Notice2025-20305
Agency Information Collection Extension
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Published
November 19, 2025
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Energy DepartmentEnergy Information Administration
Abstract
EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes to its Oil and Gas Reserves System, OMB Control Number 1905-0057. The surveys included in the Oil and Gas Reserves System are the Form EIA-64A, Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production, Form EIA-23L, Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, and Form EIA-23S, Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, (Summary Version) (suspended). The surveys included in the Oil and Gas Reserves System collect information on U.S. proved crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves and will be used to prepare electronic annual reports of U.S. proved reserves data that fulfill EIA's congressional mandate to provide accurate annual estimates of U.S. proved crude oil and natural gas reserves. The U.S. Government also uses the resulting information in EIA's reports to develop national and regional estimates of proved reserves of domestic crude oil and natural gas to facilitate national energy policy decisions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52048-52049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20305]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information collection request for extension
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a three-year extension with changes to its Oil and
Gas Reserves System, OMB Control Number 1905-0057. The surveys included
in the Oil and Gas Reserves System are the Form EIA-64A, Annual Report
of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids Production, Form EIA-23L, Annual
Report of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, and Form EIA-23S, Annual
Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, (Summary Version) (suspended).
The surveys included in the Oil and Gas Reserves System collect
information on U.S. proved crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas
liquids reserves and will be used to prepare electronic annual reports
of U.S. proved reserves data that fulfill EIA's congressional mandate
to provide accurate annual estimates of U.S. proved crude oil and
natural gas reserves. The U.S. Government also uses the resulting
information in EIA's reports to develop national and regional estimates
of proved reserves of domestic crude oil and natural gas to facilitate
national energy policy decisions.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than December 19, 2025. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Pick, EIA Clearance Officer,
at (202) 558-5562. The forms and instructions are available on EIA's
website at <a href="http://www.eia.gov/survey/">www.eia.gov/survey/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request contains
(1) OMB No.: 1905-0057;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Oil and Gas Reserves
System;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: The surveys included in the Oil and Gas Reserves
System collect
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information on U.S. proved crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas
liquids reserves. In response to Public Law 95-91 Section 657,
estimates of U.S. oil and gas reserves are to be reported annually.
Many U.S. government agencies have an interest in the definitions of
proved oil and gas reserves and the quality, reliability, and
usefulness of estimates of reserves. Among these are the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy; Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM), Department of Interior; Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), Department of the Treasury; and the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). Each of these organizations has specific
purposes for collecting, using, or estimating proved reserves. The EIA
has a congressional mandate to provide accurate annual estimates of
U.S. proved crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves,
and EIA presents annual reserves data in EIA Web reports to meet this
requirement. The BOEM maintains estimates of proved reserves to carry
out their responsibilities in leasing, collecting royalty payments, and
regulating the activities of oil and gas companies on Federal waters.
Accurate reserve estimates are important, as the BOEM is second only to
the IRS in generating Federal revenue. For the IRS, proved reserves and
occasionally probable reserves are an essential component of
calculating taxes for companies owning or producing oil and gas. The
SEC requires publicly traded petroleum companies to annually file a
reserves statement as part of their 10-K filing. The basic purpose of
the 10-K filing is to give the investing public a clear and reliable
financial basis to assess the relative value, as a financial asset, of
a company's reserves, especially in comparison to other similar oil and
gas companies.
The Government also uses the resulting information to develop
national and regional estimates of proved reserves of domestic crude
oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to facilitate national energy
policy decisions. These estimates are essential to the development,
implementation, and evaluation of energy policy and legislation. Data
are used directly in EIA Web reports concerning U.S. crude oil, natural
gas, and natural gas liquids reserves, and are incorporated into a
number of other Web reports and analyses;
(4a) Changes to Information Collection:
Form EIA-23L, Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves (Change to
Instructions)
EIA proposes a minor modification to Form EIA-23L instructions to
align the disclosure language with other EIA surveys, without
substantially changing the intention of the disclosure language.
Form EIA-64A, Annual Report of the Origin of Natural Gas Liquids
Production (Change to Instructions)
EIA proposes six minor modifications to Form EIA-64A instructions
to clarify the data requested:
1. Page 1 of the instructions describing who must file the form
indicates that ``facilities'' refers to natural gas processing plants.
EIA proposes adding ``including gas sweetening plants'' to clarify the
respondent frame.
2. Page 4 of the instructions includes a diagram to assist
respondents when filling out Section 2 of the form. EIA proposes
defining residue gas as ``dry natural gas after liquids extraction'' in
the text describing the diagram. This is the first place EIA uses the
term residue natural gas other than in the Section title.
3. Page 4 of the instructions for Section 2.1 requests the total
outlet of residue natural gas. EIA proposes clarifying the current
definition of residue natural gas from ``dry gas'' to ``dry natural gas
after liquids extraction''.
4. Page 4 of the instructions for Section 2.2 requests the total
natural gas used on site as plant fuel. EIA proposes modifying the
current instruction to clarify that this data should include natural
gas that is used to generate electricity consumed by the plant.
5. EIA proposes changing all instances of ``residue gas'' to
``residue natural gas'' for consistency within the instructions.
6. Pages 6 and 7 of the instructions include a form glossary. EIA
proposes adding a definition to this glossary for gas sweetening
plants: ``A type of natural gas processing plant designed for removal
of impurities such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur, etc.
from sour gas to make it suitable for transport and use.'';
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 878;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 878;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 15,768;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$1,497,802 (15,768 estimated burden hours times $94.99). EIA estimates
that respondents will have no additional costs associated with the
surveys other than the burden hours and the maintenance of the
information during the normal course of business.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2025.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-20305 Filed 11-18-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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