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If your company has never reported and paid royalties to ONRR, please refer to the New Royalty Reporter Checklist, and complete the listed requirements.
Some payments require associated reports.The table below details which reports are required by obligation type.
What You Are Paying | Required Reporting in Addition to Payment |
---|---|
Rent (except first year rent) | |
Federal leases | none |
Indian leases | Form ONRR-2014 |
Solid Mineral leases associated with a mine | Form ONRR-4430 (P&R) |
Solid Mineral leases not associated with a mine | Form ONRR-2014 |
Royalty | |
Commodities except Solid Minerals | Form ONRR-2014 |
Solid Minerals | Form ONRR-4430 (P&R) |
Invoices ** | |
FIN (Financial Terms) | none |
IOR (Indian Over-Recoupment) | none |
OTH (Other) | none |
INT (Interest) | none |
Gas Storage | Form ONRR-2014 |
Deferred Bonuses | Form ONRR-4430 (P&R) |
Well Fees | Form ONRR-2014 |
Offshore Acquisition Fees and Renewable Energy | none |
Offshore Oil and Gas Initial ROW/RUE Rental | none |
Offshore Renewable Energy Initial Rental | none |
Per CFR §1218.51 (b) General instructions, you must make all payments to ONRR electronically to the extent it is cost effective and practical.
What You Are Paying | Payment Options (Click link for instructions) | |
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Rent (except first year rent) | ||
Federal leases | eCommerce “Rental Information” tab* | |
Indian leases | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Solid Mineral leases associated with a mine | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Solid Mineral leases not associated with a mine | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Royalty | ||
Commodities except Solid Minerals | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Solid Minerals | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Invoices ** | ||
FIN (Financial Terms) | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
IOR (Indian Over-Recoupment) | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
OTH (Other) | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
INT (Interest) | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Gas Storage | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Deferred Bonuses | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Well Fees | Pay.gov, ACH, Fedwire | |
Offshore Acquisition Fees and Renewable Energy | Pay.gov | |
Offshore Oil and Gas Initial ROW/RUE Rental | Pay.gov | |
Offshore Renewable Energy Initial Rental | Pay.gov |
* The online Rental payment system interfaces with Pay.gov to make an ACH debit payment ‐‐ you must initiate Rental payments in eCommerce on the “Rental Information” tab.
** To receive proper credit, your invoice or bill number MUST be referenced in your payment transaction.
Per CFR §1218.51 (b) General instructions, you must make all payments to ONRR electronically to the extent it is cost effective and practical.
Per CFR §1218.51 (b) General instructions, you must make all payments to ONRR electronically to the extent it is cost effective and practical. If you do need to submit a check payment, please refer to ONRR Office Locations for physical office addresses. Check payments should be sent to the Denver office by courrier or U.S. Mail.
Please include, or request that your bank include, the following information with your payment:
Electronic payment is required
Contact Victoria Soto at ONRR-RFMASGL@onrr.gov for electronic deposit instructions.
Please note that the new Los Angeles deposit cut-off time is 10:00 AM PST.
Electronic payments will remain the same. Checks that are mailed to the old address will be forwarded for a year. Please make the appropriate changes for payments made after May 26, 2020, to this new lockbox address to avoid late payments and extended times to the new forwarding address.
Report and pay 100% of royalties due on jointly-owned leases to ONRR, and put the BIA office Distributee Code on the payment. ONRR will allocate the revenue to the Tribe and the allottees.
Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated (CIRI) leases are jointly owned by CIRI and the Federal Government.
Report the CIRI portion and the Federal portion of a jointly-owned lease to ONRR on separate Form ONRR-2014. Use payment method 2 on the 2014 for the CIRI portion.
Reporting questions? Contact your Royalty Reporting Contacts.
Pay the Federal portion to ONRR (a Distributee Code is not needed)
Pay the CIRI portion directly to CIRI.