---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3137.41"
title: "43"
number: "3137.41"
heading: "What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3137.41"
---

# §3137.41. What continuing development obligations must I define in a unit agreement?


A unit agreement must provide for submission of supplemental or additional plans of development which obligate the operator to a program of exploration and development (see [§ 3137.71](/cfr/43/3137.71.md) of this subpart) that, after completion of the initial obligations —

- (a) Meets or exceeds the rate of non-unit operations in the vicinity of the unit; and
- (b) **Represents an investment proportionate to the size of the area covered by the unit agreement.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6508, 43 U.S.C. 1733 and 1740.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 55497, Nov. 9, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 17886, Apr. 11, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 6444, Feb. 4, 2008]