601
    Application to remove a platform $4,342




    Exploration and Development Plans

    Service Cost
    Deepwater Operations Plan $3,336