---
title: "Build a work-programme and expenditure tracker from a federal oil and gas lease"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/build-a-work-programme-and-expenditure-commitment-tracker-from-the-title/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A13-A20260923-2-US"
practice_area: "Energy, Resources & Mining"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a work-programme and expenditure tracker from a federal oil and gas lease

> From the lease, the unit agreement, and the conditions the lawyer supplies, list each work commitment and expenditure figure with the clause and the date written in the document.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Energy, Resources & Mining](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the lease, the unit agreement, and the conditions the lawyer supplies, list each work commitment and expenditure figure with the clause and the date written in the document. Do not compute a statutory rental and do not decide that a commitment has been met. |
| What the lawyer must review | 30 U.S.C. § 226(e) provides that competitive and noncompetitive leases issued under that section shall be for a primary term of 10 years, and that each such lease shall continue so long after its primary term as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. The section also conditions leases on rental and, for a lease under subsection (c), on a royalty. The figures that govern a particular lease are the figures in that lease and in any unit or communitisation agreement, which may sit above a statutory minimum. 43 C.F.R. § 3106.76 provides that an assignee of record title agrees to comply with the terms of the original lease, and that a transferee of operating rights agrees to comply with those terms as they apply to the area or horizons acquired. The tracker uses the documents. It does not substitute a statutory minimum for the lease figure, and it does not decide that production is in paying quantities. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build a work-programme and expenditure-commitment tracker from the title](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/build-a-work-programme-and-expenditure-commitment-tracker-from-the-title.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the lease, the unit agreement, and the conditions the lawyer supplies, list each work commitment and expenditure figure with the clause and the date written in the document. Do not compute a statutory rental and do not decide that a commitment has been met.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A statutory minimum rental is not the rental in the lease. The tracker uses the lease.
- Paying quantities, and any extension for drilling at the end of the primary term, are decisions for the lawyer on the facts. The tool does not make them.

## Sources

- [30 U.S.C. § 226 (oil and gas leasing; primary term)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/30/226) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [43 C.F.R. § 3106.76 (obligations of an assignee or transferee)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-3100/subpart-3106) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tenement compliance calendar for a NSW mining authority (fees, levies, royalty, security and conditions)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining/tenement-compliance-calendar-nsw.md) | Checklist | Green | Annual compliance calendar for a NSW exploration licence or mining lease: annual rental fee and administrative levy, royalty returns and payments, security deposit reviews, condition-based reporting… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*