2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 30:148.2 — Lands which may be leased

§148.2.  Lands which may be leased

A.  Any lessor may, through its governing authority, lease any lands of which the lessor has title, custody, or possession, and the office of mineral resources may lease the bodies of any lakes, bays or coves, or other navigable waters and beds thereof:

(1)  For the purpose of granting to the lessee the right to erect and use on the leased premises tanks and facilities for the receipt, storage, transportation, and shipment of oil, goods, wares, and merchandise, and for other purposes necessary or incidental to the receipt, storage, transportation, and shipment of oil, goods, wares, and merchandise, including the construction of houses for employees, warehouses, pipelines, pump stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks.

(2)  For the purpose of injection, storage, and withdrawal of natural gas in any underground reservoir lying beneath such lands or water bodies, and beds thereof, and for other purposes necessary or incidental to the injection, storage, and withdrawal of natural gas, including drilling of any wells for injection or withdrawal of such natural gas stored in such underground reservoir and the construction of houses for employees, warehouses, pipelines, separation and dehydration facilities, compressor stations, pump stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks.  For the purposes of this Subpart, "reservoir" means any natural or manmade spaces capable of containing or holding natural gas or liquefied hydrocarbons, including caverns created in salt domes.

(3)  For the purpose of making and using caverns in salt domes lying beneath such lands or water bodies, and beds thereof, for the injection, storage, and withdrawal of liquid hydrocarbons and for other purposes necessary or incidental to the making of such caverns, and the injection, storage, and withdrawal of liquid hydrocarbons, including drilling of any wells for making such caverns and for injecting, storing, and withdrawing of such liquid hydrocarbons in such caverns and the construction and maintenance of facilities for housing employees, pipelines, pump stations, loading stations, wharves, and docks.

B.  In addition, where otherwise consistent with the provisions of this Subpart as applied to leased premises, the office of mineral resources may grant surface/subsurface agreements for the right to erect and use on unleased premises such facilities and equipment.

Acts 1995, No. 88, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 180, §1; Acts 2004, No. 104, §1, eff. May 28, 2004.

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