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CFR /  Title 30  /  Part 250: Oil And Gas And Sulphur Operations In The Outer Continental Shelf

Section No. Description
Section 250.101 What does this part do?
Section 250.102 Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
Section 250.103 How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
Section 250.104 Definitions
Section 250.105 What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
Section 250.106 What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
Section 250.107 What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
Section 250.108 What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
Section 250.109 What must I include in my welding plan?
Section 250.110 Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
Section 250.111 What standards must my welding equipment meet?
Section 250.112 What procedures must I follow when welding?
Section 250.113 How must I install and operate electrical equipment?
Section 250.114 Will BSEE approve gas injection?
Section 250.118 How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
Section 250.120 What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
Section 250.121 What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
Section 250.122 Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
Section 250.124 Service fees
Section 250.125 Electronic payment instructions
Section 250.126 Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
Section 250.130 Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
Section 250.131 What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
Section 250.132 Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
Section 250.133 What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
Section 250.135 How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
Section 250.136 When will I receive an oral approval?
Section 250.140 May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
Section 250.141 How do I receive approval for departures?
Section 250.142 How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
Section 250.145 Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
Section 250.146 How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of Mexico Region?
Section 250.150 How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
Section 250.151 How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
Section 250.152 Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
Section 250.153 What identification signs must I display?
Section 250.154 May operations or production be suspended?
Section 250.168 What effect does suspension have on my lease?
Section 250.169 How long does a suspension last?
Section 250.170 How do I request a suspension?
Section 250.171 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
Section 250.172 When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
Section 250.173 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
Section 250.174 When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
Section 250.175 Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
Section 250.176 What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
Section 250.177 What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
Section 250.180 What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
Section 250.186 What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
Section 250.187 What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
Section 250.188 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification
Section 250.189 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification
Section 250.190 How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
Section 250.191 What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?
Section 250.192 Reports and investigations of possible violations
Section 250.193 How must I protect archaeological resources?
Section 250.194 What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
Section 250.195 Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs
Section 250.196 Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection
Section 250.197 Documents incorporated by reference
Section 250.198 Paperwork Reduction Act statements--information collection
Section 250.199 Definitions
Section 250.200 What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?
Section 250.201 How must I protect the rights of the Federal government?
Section 250.204 Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property?
Section 250.205 Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?
Section 250.282 What is a DWOP?
Section 250.286 For what development projects must I submit a DWOP?
Section 250.287 When and how must I submit the Conceptual Plan?
Section 250.288 What must the Conceptual Plan contain?
Section 250.289 What operations require approval of the Conceptual Plan?
Section 250.290 When and how must I submit the DWOP?
Section 250.291 What must the DWOP contain?
Section 250.292 What operations require approval of the DWOP?
Section 250.293 May I combine the Conceptual Plan and the DWOP?
Section 250.294 When must I revise my DWOP?
Section 250.295 Pollution prevention
Section 250.300 Inspection of facilities
Section 250.301 Who is subject to the requirements of this subpart?
Section 250.400 What must I do to keep wells under control?
Section 250.401 When and how must I secure a well?
Section 250.402 What drilling unit movements must I report?
Section 250.403 What are the requirements for the crown block?
Section 250.404 What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?
Section 250.405 What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct drilling operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon
Section 250.406 What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?
Section 250.407 May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?
Section 250.408 May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?
Section 250.409 How do I obtain approval to drill a well?
Section 250.410 What information must I submit with my application?
Section 250.411 What requirements must the location plat meet?
Section 250.412 What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?
Section 250.413 What must my drilling prognosis include?
Section 250.414 What must my casing and cementing programs include?
Section 250.415 What must I include in the diverter and BOP descriptions?
Section 250.416 What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU)?
Section 250.417 What additional information must I submit with my APD?
Section 250.418 What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?
Section 250.420 What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?
Section 250.421 When may I resume drilling after cementing?
Section 250.422 What are the requirements for pressure testing casing?
Section 250.423 What are the requirements for prolonged drilling operations?
Section 250.424 What are the requirements for pressure testing liners?
Section 250.425 What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing and liner pressure tests?
Section 250.426 What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?
Section 250.427 What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?
Section 250.428 When must I install a diverter system?
Section 250.430 What are the diverter design and installation requirements?
Section 250.431 How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?
Section 250.432 What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?
Section 250.433 What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?
Section 250.434 What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
Section 250.440 What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
Section 250.441 What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
Section 250.442 What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
Section 250.443 What are the choke manifold requirements?
Section 250.444 What are the requirements for kelly valves, inside BOPs, and drill-string safety valves?
Section 250.445 What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
Section 250.446 When must I pressure test the BOP system?
Section 250.447 What are the BOP pressure tests requirements?
Section 250.448 What additional BOP testing requirements must I meet?
Section 250.449 What are the recordkeeping requirements for BOP tests?
Section 250.450 What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
Section 250.451 What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?
Section 250.455 What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?
Section 250.456 What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?
Section 250.457 What quantities of drilling fluids are required?
Section 250.458 What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?
Section 250.459 What are the requirements for conducting a well test?
Section 250.460 What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?
Section 250.461 What are the requirements for well-control drills?
Section 250.462 Who establishes field drilling rules?
Section 250.463 When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to BSEE?
Section 250.465 What records must I keep?
Section 250.466 How long must I keep records?
Section 250.467 What well records am I required to submit?
Section 250.468 What other well records could I be required to submit?
Section 250.469 Hydrogen sulfide
Section 250.490 General requirements
Section 250.500 Definition
Section 250.501 Equipment movement
Section 250.502 Emergency shutdown system
Section 250.503 Hydrogen sulfide
Section 250.504 Subsea completions
Section 250.505 Crew instructions
Section 250.506 Well-completion structures on fixed platforms
Section 250.509 Diesel engine air intakes
Section 250.510 Traveling-block safety device
Section 250.511 Field well-completion rules
Section 250.512 Approval and reporting of well-completion operations
Section 250.513 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations
Section 250.514 What BOP information must I submit?
Section 250.515 Blowout prevention equipment
Section 250.516 Blowout preventer system tests, inspections, and maintenance
Section 250.517 Tubing and wellhead equipment
Section 250.518 What are the requirements for casing pressure management?
Section 250.519 How often do I have to monitor for casing pressure?
Section 250.520 When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?
Section 250.521 How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?
Section 250.522 When do I have to repeat casing diagnostic testing?
Section 250.523 How long do I keep records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests?
Section 250.524 When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?
Section 250.525 What do I submit if my casing diagnostic test requires action?
Section 250.526 What must I include in my notification of corrective action?
Section 250.527 What must I include in my casing pressure request?
Section 250.528 What are the terms of my casing pressure request?
Section 250.529 What if my casing pressure request is denied?
Section 250.530 When does my casing pressure request approval become invalid?
Section 250.531 General requirements
Section 250.600 Definitions
Section 250.601 Equipment movement
Section 250.602 Emergency shutdown system
Section 250.603 Hydrogen sulfide
Section 250.604 Subsea workovers
Section 250.605 Crew instructions
Section 250.606 Well-workover structures on fixed platforms
Section 250.609 Diesel engine air intakes
Section 250.610 Traveling-block safety device
Section 250.611 Field well-workover rules
Section 250.612 Approval and reporting for well-workover operations
Section 250.613 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations
Section 250.614 What BOP information must I submit?
Section 250.615 Blowout prevention equipment
Section 250.616 Blowout preventer system testing, records, and drills
Section 250.617 What are my BOP inspection and maintenance requirements?
Section 250.618 Tubing and wellhead equipment
Section 250.619 Wireline operations
Section 250.620 General requirements
Section 250.800 Subsurface safety devices
Section 250.801 Design, installation, and operation of surface production-safety systems
Section 250.802 Additional production system requirements
Section 250.803 Production safety-system testing and records
Section 250.804 Safety device training
Section 250.805 Safety and pollution prevention equipment quality assurance requirements
Section 250.806 Additional requirements for subsurface safety valves and related equipment installed in high pressure high temperature (HPHT) environments
Section 250.807 Hydrogen sulfide
Section 250.808 What general requirements apply to all platforms?
Section 250.900 What industry standards must your platform meet?
Section 250.901 What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance?
Section 250.902 What records must I keep?
Section 250.903 What is the Platform Approval Program?
Section 250.904 How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform?
Section 250.905 Where must I locate foundation boreholes?
Section 250.907 What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements?
Section 250.908 What is the Platform Verification Program?
Section 250.909 Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program?
Section 250.910 If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do?
Section 250.911 What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program?
Section 250.912 When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans?
Section 250.913 How do I nominate a CVA?
Section 250.914 What are the CVA's primary responsibilities?
Section 250.915 What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase?
Section 250.916 What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase?
Section 250.917 What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
Section 250.918 What in-service inspection requirements must I meet?
Section 250.919 What are the BSEE requirements for assessment of fixed platforms?
Section 250.920 How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue?
Section 250.921 General requirements
Section 250.1000 Definitions
Section 250.1001 Design requirements for DOI pipelines
Section 250.1002 Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines
Section 250.1003 Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines
Section 250.1004 Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines
Section 250.1005 How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?
Section 250.1006 What to include in applications
Section 250.1007 Reports
Section 250.1008 Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1009 General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders
Section 250.1010 Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders
Section 250.1012 Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1013 When pipeline right-of-way grants expire
Section 250.1014 Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1015 Granting pipeline rights-of-way
Section 250.1016 Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1017 Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1018 Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants
Section 250.1019 What are the general reservoir production requirements?
Section 250.1150 How often must I conduct well production tests?
Section 250.1151 How do I conduct well tests?
Section 250.1152 What steps must I take to receive approval to produce within 500 feet of a unit or lease line?
Section 250.1156 How do I receive approval to produce gas-cap gas from an oil reservoir with an associated gas cap?
Section 250.1157 How do I receive approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons?
Section 250.1158 May the Regional Supervisor limit my well or reservoir production rates?
Section 250.1159 When may I flare or vent gas?
Section 250.1160 When may I flare or vent gas for extended periods of time?
Section 250.1161 When may I burn produced liquid hydrocarbons?
Section 250.1162 How must I measure gas flaring or venting volumes and liquid hydrocarbon burning volumes, and what records must I maintain?
Section 250.1163 What are the requirements for flaring or venting gas containing H [bdi2]S?
Section 250.1164 What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?
Section 250.1165 What additional reporting is required for developments in the Alaska OCS Region?
Section 250.1166 What information must I submit with forms and for approvals?
Section 250.1167 Question index table
Section 250.1200 Definitions
Section 250.1201 Liquid hydrocarbon measurement
Section 250.1202 Gas measurement
Section 250.1203 Surface commingling
Section 250.1204 Site security
Section 250.1205 What is the purpose of this subpart?
Section 250.1300 What are the requirements for unitization?
Section 250.1301 What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease?
Section 250.1302 How do I apply for voluntary unitization?
Section 250.1303 How will BSEE require unitization?
Section 250.1304 How does BSEE begin the civil penalty process?
Section 250.1400 Index table
Section 250.1401 Definitions
Section 250.1402 What is the maximum civil penalty?
Section 250.1403 Which violations will BSEE review for potential civil penalties?
Section 250.1404 When is a case file developed?
Section 250.1405 When will BSEE notify me and provide penalty information?
Section 250.1406 How do I respond to the letter of notification?
Section 250.1407 When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision?
Section 250.1408 What are my appeal rights?
Section 250.1409 What definitions apply to this subpart?
Section 250.1450 What may BSEE do if I violate a statute, regulation, order, or lease term relating to a Federal oil and gas lease?
Section 250.1451 What if I correct the violation?
Section 250.1452 What if I do not correct the violation?
Section 250.1453 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance?
Section 250.1454 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
Section 250.1455 May I request a hearing on the record regarding the amount of a civil penalty if I did not request a hearing on the Notice of Noncompliance?
Section 250.1456 May I be subject to penalties without prior notice and an opportunity to correct?
Section 250.1460 How will BSEE inform me of violations without a period to correct?
Section 250.1461 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance regarding violations without a period to correct?
Section 250.1462 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
Section 250.1463 May I request a hearing on the record regarding the amount of a civil penalty if I did not request a hearing on the Notice of Noncompliance?
Section 250.1464 How does BSEE decide what the amount of the penalty should be?
Section 250.1470 Does the penalty affect whether I owe interest?
Section 250.1471 How will the Office of Hearings and Appeals conduct the hearing on the record?
Section 250.1472 How may I appeal the Administrative Law Judge's decision?
Section 250.1473 May I seek judicial review of the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals?
Section 250.1474 When must I pay the penalty?
Section 250.1475 Can BSEE reduce my penalty once it is assessed?
Section 250.1476 How may BSEE collect the penalty?
Section 250.1477 May the United States criminally prosecute me for violations under Federal oil and gas leases?
Section 250.1480 What standards must my BOEM-specified surety instrument meet?
Section 250.1490 How will BOEM determine the amount of my bond or other surety instrument?
Section 250.1491 How do I demonstrate financial solvency?
Section 250.1495 How will BOEM determine if I am financially solvent?
Section 250.1496 When will BOEM monitor my financial solvency?
Section 250.1497 Definitions
Section 250.1500 What is the goal of my training program?
Section 250.1501 What are my general responsibilities for training?
Section 250.1503 May I use alternative training methods?
Section 250.1504 Where may I get training for my employees?
Section 250.1505 How often must I train my employees?
Section 250.1506 How will BSEE measure training results?
Section 250.1507 What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
Section 250.1508 What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
Section 250.1509 What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
Section 250.1510 Performance standard
Section 250.1600 Definitions
Section 250.1601 Applicability
Section 250.1602 Determination of sulphur deposit
Section 250.1603 General requirements
Section 250.1604 Drilling requirements
Section 250.1605 Control of wells
Section 250.1606 Field rules
Section 250.1607 Well casing and cementing
Section 250.1608 Pressure testing of casing
Section 250.1609 Blowout preventer systems and system components
Section 250.1610 Blowout preventer systems tests, actuations, inspections, and maintenance
Section 250.1611 Well-control drills
Section 250.1612 Diverter systems
Section 250.1613 Mud program
Section 250.1614 Securing of wells
Section 250.1615 Supervision, surveillance, and training
Section 250.1616 Application for permit to drill
Section 250.1617 Application for permit to modify
Section 250.1618 Well records
Section 250.1619 Well-completion and well-workover requirements
Section 250.1620 Crew instructions
Section 250.1621 Approvals and reporting of well-completion and well-workover operations
Section 250.1622 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations
Section 250.1623 Blowout prevention equipment
Section 250.1624 Blowout preventer system testing, records, and drills
Section 250.1625 Tubing and wellhead equipment
Section 250.1626 Production requirements
Section 250.1627 Design, installation, and operation of production systems
Section 250.1628 Additional production and fuel gas system requirements
Section 250.1629 Safety-system testing and records
Section 250.1630 Safety device training
Section 250.1631 Production rates
Section 250.1632 Production measurement
Section 250.1633 Site security
Section 250.1634 What do the terms ``decommissioning'', ``obstructions'', and ``facility'' mean?
Section 250.1700 Who must meet the decommissioning obligations in this subpart?
Section 250.1701 When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?
Section 250.1702 What are the general requirements for decommissioning?
Section 250.1703 When must I submit decommissioning applications and reports?
Section 250.1704 What BOP information must I submit?
Section 250.1705 What are the requirements for blowout prevention equipment?
Section 250.1706 What are the requirements for blowout preventer system testing, records, and drills?
Section 250.1707 What are my BOP inspection and maintenance requirements?
Section 250.1708 What are my well-control fluid requirements?
Section 250.1709 When must I permanently plug all wells on a lease?
Section 250.1710 When will BSEE order me to permanently plug a well?
Section 250.1711 What information must I submit before I permanently plug a well or zone?
Section 250.1712 Must I notify BSEE before I begin well plugging operations?
Section 250.1713 What must I accomplish with well plugs?
Section 250.1714 How must I permanently plug a well?
Section 250.1715 To what depth must I remove wellheads and casings?
Section 250.1716 After I permanently plug a well, what information must I submit?
Section 250.1717 If I temporarily abandon a well that I plan to re-enter, what must I do?
Section 250.1721 If I install a subsea protective device, what requirements must I meet?
Section 250.1722 What must I do when it is no longer necessary to maintain a well in temporary abandoned status?
Section 250.1723 When do I have to remove platforms and other facilities?
Section 250.1725 When must I submit an initial platform removal application and what must it include?
Section 250.1726 What information must I include in my final application to remove a platform or other facility?
Section 250.1727 To what depth must I remove a platform or other facility?
Section 250.1728 After I remove a platform or other facility, what information must I submit?
Section 250.1729 When might BSEE approve partial structure removal or toppling in place?
Section 250.1730 Who is responsible for decommissioning an OCS facility subject to an Alternate Use RUE?
Section 250.1731 How must I verify that the site of a permanently plugged well, removed platform, or other removed facility is clear of obstructions?
Section 250.1740 If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?
Section 250.1741 What other methods can I use to verify that a site is clear?
Section 250.1742 How do I certify that a site is clear of obstructions?
Section 250.1743 When may I decommission a pipeline in place?
Section 250.1750 How do I decommission a pipeline in place?
Section 250.1751 How do I remove a pipeline?
Section 250.1752 After I decommission a pipeline, what information must I submit?
Section 250.1753 When must I remove a pipeline decommissioned in place?
Section 250.1754 Must I have a SEMS program?
Section 250.1900 What is the goal of my SEMS program?
Section 250.1901 What must I include in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1902 Acronyms and definitions
Section 250.1903 Special instructions
Section 250.1904 What are management's general responsibilities for the SEMS program?
Section 250.1909 What safety and environmental information is required?
Section 250.1910 What hazards analysis criteria must my SEMS program meet?
Section 250.1911 What criteria for management of change must my SEMS program meet?
Section 250.1912 What criteria for operating procedures must my SEMS program meet?
Section 250.1913 What criteria must be documented in my SEMS program for safe work practices and contractor selection?
Section 250.1914 What training criteria must be in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1915 What criteria for mechanical integrity must my SEMS program meet?
Section 250.1916 What criteria for pre-startup review must be in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1917 What criteria for emergency response and control must be in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1918 What criteria for investigation of incidents must be in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1919 What are the auditing requirements for my SEMS program?
Section 250.1920 What qualifications must the ASP meet?
Section 250.1921 What qualifications must an AB meet?
Section 250.1922 How will BSEE determine if my SEMS program is effective?
Section 250.1924 May BSEE direct me to conduct additional audits?
Section 250.1925 What happens if BSEE finds shortcomings in my SEMS program?
Section 250.1927 What are my recordkeeping and documentation requirements?
Section 250.1928 What are my responsibilities for submitting OCS performance measure data?
Section 250.1929 What must be included in my SEMS program for SWA?
Section 250.1930 What must be included in my SEMS program for UWA?
Section 250.1931 What are my EPP requirements?
Section 250.1932 What procedures must be included for reporting unsafe working conditions?
Section 250.1933 Definitions