Common use of Diligence, Prevention of Waste Clause in Contracts

Diligence, Prevention of Waste. (1) To exercise reasonable diligence in drilling and operating xxxxx for oil and gas on the lands covered hereby, while such products can be secured in paying quantities; (2) To carry on all operations hereunder in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance with approved methods and practice, having due regard for the prevention of waste of oil or gas developed on the land, the entrance of water through xxxxx drilled by the Lessee to the productive sands or oil or gas- bearing strata to the destruction or injury of the oil or gas deposits, the preservation and conservation of the property for future productive operations, and to the health and safety of workmen and employees; (3) To plug securely all xxxxx before abandoning the same in order to effectively shut off all water from the oil or gas-bearing strata from any other strata containing mineral resources and from all strata containing water; (4) Not to drill any well within 500 feet of any house, structure, or reservoir of water without the surface owner(s) written consent; (5) To carry out at the expense of the Lessee all orders and requirements of the A.O. issued pursuant to 43 C.F.R. Part 3160; (6) To bury all pipelines crossing tillable lands below plow depth unless other arrangements therefore are made with the Superintendent and the surface owner(s); and (7) To pay to the surface owner(s) all damages to crops, buildings, and other improvements of the surface owner(s) occasioned by the Lessee's operations, except, that the Lessee shall not be held responsible for casualties occasioned by causes beyond the Lessee's control.