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Fees for Services

NOTE: MMS 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.”

Renewable Energy	Leasing & Adjudication	Production & Development	Pipeline	Refund Request
Facility & Well Permits	Structures	Exploration & Development Plans	Resource Evaluation	Appeals

Renewable Energy

Service	Cost
Non-Competitive Leasing Acquisition Fee	.25/acre

Appeals

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

Leasing and Adjudication

Service	Cost
Change in designation of operator	$164
Record title/operating rights (transfer)	$186
Non-required document filing	$27 per lease affected
Pipeline ROW grant assignment	$186
Copy work (Adjudication)
Right of Use and Easement	varies

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
Conservation information document	$25,629
Royalty Relief Application	varies

Pipeline

Service	Cost
Pipeline ROW grant application	$2,569
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
Exploration plan	$3,442 per surface location
Development Operations Coordination Document or DPP	$3,971 per proposed well
Deepwater Operations Plan	$3,336

Resource Evaluation

Service	Cost
G&G Permits	$2,012

Last Updated: 05/05/2010, 09:50 AM Central Time