43 C.F.R. § 3105.3-2 Purpose.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
Approval of operating, drilling or development contracts ordinarily shall be granted only to permit operators or pipeline companies to enter into contracts with a number of lessees sufficient to justify operations on a scale large enough to justify the discovery, development, production or transportation of oil or gas and to finance the same.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3100—OIL AND GAS LEASING
Subpart 3105—Cooperative Conservation Provisions
§ 3105.3-2 Purpose.