ARTICLE 2. Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally
Article 2 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.
§§ 6826–6836 · 22 sections
- § 6826 (a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys on state lands and may grant permits therefor, but the permit shall not give the permittee any…
- § 6826.1 The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations on or under the tide and submerged lands…
- § 6827 Leases for the extraction and removal of oil and gas deposits may be made by the commission to the highest qualified bidder, or joint bidders, as provided in…
- § 6827.1 Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law shall prevent or prohibit two or more persons who are individually eligible to hold a lease under this…
- § 6827.2 In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a lease, notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, if, after the holding of a public hearing, the…
- § 6827.5 (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 6851), Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870), or any other law, and to the extent not prohibited by…
- § 6828 All leases of lands containing oil or gas made or issued under this chapter shall be subject to the condition that the lessee will use all reasonable…
- § 6829 Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter, and any oil and gas lease assigned, transferred, or sublet, pursuant to Section 6804, shall include all of…
- § 6829.1 Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide and submerged lands, executed under this chapter, shall specify a period of not to exceed three (3) years, as…
- § 6829.2 The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the possible arresting…
- § 6829.3 (a) The commission shall seek additional infrastructure bonding or other financial assurance, as feasible, under its jurisdiction when a lease term is…
- § 6829.4 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Decommission” means any activities up to and including the safe…
- § 6830 All oil and gas leases issued by the commission for lands under its jurisdiction as set forth in Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 1 and in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of…
- § 6830.1 It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature of the State of California as follows: (a) That the people of the State of California have a direct and…
- § 6830.2 Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease of state-owned lands proposes to engage in secondary recovery operations within such lease, the commission and the…
- § 6830.3 In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6830.2, the commission may consider, use, apply or adopt any means, methods,…
- § 6831 Rights of way through all State lands may be granted to any lessee by the commission under such regulations as to survey, location, application, and use as may…
- § 6832 For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any oil or gas pool or field, or any part thereof, lessees hereunder and their…
- § 6833 The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall prescribe, may approve operating, drilling or development contracts made by one or more lessees…
- § 6834 Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased for oil and gas as provided in this chapter and when the form of lease therefor has been prepared…
- § 6835 Each bid (which shall be in the form of a lease prepared in accordance with this chapter) for an oil and gas lease shall be accompanied by a certified or…
- § 6836 At the time and place specified in the notice, the commission shall publicly open the sealed bids and shall award the lease for each parcel to the highest…