---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stC/ptIV/ch869"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 869"
heading: "Naval Petroleum Reserves"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stC-ptIV-ch869"
sections_count: 18
---

# Chapter 869 — Naval Petroleum Reserves

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV — General Administration

## Sections

- [§8720. Definitions](/usc/10/8720.md)
- [§8721. Jurisdiction and control](/usc/10/8721.md)
- [§8722. Administration](/usc/10/8722.md)
- [§8723. Periodic re-examination of production requirements](/usc/10/8723.md)
- [§8724. Protection of oil reserves; contracts for conservation](/usc/10/8724.md)
- [§8725. Acquisition by condemnation and purchase](/usc/10/8725.md)
- [§8727. Cooperative or unit plans in the naval petroleum reserves](/usc/10/8727.md)
- [§8728. Agreements and leases: provision for change](/usc/10/8728.md)
- [§8729. Re-lease of certain lands: lessee’s preferential right](/usc/10/8729.md)
- [§8730. Disposition of products](/usc/10/8730.md)
- [§8731. Requirements as to consultation and approval](/usc/10/8731.md)
- [§8732. Authorizations of appropriations](/usc/10/8732.md)
- [§8733. Disposition of royalties](/usc/10/8733.md)
- [§8735. Foreign interest](/usc/10/8735.md)
- [§8736. Regulations](/usc/10/8736.md)
- [§8737. Violations by lessee](/usc/10/8737.md)
- [§8738. Rifle, Colorado, plant; possession, use, and transfer of](/usc/10/8738.md)
- [§8739. Certain oil shale reserves: transfer of jurisdiction and petroleum exploration, development, and production](/usc/10/8739.md)