Exploitation work obligations in two or more Exploitation Concessions in the same petroleum region.
Article 61
ART. 61. Exploitation work obligations in two or more Exploitation Concessions in the same petroleum region.—A person holding two or more Exploitation Concessions in the same petroleum region, may be permitted to concentrate the exploitation work obligations required for all the Exploitation Concessions held by him in the same petroleum region, within any one of his Exploitation Concession, as long as the drilling operations are diligently conducted with a creditable expenditure and in accordance with a drilling program: Provided, however, That no Exploitation Concession shall remain for a period of more than five consecutive years without drilling operations. Such work may be credited only upon prior written approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.