Fees for Services

    NOTE: 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