AGENCY: School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
SERIES: 30193
TITLE: Oil & gas, mining, and renewable energy unit agreement records
DATES: 1939-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by Unit Agreement name.
DESCRIPTION: The oil and gas, mining, and renewable energy groups at SITLA may manage specific types of leases known as unit agreements, communitization agreements, and pooling agreements. These agreements provide for the exploration and/or development of the leased lands and specified substances. Interest owners (lessees) commit to these agreements, and each agreement has a designated authorized owner. Pooling, and communitization or unitization of leases, are described further in Utah Administrative Codes R850-21-500(3), R850-22-500(5), R850-24-175(12), and R850-27-300(6).
Records and information may include unit agreements, unit operating agreements, communitization agreements, pooling agreements, maps, well determinations, confidential plans of development, photos, and related correspondence.
RETENTION
Permanent. Retain for 10 year(s) after case is closed
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 10/2021
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office until case is closed and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives.
Computer data files: Retain in Office permanently.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Fiscal Historical
These records retain their importance for documenting legal status, rights and obligations of individuals, groups, organizations, and governmental bodies despite the passage of time. Disposition is based upon the records' documentation of the leasing of state land for mineral purposes; they also document what areas have been mined, explored, drilled, and/or leased and when, which is helpful to future leasing and historical research.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Protected. Utah Code 63G-2-305(6),(7),(8),(9),(10b,e)(12),(18),(22),(26),(27),(31) (2021)