30 C.F.R. § 250.174
When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
The Regional Supervisor may grant or direct an SOP when the suspension is in the National interest, and it is necessary because the suspension will meet one of the following criteria:
(a) It will allow you to properly develop a lease, including time to construct and install production facilities;
(b) It will allow you time to obtain adequate transportation facilities;
(c) It will allow you time to enter a sales contract for oil, gas, or sulphur. You must show that you are making an effort to enter into the contract(s); or
(d) It will avoid continued operations that would result in premature abandonment of a producing well(s).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2008–2012 · leading case: Amber Resources Co. v. United States, 538 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
Amber Resources Co. v. United States, 538 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2008). “See 30 C.F.R. §§ 250.174 , 250.180. The Interior Department also has the authority to direct suspensions under circumstances specified by regulation, such as when the lessees’ activities “pose a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm or damage.”
Noble Energy, Inc. v. Kenneth Salazar, 671 F.3d 1241 (D.C. Cir. 2012). “30 C.F.R. §§ 250.174 , 250.175. Absent a threat of immediate or irreparable harm, suspensions generally do not interfere with a lessee’s ability to explore, develop, or prepare its lease for oil production.”
Amber Resources Co. v. U.S. [Revised] (Fed. Cir. 2008). “See 30 C.F.R. §§ 250.174 , 250.180. The Interior Department also has the authority to direct suspensions under circumstances specified by regulation, such as when the lessees’ activities “pose a threat of serious, irreparable, or immediate harm or damage.”
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