---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 203.30"
title: "30"
number: "203.30"
heading: "Which leases are eligible for royalty relief as a result of drilling a phase 2 or phase 3 ultra-deep well?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/203.30"
---

# §203.30. Which leases are eligible for royalty relief as a result of drilling a phase 2 or phase 3 ultra-deep well?


Your lease may receive a royalty suspension volume (RSV) under [§§ 203.31 through 203.36](/cfr/30/203.31..203.36.md) if the lease meets all the requirements of this section.

- (a) The lease is located in the GOA wholly west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude in water depths entirely less than 400 meters deep.
- (b) The lease has not produced gas or oil from a deep well or an ultra-deep well, except as provided in [§ 203.31(b)](/cfr/30/203.31.md?p=b).
- (c) If the lease is located entirely in more than 200 meters and entirely less than 400 meters of water, it must either:
  - (1) Have been issued before November 28, 1995, and not been granted deep water royalty relief under [43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)](/usc/43/1337.md?p=a-3-C), added by section 302 of the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act; or
  - (2) Have been issued after November 28, 2000, and not been granted deep water royalty relief under [§§ 203.60 through 203.79](/cfr/30/203.60..203.79.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 90 FR 44325, Sept. 15, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396 et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 396a et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 15903-15906; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.; and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 90 FR 44325, Sept. 15, 2025]