{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-203.68","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 203.68","heading":"What pre-application costs will BSEE consider in determining economic viability?","body":"(a) We will not consider ineligible costs as set forth in § 203.89(h) in determining economic viability for purposes of royalty relief.\n(b) We will consider sunk costs according to the following table.\nWe will . . . When determining . . .\n(1) Include sunk costs, Whether a field that includes a pre-Act lease which has not produced, other than test production, before the application or redetermination submission date needs relief to become economic.\n(2) Not include sunk costs, Whether an authorized field, a development project, or an expansion project can become economic with full relief (see § 203.67).\n(3) Not include sunk costs, How much suspension volume is necessary to make the field, a development project, or an expansion project economic (see § 203.69(c)).\n(4) Include sunk costs for the project discovery well on each lease, Whether a development project or an expansion project needs relief to become economic.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—MINERALS REVENUE MANAGEMENT","PART 203—RELIEF OR REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATES","Subpart B—OCS Oil, Gas, and Sulfur General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"6736d8fe63ff2e6c57b76427b47a817baf968ae7a71f9d449ea94b79624ff0bc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-203.67","next":"us/30-cfr-203.69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}