---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3903.52"
title: "43"
number: "3903.52"
heading: "Production royalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3903.52"
---

# §3903.52. Production royalties.

- (a) The lessee must pay royalties on all products of oil shale that are sold from or transported off of the lease.
- (b) The royalty rate for the products of oil shale is 5 percent of the amount or value of production for the first 5 years of commercial production. The royalty rate will increase by 1% each year starting the sixth year of commercial production to a maximum royalty rate of 12 1/2% in the thirteenth year of commercial production.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189, 359, and 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 69469, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.