Bill > HR1926

This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to introduce a new provision allowing for commingling, which is the process of combining oil and gas production from multiple sources before measuring royalties. The bill specifically requires the Secretary of the Interior to approve applications for commingling that involve oil and gas leases, unit participating areas, communitized areas, or both federal and non-federal properties, regardless of their ownership, royalty rates, or acreage. To ensure accurate measurement, the bill mandates that applicants must either install individual measurement devices for each production source or use an allocation meter or method that can measure volume with an uncertainty level of plus or minus 2 percent on a monthly basis. The primary goal of this provision is to minimize surface disturbing activities by allowing more flexible production and measurement techniques in the oil and gas industry. The bill achieves this by adding a new subsection (h) to Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act and renumbering the subsequent subsections accordingly.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1926/all-info