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Area spaced or assigned to productive wells in which a working interest is owned.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-K (SK)

-Number 229

-Section 1208

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Cash received for the settlement of litigation during the current period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 25

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The minimum period of entry of the Decree from the final determination of the pending patent application.

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- References

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A percentage of ownership in an oil and gas lease granting its owner the right to explore, drill and produce oil and gas from a tract of property. Working interest owners are obligated to pay a corresponding percentage of the cost of leasing, drilling, producing and operating a well or unit. After royalties are paid, the working interest also entitles its owner to share in production revenues with other working interest owners, based on the percentage of working interest owned.

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