---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3179.42"
title: "43"
number: "3179.42"
heading: "When lost production is subject to royalty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3179.42"
---

# §3179.42. When lost production is subject to royalty.

- (a) **Royalty is due on all avoidably lost oil or gas.**
- (b) **Royalty is not due on any unavoidably lost oil or gas.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 25426, Apr. 10, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 81421, Nov. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted.