Code of Federal Regulations Title 43. Public Lands:  Interior § 43.3283.2 When may the unit operator revise the unit contraction provision of a unit agreement?

(1) Commenced commercial operations of unitized resources;  or

(2) Completed a unit well that produces or utilizes geothermal resources in commercial quantities.

(1) The period for which the revision is requested;  and

(2) Whether an extension of the unit contraction date and/or a partial contraction of the unit area is requested.

(1) Economic constraints that limit the opportunity to drill and utilize the resource from additional wells;

(2) Reservoir monitoring or injection wells that BLM determines are necessary for unit operations are not located in the participating area;

(3) An inability to drill additional wells is due to circumstances beyond the unit operator's control, and a unit well that has produced or utilized in commercial quantities already is located in the unit;

(4) The types and intensity of unit operations already conducted in the unit area;

(5) The availability of viable electrical or resource sales contracts;

(6) The opportunity to utilize the resource economically;  or

(7) Any other information that supports revision of the unit contraction provision.