Notice2025-14108
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases, Weld County, CO
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Published
July 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Okreek Oil and Gas LLC, Bison IV Properties Colorado, LLC, and Morning Gun Exploration LLC, filed timely petitions with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas leases located in Pawnee Grasslands, Weld County, Colorado. The lessees paid the required rentals that accrued from the dates of termination. The BLM has not issued new leases that affect these lands prior to receiving the petition. The BLM proposes to reinstate these leases because they meet the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act and BLM regulations and are in conformance with the existing Eastern Resource Management Plan, signed on January 9, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35531-35532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14108]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2412-014-004-047181.1]
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases, Weld
County, CO
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of lease reinstatements.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Okreek Oil
and Gas LLC, Bison IV Properties Colorado, LLC, and Morning Gun
Exploration LLC, filed timely petitions with the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas leases
located in Pawnee Grasslands, Weld County, Colorado. The lessees paid
the required rentals that accrued from the dates of termination. The
BLM has not issued new leases that affect these lands prior to
receiving the
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petition. The BLM proposes to reinstate these leases because they meet
the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act and BLM regulations and are
in conformance with the existing Eastern Resource Management Plan,
signed on January 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Curtis, Supervisory Land Law
Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, Bureau of Land Management
Colorado State Office, P.O. Box 151029, DFC--Bldg., 40, Lakewood, CO
80215; telephone: (303) 239-3600; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b29272634282434270e0a180e380a070e2b090706450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="652729283a262a3a290004160036040900250709084b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessees agreed to the new lease terms
for rentals and royalties of $20 per acre, or fraction thereof, per
year, and 20 percent respectively. The lessees paid the required $500
administrative fee for lease reinstatement and the $151 cost of
publishing this notice. The lessees met the requirements for
reinstatement of the leases per section 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). The BLM proposes to reinstate the
leases referenced below, effective with their respective termination
dates, under the original terms and conditions of the leases and the
increased rental and royalty rates cited above.
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Termination
Lease No. Lessee date
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COCO105304064 (COC77287).......... Okreek Oil and Gas 1/1/2022
LLC.
COCO105306256 (COC77307).......... Okreek Oil and Gas 1/1/2022
LLC.
COCO105306257 (COC77308).......... Okreek Oil and Gas 1/1/2022
LLC.
COCO105310452 (COC77361).......... Okreek Oil and Gas 1/1/2022
LLC.
COCO105310457 (COC77366).......... Bison IV Properties 1/1/2023
Colorado, LLC
(formerly) Upland
Exploration.
COCO105311215 (COC76971).......... Morning Gun 7/1/2021
Exploration LLC.
COCO105311217 (COC76973).......... Morning Gun 7/1/2021
Exploration LLC.
COCO105311218 (COC76974).......... Morning Gun 7/1/2021
Exploration LLC.
COCO105311219 (COC76975).......... Morning Gun 7/1/2021
Exploration LLC.
COCO105373576 (COC76976).......... Morning Gun 7/1/2021
Exploration LLC.
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(Authority: 30 U.S.C. 188(e)(4) and 43 CFR 3108.23)
Kemba K. Anderson,
Fluid Minerals Branch Chief.
[FR Doc. 2025-14108 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-16-P
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