186. The Minister shall grant a lease to use natural gas, in respect of a given well, to any person who meets the requirements and pays the annual rental prescribed by regulation.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, no lease to use natural gas shall be granted, unless the third person agrees to it, where the parcel of land in which the natural gas is discovered is already subject to a licence or a lease relating to petroleum and natural gas, brine or an underground reservoir held by a third person.