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title: "Summarise a federal oil and gas lease extract for due diligence"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/summarise-tenement-registers-and-conditions-for-due-diligence/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A13-B6-3-US"
practice_area: "Energy, Resources & Mining"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarise a federal oil and gas lease extract for due diligence

> From the lease extract the lawyer supplies, copy the serial number, the record-title holder, the status, and the dates as they are printed. Note a transfer that the extract shows as filed and not yet approved.…

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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 extract the lawyer supplies, copy the serial number, the record-title holder, the status, and the dates as they are printed. Note a transfer that the extract shows as filed and not yet approved. Do not calculate a lease term and do not say the Department has recognized a transferee. |
| What the lawyer must review | 30 U.S.C. 226 is the statute under which the Secretary of the Interior leases parcels of land known or believed to contain oil or gas. The summary copies the extract. It does not apply a rental amount or a primary term from that section. 43 C.F.R. 3106.10(f) provides that the rights of the transferee to a lease or an interest in it will not be recognized by the Department until the transfer has been approved by the authorized officer. Section 3106.71 provides that the BLM approves an assignment of record title or a transfer of operating rights for administrative purposes only, and that approval does not warrant or certify that either party holds legal or equitable title to a lease. The lawyer reads the extract against the lease file. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise tenement registers and conditions for due diligence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/summarise-tenement-registers-and-conditions-for-due-diligence.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the lease extract the lawyer supplies, copy the serial number, the record-title holder, the status, and the dates as they are printed. Note a transfer that the extract shows as filed and not yet approved. Do not calculate a lease term and do not say the Department has recognized a transferee.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A state lease or a private mineral deed is not a federal lease under section 226. The tool does not recast it as one.
- A filed transfer is not Department recognition. Section 3106.10(f) says the rights are not recognized until approval.

## Sources

- [30 U.S.C. 226, Leasing of oil and gas parcels](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/30/226) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [43 C.F.R. subpart 3106, Transfers by assignment, sublease, or otherwise](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-3100/subpart-3106) (checked 2026-10-22)

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