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30 CFR Part 250 — Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf

30 CFR Part 250 — Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf

In forceThis text since 10 Aug 2026law://us/cfr/30/250@2026-11-11

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Contents

250.1000 General requirements.
250.1001 Definitions.
250.1002 Design requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1003 Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1004 Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1005 Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1006 How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?
250.1007 What to include in applications.
250.1008 Reports.
250.1009 Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.101 Authority and applicability.
250.1010 General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1011 [Reserved]
250.1012 Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1013 Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1014 When pipeline right-of-way grants expire.
250.1015 Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1016 Granting pipeline rights-of-way.
250.1017 Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1018 Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1019 Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.102 What does this part do?
250.103 Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
250.104 How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
250.105 Definitions.
250.106 What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
250.107 What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
250.108 What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
250.109 What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
250.110 What must I include in my welding plan?
250.111 Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
250.112 What standards must my welding equipment meet?
250.113 What procedures must I follow when welding?
250.114 How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?
250.115 What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?
250.1150 What are the general reservoir production requirements?
250.1151 How often must I conduct well production tests?
250.1152 How do I conduct well tests?
250.1153-250.1155 -250.1155 [Reserved]
250.1156 What steps must I take to receive approval to produce within 500 feet of a unit or lease line?
250.1157 How do I receive approval to produce gas-cap gas from an oil reservoir with an associated gas cap?
250.1158 How do I receive approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons?
250.1159 May the Regional Supervisor limit my well or reservoir production rates?
250.116-250.117 -250.117 [Reserved]
250.1160 When may I flare or vent gas?
250.1161 When may I flare or vent gas for extended periods of time?
250.1162 When may I burn produced liquid hydrocarbons?
250.1163 How must I measure gas flaring or venting volumes and liquid hydrocarbon burning volumes, and what records must I maintain?
250.1164 What are the requirements for flaring or venting gas containing H2S?
250.1165 What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?
250.1166 What additional reporting is required for developments in the Alaska OCS Region?
250.1167 What information must I submit with forms and for approvals?
250.118 Will BSEE approve gas injection?
250.119 [Reserved]
250.120 How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
250.1200 Question index table.
250.1201 Definitions.
250.1202 Liquid hydrocarbon measurement.
250.1203 Gas measurement.
250.1204 Surface commingling.
250.1205 Site security.
250.121 What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
250.122 What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
250.123 [Reserved]
250.124 Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
250.125 Service fees.
250.126 Electronic payment instructions.
250.130 Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
250.1300 What is the purpose of this subpart?
250.1301 What are the requirements for unitization?
250.1302 What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease?
250.1303 How do I apply for voluntary unitization?
250.1304 How will BSEE require unitization?
250.131 Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
250.132 What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
250.133 Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
250.135 What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.136 How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.140 When will I receive an oral approval?
250.1400 How does BSEE begin the civil penalty process?
250.1401 [Reserved]
250.1402 Definitions.
250.1403 What is the maximum civil penalty?
250.1404 Which violations will BSEE review for potential civil penalties?
250.1405 When is a case file developed?
250.1406 When will BSEE notify me and provide penalty information?
250.1407 How do I respond to the letter of notification?
250.1408 When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision?
250.1409 What are my appeal rights?
250.141 May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
250.142 How do I receive approval for departures?
250.143-250.144 -250.144 [Reserved]
250.145 How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
250.1450 What definitions apply to this subpart?
250.1451 What may BSEE do if I violate a statute, regulation, order, or lease term relating to a Federal oil and gas lease?
250.1452 What if I correct the violation?
250.1453 What if I do not correct the violation?
250.1454 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance?
250.1455 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1456 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?
250.146 Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
250.1460 May I be subject to penalties without prior notice and an opportunity to correct?
250.1461 How will BSEE inform me of violations without a period to correct?
250.1462 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance regarding violations without a period to correct?
250.1463 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1464 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?
250.1470 How does BSEE decide what the amount of the penalty should be?
250.1471 Does the penalty affect whether I owe interest?
250.1472 How will the Office of Hearings and Appeals conduct the hearing on the record?
250.1473 How may I appeal the Administrative Law Judge's decision?
250.1474 May I seek judicial review of the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals?
250.1475 When must I pay the penalty?
250.1476 Can BSEE reduce my penalty once it is assessed?
250.1477 How may BSEE collect the penalty?
250.1480 May the United States criminally prosecute me for violations under Federal oil and gas leases?
250.150 How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of America Region?
250.1500 Definitions.
250.1501 What is the goal of my training program?
250.1503 What are my general responsibilities for training?
250.1504 May I use alternative training methods?
250.1505 Where may I get training for my employees?
250.1506 How often must I train my employees?
250.1507 How will BSEE measure training results?
250.1508 What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
250.1509 What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
250.151 How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
250.1510 What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
250.152 How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
250.153 Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
250.154 What identification signs must I display?
250.160-250.167 -250.167 [Reserved]
250.1600 Performance standard.
250.1601-250.1634 -250.1634 [Reserved]
250.168 May operations or production be suspended?
250.169 What effect does suspension have on my lease?
250.170 How long does a suspension last?
250.171 How do I request a suspension?
250.172 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
250.173 When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
250.174 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
250.175 When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
250.176 Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
250.177 What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
250.180 What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
250.181-250.185 -250.185 [Reserved]
250.186 What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
250.187 What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
250.188 What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
250.189 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
250.190 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.
250.191 How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
250.192 What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?
250.193 Reports and investigations of possible violations.
250.194 How must I protect archaeological resources?
250.195 What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
250.196 Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
250.197 Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
250.198 Documents incorporated by reference.
250.199 Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
250.200 Definitions.
250.201 What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?
250.202 How must I protect the rights of the Federal government?
250.203 Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property?
250.204 Requirements for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) barrier equipment.
250.205 [Reserved]
250.206 What equipment does BSEE consider to be a barrier?
250.207 How must barrier systems be used?
250.208 How must I conduct activities under an approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.209 What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.210 Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?
250.211 What are my new or unusual technology failure reporting requirements?
250.212-250.219 -250.219 [Reserved]
250.220 What is the DWOP process?
250.221 When must I use the DWOP process?
250.222-250.224 -250.224 [Reserved]
250.225 What are the types of Conceptual Plans that I must submit?
250.226 When and how must I submit each applicable Conceptual Plan?
250.227 What must the Project Conceptual Plan contain?
250.228 What must the New or Unusual Technology Conceptual Plan contain?
250.229 What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?
250.230 When are you required to submit an I3P Report?
250.231 What are your requirements for the Independent Third Party (I3P) nomination?
250.232 What are the I3P review requirements for Conceptual Plan reviews?
250.233 General requirements for any I3P Report.
250.234 [Reserved]
250.235 When and how must I submit the DWOP?
250.236 What information must I submit with the DWOP?
250.237 What general information must my DWOP include?
250.238 What well or completions information must my DWOP include?
250.239 What structural information must my DWOP include?
250.240 What production safety system information must my DWOP include?
250.241 What subsea systems and pipeline information must my DWOP include?
250.242 What New or Unusual Technology information must my DWOP include?
250.243-250.244 -250.244 [Reserved]
250.245 May I combine the Project Conceptual Plan and the DWOP?
250.246 When must I revise my DWOP?
250.247 When must I supplement my DWOP?
250.248 What information must I include in my Supplemental DWOP?
250.300 Pollution prevention.
250.301 Inspection of facilities.
250.400 General requirements.
250.401-250.403 -250.403 [Reserved]
250.404 What are the requirements for the crown block?
250.405 What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?
250.406 [Reserved]
250.407 What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?
250.408 May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?
250.409 May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?
250.410 How do I obtain approval to drill a well?
250.411 What information must I submit with my application?
250.412 What requirements must the location plat meet?
250.413 What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?
250.414 What must my drilling prognosis include?
250.415 What must my casing and cementing programs include?
250.416 What must I include in the diverter description?
250.417 [Reserved]
250.418 What additional information must I submit with my APD?
250.420 What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?
250.421 What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?
250.422 When may I resume drilling after cementing?
250.423 What are the requirements for casing and liner installation?
250.424-250.426 -250.426 [Reserved]
250.427 What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?
250.428 What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?
250.430 When must I install a diverter system?
250.431 What are the diverter design and installation requirements?
250.432 How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?
250.433 What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?
250.434 What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?
250.440-250.451 -250.451 [Reserved]
250.452 What are the real-time monitoring requirements for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.455 What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?
250.456 What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?
250.457 What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?
250.458 What quantities of drilling fluids are required?
250.459 What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?
250.460 What are the requirements for conducting a well test?
250.461 What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?
250.462 What are the source control, containment, and collocated equipment requirements?
250.463 Who establishes field drilling rules?
250.465 When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to BSEE?
250.466-250.469 -250.469 [Reserved]
250.470 What additional information must I submit with my APD for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.471 What are the requirements for Arctic OCS source control and containment?
250.472 What are the relief rig requirements for the Arctic OCS?
250.473 What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment while operating on the Arctic OCS?
250.490 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.500 General requirements.
250.501 Definition.
250.502 [Reserved]
250.503 Emergency shutdown system.
250.504 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.505 Subsea completions.
250.506-250.508 -250.508 [Reserved]
250.509 Well-completion structures on fixed platforms.
250.510 Diesel engine air intakes.
250.511 Traveling-block safety device.
250.512 Field well-completion rules.
250.513 Approval and reporting of well-completion operations.
250.514 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.515-250.517 -250.517 [Reserved]
250.518 Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.519 What are the requirements for casing pressure management?
250.520 How often do I have to monitor for casing pressure?
250.521 When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?
250.522 How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?
250.523 When do I have to repeat casing diagnostic testing?
250.524 How long do I keep records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests?
250.525 When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?
250.526 What do I submit if my casing diagnostic test requires action?
250.527 What must I include in my notification of corrective action?
250.528 What must I include in my casing pressure request?
250.529 What are the terms of my casing pressure request?
250.530 What if my casing pressure request is denied?
250.531 When does my casing pressure request approval become invalid?
250.600 General requirements.
250.601 Definitions.
250.602 [Reserved]
250.603 Emergency shutdown system.
250.604 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.605 Subsea workovers.
250.606-250.608 -250.608 [Reserved]
250.609 Well-workover structures on fixed platforms.
250.610 Diesel engine air intakes.
250.611 Traveling-block safety device.
250.612 Field well-workover rules.
250.613 Approval and reporting for well-workover operations.
250.614 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.615-250.618 -250.618 [Reserved]
250.619 Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.620 Wireline operations.
250.700 What operations and equipment does this subpart cover?
250.701 May I use alternate procedures or equipment during operations?
250.702 May I obtain departures from these requirements?
250.703 What must I do to keep wells under control?
250.710 What instructions must be given to personnel engaged in well operations?
250.711 What are the requirements for well-control drills?
250.712 What rig unit movements must I report?
250.713 What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for well operations?
250.714 Do I have to develop a dropped objects plan?
250.715 Do I need a global positioning system (GPS) for all MODUs?
250.720 When and how must I secure a well?
250.721 What are the requirements for pressure testing casing and liners?
250.722 What are the requirements for prolonged operations in a well?
250.723 What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?
250.724 What are the real-time monitoring requirements?
250.730 What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.731 What information must I submit for BOP systems and system components?
250.732 What are the independent third party requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.733 What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
250.734 What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
250.735 What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
250.736 What are the requirements for choke manifolds, kelly-type valves inside BOPs, and drill string safety valves?
250.737 What are the BOP system testing requirements?
250.738 What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
250.739 What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
250.740 What records must I keep?
250.741 How long must I keep records?
250.742 What well records am I required to submit?
250.743 What are the well activity reporting requirements?
250.744 What are the end of operation reporting requirements?
250.745 What other well records could I be required to submit?
250.746 What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing, liner, and BOP tests, and inspections of BOP systems and marine risers?
250.750 What are the coiled tubing requirements?
250.751 Coiled tubing testing requirements.
250.760 What are the snubbing requirements?
250.800 General.
250.801 Safety and pollution prevention equipment (SPPE) certification.
250.802 Requirements for SPPE.
250.803 What SPPE failure reporting procedures must I follow?
250.804 [Reserved]
250.805 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.806-250.809 -250.809 [Reserved]
250.810 Dry tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.811 Specifications for SSSVs—dry trees.
250.812 Surface-controlled SSSVs—dry trees.
250.813 Subsurface-controlled SSSVs.
250.814 Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—dry trees.
250.815 Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees.
250.816 Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—dry trees.
250.817 Temporary removal of subsurface safety devices for routine operations.
250.818 Additional safety equipment—dry trees.
250.819 Specification for surface safety valves (SSVs).
250.820 Use of SSVs.
250.821 Emergency action and safety system shutdown—dry trees.
250.822-250.824 -250.824 [Reserved]
250.825 Subsea tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.826 Specifications for SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.827 Surface-controlled SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.828 Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.829 Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—subsea trees.
250.830 Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—subsea trees.
250.831 Alteration or disconnection of subsea pipeline or umbilical.
250.832 Additional safety equipment—subsea trees.
250.833 Specification for underwater safety valves (USVs).
250.834 Use of USVs.
250.835 Specification for all boarding shutdown valves (BSDVs) associated with subsea systems.
250.836 Use of BSDVs.
250.837 Emergency action and safety system shutdown—subsea trees.
250.838 What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for an electro-hydraulic control system?
250.839 What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for a direct-hydraulic control system?
250.840 Design, installation, and maintenance—general.
250.841 Platforms.
250.842 Approval of safety systems design and installation features.
250.843-250.849 -250.849 [Reserved]
250.850 Production system requirements—general.
250.851 Pressure vessels (including heat exchangers) and fired vessels.
250.852 Flowlines/Headers.
250.853 Safety sensors.
250.854 Floating production units equipped with turrets and turret-mounted systems.
250.855 Emergency shutdown (ESD) system.
250.856 Engines.
250.857 Glycol dehydration units.
250.858 Gas compressors.
250.859 Firefighting systems.
250.860 Chemical firefighting system.
250.861 Foam firefighting systems.
250.862 Fire and gas-detection systems.
250.863 Electrical equipment.
250.864 Erosion.
250.865 Surface pumps.
250.866 Personnel safety equipment.
250.867 Temporary quarters and temporary equipment.
250.868 Non-metallic piping.
250.869 General platform operations.
250.870 Time delays on pressure safety low (PSL) sensors.
250.871 Welding and burning practices and procedures.
250.872 Atmospheric vessels.
250.873 Subsea gas lift requirements.
250.874 Subsea water injection systems.
250.875 Subsea pump systems.
250.876 Fired and exhaust heated components.
250.877-250.879 -250.879 [Reserved]
250.880 Production safety system testing.
250.881-250.889 -250.889 [Reserved]
250.890 Records.
250.891 Safety device training.
250.892-250.899 -250.899 [Reserved]
250.900 What general requirements apply to all platforms?
250.901 What industry standards must your platform meet?
250.902 What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance?
250.903 What records must I keep?
250.904 What is the Platform Approval Program?
250.905 How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform?
250.906 What must I do to obtain approval for the proposed site of my platform?
250.907 Where must I locate foundation boreholes?
250.908 What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements?
250.909 What is the Platform Verification Program?
250.910 Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program?
250.911 If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do?
250.912 What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program?
250.913 When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans?
250.914 How do I nominate a CVA?
250.915 What are the CVA's primary responsibilities?
250.916 What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase?
250.917 What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase?
250.918 What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
250.919 What in-service inspection requirements must I meet?
250.920 What are the BSEE requirements for assessment of fixed platforms?
250.921 How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue?

Contents

250.1000 General requirements.
250.1001 Definitions.
250.1002 Design requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1003 Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1004 Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1005 Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1006 How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?
250.1007 What to include in applications.
250.1008 Reports.
250.1009 Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.101 Authority and applicability.
250.1010 General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1011 [Reserved]
250.1012 Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1013 Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1014 When pipeline right-of-way grants expire.
250.1015 Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1016 Granting pipeline rights-of-way.
250.1017 Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1018 Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1019 Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.102 What does this part do?
250.103 Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
250.104 How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
250.105 Definitions.
250.106 What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
250.107 What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
250.108 What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
250.109 What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
250.110 What must I include in my welding plan?
250.111 Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
250.112 What standards must my welding equipment meet?
250.113 What procedures must I follow when welding?
250.114 How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?
250.115 What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?
250.1150 What are the general reservoir production requirements?
250.1151 How often must I conduct well production tests?
250.1152 How do I conduct well tests?
250.1153-250.1155 -250.1155 [Reserved]
250.1156 What steps must I take to receive approval to produce within 500 feet of a unit or lease line?
250.1157 How do I receive approval to produce gas-cap gas from an oil reservoir with an associated gas cap?
250.1158 How do I receive approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons?
250.1159 May the Regional Supervisor limit my well or reservoir production rates?
250.116-250.117 -250.117 [Reserved]
250.1160 When may I flare or vent gas?
250.1161 When may I flare or vent gas for extended periods of time?
250.1162 When may I burn produced liquid hydrocarbons?
250.1163 How must I measure gas flaring or venting volumes and liquid hydrocarbon burning volumes, and what records must I maintain?
250.1164 What are the requirements for flaring or venting gas containing H2S?
250.1165 What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?
250.1166 What additional reporting is required for developments in the Alaska OCS Region?
250.1167 What information must I submit with forms and for approvals?
250.118 Will BSEE approve gas injection?
250.119 [Reserved]
250.120 How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
250.1200 Question index table.
250.1201 Definitions.
250.1202 Liquid hydrocarbon measurement.
250.1203 Gas measurement.
250.1204 Surface commingling.
250.1205 Site security.
250.121 What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
250.122 What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
250.123 [Reserved]
250.124 Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
250.125 Service fees.
250.126 Electronic payment instructions.
250.130 Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
250.1300 What is the purpose of this subpart?
250.1301 What are the requirements for unitization?
250.1302 What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease?
250.1303 How do I apply for voluntary unitization?
250.1304 How will BSEE require unitization?
250.131 Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
250.132 What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
250.133 Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
250.135 What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.136 How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.140 When will I receive an oral approval?
250.1400 How does BSEE begin the civil penalty process?
250.1401 [Reserved]
250.1402 Definitions.
250.1403 What is the maximum civil penalty?
250.1404 Which violations will BSEE review for potential civil penalties?
250.1405 When is a case file developed?
250.1406 When will BSEE notify me and provide penalty information?
250.1407 How do I respond to the letter of notification?
250.1408 When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision?
250.1409 What are my appeal rights?
250.141 May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
250.142 How do I receive approval for departures?
250.143-250.144 -250.144 [Reserved]
250.145 How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
250.1450 What definitions apply to this subpart?
250.1451 What may BSEE do if I violate a statute, regulation, order, or lease term relating to a Federal oil and gas lease?
250.1452 What if I correct the violation?
250.1453 What if I do not correct the violation?
250.1454 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance?
250.1455 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1456 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?
250.146 Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
250.1460 May I be subject to penalties without prior notice and an opportunity to correct?
250.1461 How will BSEE inform me of violations without a period to correct?
250.1462 How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance regarding violations without a period to correct?
250.1463 Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1464 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?
250.1470 How does BSEE decide what the amount of the penalty should be?
250.1471 Does the penalty affect whether I owe interest?
250.1472 How will the Office of Hearings and Appeals conduct the hearing on the record?
250.1473 How may I appeal the Administrative Law Judge's decision?
250.1474 May I seek judicial review of the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals?
250.1475 When must I pay the penalty?
250.1476 Can BSEE reduce my penalty once it is assessed?
250.1477 How may BSEE collect the penalty?
250.1480 May the United States criminally prosecute me for violations under Federal oil and gas leases?
250.150 How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of America Region?
250.1500 Definitions.
250.1501 What is the goal of my training program?
250.1503 What are my general responsibilities for training?
250.1504 May I use alternative training methods?
250.1505 Where may I get training for my employees?
250.1506 How often must I train my employees?
250.1507 How will BSEE measure training results?
250.1508 What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
250.1509 What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
250.151 How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
250.1510 What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
250.152 How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
250.153 Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
250.154 What identification signs must I display?
250.160-250.167 -250.167 [Reserved]
250.1600 Performance standard.
250.1601-250.1634 -250.1634 [Reserved]
250.168 May operations or production be suspended?
250.169 What effect does suspension have on my lease?
250.170 How long does a suspension last?
250.171 How do I request a suspension?
250.172 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
250.173 When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
250.174 When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
250.175 When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
250.176 Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
250.177 What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
250.180 What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
250.181-250.185 -250.185 [Reserved]
250.186 What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
250.187 What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
250.188 What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
250.189 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
250.190 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.
250.191 How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
250.192 What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?
250.193 Reports and investigations of possible violations.
250.194 How must I protect archaeological resources?
250.195 What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
250.196 Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
250.197 Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
250.198 Documents incorporated by reference.
250.199 Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
250.200 Definitions.
250.201 What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?
250.202 How must I protect the rights of the Federal government?
250.203 Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property?
250.204 Requirements for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) barrier equipment.
250.205 [Reserved]
250.206 What equipment does BSEE consider to be a barrier?
250.207 How must barrier systems be used?
250.208 How must I conduct activities under an approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.209 What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.210 Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?
250.211 What are my new or unusual technology failure reporting requirements?
250.212-250.219 -250.219 [Reserved]
250.220 What is the DWOP process?
250.221 When must I use the DWOP process?
250.222-250.224 -250.224 [Reserved]
250.225 What are the types of Conceptual Plans that I must submit?
250.226 When and how must I submit each applicable Conceptual Plan?
250.227 What must the Project Conceptual Plan contain?
250.228 What must the New or Unusual Technology Conceptual Plan contain?
250.229 What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?
250.230 When are you required to submit an I3P Report?
250.231 What are your requirements for the Independent Third Party (I3P) nomination?
250.232 What are the I3P review requirements for Conceptual Plan reviews?
250.233 General requirements for any I3P Report.
250.234 [Reserved]
250.235 When and how must I submit the DWOP?
250.236 What information must I submit with the DWOP?
250.237 What general information must my DWOP include?
250.238 What well or completions information must my DWOP include?
250.239 What structural information must my DWOP include?
250.240 What production safety system information must my DWOP include?
250.241 What subsea systems and pipeline information must my DWOP include?
250.242 What New or Unusual Technology information must my DWOP include?
250.243-250.244 -250.244 [Reserved]
250.245 May I combine the Project Conceptual Plan and the DWOP?
250.246 When must I revise my DWOP?
250.247 When must I supplement my DWOP?
250.248 What information must I include in my Supplemental DWOP?
250.300 Pollution prevention.
250.301 Inspection of facilities.
250.400 General requirements.
250.401-250.403 -250.403 [Reserved]
250.404 What are the requirements for the crown block?
250.405 What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?
250.406 [Reserved]
250.407 What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?
250.408 May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?
250.409 May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?
250.410 How do I obtain approval to drill a well?
250.411 What information must I submit with my application?
250.412 What requirements must the location plat meet?
250.413 What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?
250.414 What must my drilling prognosis include?
250.415 What must my casing and cementing programs include?
250.416 What must I include in the diverter description?
250.417 [Reserved]
250.418 What additional information must I submit with my APD?
250.420 What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?
250.421 What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?
250.422 When may I resume drilling after cementing?
250.423 What are the requirements for casing and liner installation?
250.424-250.426 -250.426 [Reserved]
250.427 What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?
250.428 What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?
250.430 When must I install a diverter system?
250.431 What are the diverter design and installation requirements?
250.432 How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?
250.433 What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?
250.434 What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?
250.440-250.451 -250.451 [Reserved]
250.452 What are the real-time monitoring requirements for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.455 What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?
250.456 What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?
250.457 What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?
250.458 What quantities of drilling fluids are required?
250.459 What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?
250.460 What are the requirements for conducting a well test?
250.461 What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?
250.462 What are the source control, containment, and collocated equipment requirements?
250.463 Who establishes field drilling rules?
250.465 When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to BSEE?
250.466-250.469 -250.469 [Reserved]
250.470 What additional information must I submit with my APD for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.471 What are the requirements for Arctic OCS source control and containment?
250.472 What are the relief rig requirements for the Arctic OCS?
250.473 What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment while operating on the Arctic OCS?
250.490 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.500 General requirements.
250.501 Definition.
250.502 [Reserved]
250.503 Emergency shutdown system.
250.504 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.505 Subsea completions.
250.506-250.508 -250.508 [Reserved]
250.509 Well-completion structures on fixed platforms.
250.510 Diesel engine air intakes.
250.511 Traveling-block safety device.
250.512 Field well-completion rules.
250.513 Approval and reporting of well-completion operations.
250.514 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.515-250.517 -250.517 [Reserved]
250.518 Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.519 What are the requirements for casing pressure management?
250.520 How often do I have to monitor for casing pressure?
250.521 When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?
250.522 How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?
250.523 When do I have to repeat casing diagnostic testing?
250.524 How long do I keep records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests?
250.525 When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?
250.526 What do I submit if my casing diagnostic test requires action?
250.527 What must I include in my notification of corrective action?
250.528 What must I include in my casing pressure request?
250.529 What are the terms of my casing pressure request?
250.530 What if my casing pressure request is denied?
250.531 When does my casing pressure request approval become invalid?
250.600 General requirements.
250.601 Definitions.
250.602 [Reserved]
250.603 Emergency shutdown system.
250.604 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.605 Subsea workovers.
250.606-250.608 -250.608 [Reserved]
250.609 Well-workover structures on fixed platforms.
250.610 Diesel engine air intakes.
250.611 Traveling-block safety device.
250.612 Field well-workover rules.
250.613 Approval and reporting for well-workover operations.
250.614 Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.615-250.618 -250.618 [Reserved]
250.619 Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.620 Wireline operations.
250.700 What operations and equipment does this subpart cover?
250.701 May I use alternate procedures or equipment during operations?
250.702 May I obtain departures from these requirements?
250.703 What must I do to keep wells under control?
250.710 What instructions must be given to personnel engaged in well operations?
250.711 What are the requirements for well-control drills?
250.712 What rig unit movements must I report?
250.713 What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for well operations?
250.714 Do I have to develop a dropped objects plan?
250.715 Do I need a global positioning system (GPS) for all MODUs?
250.720 When and how must I secure a well?
250.721 What are the requirements for pressure testing casing and liners?
250.722 What are the requirements for prolonged operations in a well?
250.723 What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?
250.724 What are the real-time monitoring requirements?
250.730 What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.731 What information must I submit for BOP systems and system components?
250.732 What are the independent third party requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.733 What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
250.734 What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
250.735 What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
250.736 What are the requirements for choke manifolds, kelly-type valves inside BOPs, and drill string safety valves?
250.737 What are the BOP system testing requirements?
250.738 What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
250.739 What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
250.740 What records must I keep?
250.741 How long must I keep records?
250.742 What well records am I required to submit?
250.743 What are the well activity reporting requirements?
250.744 What are the end of operation reporting requirements?
250.745 What other well records could I be required to submit?
250.746 What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing, liner, and BOP tests, and inspections of BOP systems and marine risers?
250.750 What are the coiled tubing requirements?
250.751 Coiled tubing testing requirements.
250.760 What are the snubbing requirements?
250.800 General.
250.801 Safety and pollution prevention equipment (SPPE) certification.
250.802 Requirements for SPPE.
250.803 What SPPE failure reporting procedures must I follow?
250.804 [Reserved]
250.805 Hydrogen sulfide.
250.806-250.809 -250.809 [Reserved]
250.810 Dry tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.811 Specifications for SSSVs—dry trees.
250.812 Surface-controlled SSSVs—dry trees.
250.813 Subsurface-controlled SSSVs.
250.814 Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—dry trees.
250.815 Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees.
250.816 Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—dry trees.
250.817 Temporary removal of subsurface safety devices for routine operations.
250.818 Additional safety equipment—dry trees.
250.819 Specification for surface safety valves (SSVs).
250.820 Use of SSVs.
250.821 Emergency action and safety system shutdown—dry trees.
250.822-250.824 -250.824 [Reserved]
250.825 Subsea tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.826 Specifications for SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.827 Surface-controlled SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.828 Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.829 Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—subsea trees.
250.830 Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—subsea trees.
250.831 Alteration or disconnection of subsea pipeline or umbilical.
250.832 Additional safety equipment—subsea trees.
250.833 Specification for underwater safety valves (USVs).
250.834 Use of USVs.
250.835 Specification for all boarding shutdown valves (BSDVs) associated with subsea systems.
250.836 Use of BSDVs.
250.837 Emergency action and safety system shutdown—subsea trees.
250.838 What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for an electro-hydraulic control system?
250.839 What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for a direct-hydraulic control system?
250.840 Design, installation, and maintenance—general.
250.841 Platforms.
250.842 Approval of safety systems design and installation features.
250.843-250.849 -250.849 [Reserved]
250.850 Production system requirements—general.
250.851 Pressure vessels (including heat exchangers) and fired vessels.
250.852 Flowlines/Headers.
250.853 Safety sensors.
250.854 Floating production units equipped with turrets and turret-mounted systems.
250.855 Emergency shutdown (ESD) system.
250.856 Engines.
250.857 Glycol dehydration units.
250.858 Gas compressors.
250.859 Firefighting systems.
250.860 Chemical firefighting system.
250.861 Foam firefighting systems.
250.862 Fire and gas-detection systems.
250.863 Electrical equipment.
250.864 Erosion.
250.865 Surface pumps.
250.866 Personnel safety equipment.
250.867 Temporary quarters and temporary equipment.
250.868 Non-metallic piping.
250.869 General platform operations.
250.870 Time delays on pressure safety low (PSL) sensors.
250.871 Welding and burning practices and procedures.
250.872 Atmospheric vessels.
250.873 Subsea gas lift requirements.
250.874 Subsea water injection systems.
250.875 Subsea pump systems.
250.876 Fired and exhaust heated components.
250.877-250.879 -250.879 [Reserved]
250.880 Production safety system testing.
250.881-250.889 -250.889 [Reserved]
250.890 Records.
250.891 Safety device training.
250.892-250.899 -250.899 [Reserved]
250.900 What general requirements apply to all platforms?
250.901 What industry standards must your platform meet?
250.902 What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance?
250.903 What records must I keep?
250.904 What is the Platform Approval Program?
250.905 How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform?
250.906 What must I do to obtain approval for the proposed site of my platform?
250.907 Where must I locate foundation boreholes?
250.908 What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements?
250.909 What is the Platform Verification Program?
250.910 Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program?
250.911 If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do?
250.912 What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program?
250.913 When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans?
250.914 How do I nominate a CVA?
250.915 What are the CVA's primary responsibilities?
250.916 What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase?
250.917 What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase?
250.918 What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
250.919 What in-service inspection requirements must I meet?
250.920 What are the BSEE requirements for assessment of fixed platforms?
250.921 How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue?

Contents

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250.1000 · General requirements.
250.1001 · Definitions.
250.1002 · Design requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1003 · Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1004 · Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1005 · Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines.
250.1006 · How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?
250.1007 · What to include in applications.
250.1008 · Reports.
250.1009 · Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.101 · Authority and applicability.
250.1010 · General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1011 · [Reserved]
250.1012 · Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders.
250.1013 · Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1014 · When pipeline right-of-way grants expire.
250.1015 · Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1016 · Granting pipeline rights-of-way.
250.1017 · Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1018 · Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.1019 · Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants.
250.102 · What does this part do?
250.103 · Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?
250.104 · How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?
250.105 · Definitions.
250.106 · What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?
250.107 · What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?
250.108 · What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?
250.109 · What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?
250.110 · What must I include in my welding plan?
250.111 · Who oversees operations under my welding plan?
250.112 · What standards must my welding equipment meet?
250.113 · What procedures must I follow when welding?
250.114 · How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?
250.115 · What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?
250.1150 · What are the general reservoir production requirements?
250.1151 · How often must I conduct well production tests?
250.1152 · How do I conduct well tests?
250.1153-250.1155 · -250.1155 [Reserved]
250.1156 · What steps must I take to receive approval to produce within 500 feet of a unit or lease line?
250.1157 · How do I receive approval to produce gas-cap gas from an oil reservoir with an associated gas cap?
250.1158 · How do I receive approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons?
250.1159 · May the Regional Supervisor limit my well or reservoir production rates?
250.116-250.117 · -250.117 [Reserved]
250.1160 · When may I flare or vent gas?
250.1161 · When may I flare or vent gas for extended periods of time?
250.1162 · When may I burn produced liquid hydrocarbons?
250.1163 · How must I measure gas flaring or venting volumes and liquid hydrocarbon burning volumes, and what records must I maintain?
250.1164 · What are the requirements for flaring or venting gas containing H2S?
250.1165 · What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?
250.1166 · What additional reporting is required for developments in the Alaska OCS Region?
250.1167 · What information must I submit with forms and for approvals?
250.118 · Will BSEE approve gas injection?
250.119 · [Reserved]
250.120 · How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?
250.1200 · Question index table.
250.1201 · Definitions.
250.1202 · Liquid hydrocarbon measurement.
250.1203 · Gas measurement.
250.1204 · Surface commingling.
250.1205 · Site security.
250.121 · What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?
250.122 · What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?
250.123 · [Reserved]
250.124 · Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?
250.125 · Service fees.
250.126 · Electronic payment instructions.
250.130 · Why does BSEE conduct inspections?
250.1300 · What is the purpose of this subpart?
250.1301 · What are the requirements for unitization?
250.1302 · What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease?
250.1303 · How do I apply for voluntary unitization?
250.1304 · How will BSEE require unitization?
250.131 · Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?
250.132 · What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?
250.133 · Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?
250.135 · What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.136 · How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?
250.140 · When will I receive an oral approval?
250.1400 · How does BSEE begin the civil penalty process?
250.1401 · [Reserved]
250.1402 · Definitions.
250.1403 · What is the maximum civil penalty?
250.1404 · Which violations will BSEE review for potential civil penalties?
250.1405 · When is a case file developed?
250.1406 · When will BSEE notify me and provide penalty information?
250.1407 · How do I respond to the letter of notification?
250.1408 · When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision?
250.1409 · What are my appeal rights?
250.141 · May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?
250.142 · How do I receive approval for departures?
250.143-250.144 · -250.144 [Reserved]
250.145 · How do I designate an agent or a local agent?
250.1450 · What definitions apply to this subpart?
250.1451 · What may BSEE do if I violate a statute, regulation, order, or lease term relating to a Federal oil and gas lease?
250.1452 · What if I correct the violation?
250.1453 · What if I do not correct the violation?
250.1454 · How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance?
250.1455 · Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1456 · 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?
250.146 · Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?
250.1460 · May I be subject to penalties without prior notice and an opportunity to correct?
250.1461 · How will BSEE inform me of violations without a period to correct?
250.1462 · How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance regarding violations without a period to correct?
250.1463 · Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?
250.1464 · 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?
250.1470 · How does BSEE decide what the amount of the penalty should be?
250.1471 · Does the penalty affect whether I owe interest?
250.1472 · How will the Office of Hearings and Appeals conduct the hearing on the record?
250.1473 · How may I appeal the Administrative Law Judge's decision?
250.1474 · May I seek judicial review of the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals?
250.1475 · When must I pay the penalty?
250.1476 · Can BSEE reduce my penalty once it is assessed?
250.1477 · How may BSEE collect the penalty?
250.1480 · May the United States criminally prosecute me for violations under Federal oil and gas leases?
250.150 · How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of America Region?
250.1500 · Definitions.
250.1501 · What is the goal of my training program?
250.1503 · What are my general responsibilities for training?
250.1504 · May I use alternative training methods?
250.1505 · Where may I get training for my employees?
250.1506 · How often must I train my employees?
250.1507 · How will BSEE measure training results?
250.1508 · What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
250.1509 · What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
250.151 · How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?
250.1510 · What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
250.152 · How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?
250.153 · Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?
250.154 · What identification signs must I display?
250.160-250.167 · -250.167 [Reserved]
250.1600 · Performance standard.
250.1601-250.1634 · -250.1634 [Reserved]
250.168 · May operations or production be suspended?
250.169 · What effect does suspension have on my lease?
250.170 · How long does a suspension last?
250.171 · How do I request a suspension?
250.172 · When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?
250.173 · When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?
250.174 · When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?
250.175 · When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?
250.176 · Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?
250.177 · What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?
250.180 · What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?
250.181-250.185 · -250.185 [Reserved]
250.186 · What reporting information and report forms must I submit?
250.187 · What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?
250.188 · What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?
250.189 · Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
250.190 · Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.
250.191 · How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?
250.192 · What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?
250.193 · Reports and investigations of possible violations.
250.194 · How must I protect archaeological resources?
250.195 · What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?
250.196 · Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.
250.197 · Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.
250.198 · Documents incorporated by reference.
250.199 · Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.
250.200 · Definitions.
250.201 · What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?
250.202 · How must I protect the rights of the Federal government?
250.203 · Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property?
250.204 · Requirements for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) barrier equipment.
250.205 · [Reserved]
250.206 · What equipment does BSEE consider to be a barrier?
250.207 · How must barrier systems be used?
250.208 · How must I conduct activities under an approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.209 · What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?
250.210 · Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?
250.211 · What are my new or unusual technology failure reporting requirements?
250.212-250.219 · -250.219 [Reserved]
250.220 · What is the DWOP process?
250.221 · When must I use the DWOP process?
250.222-250.224 · -250.224 [Reserved]
250.225 · What are the types of Conceptual Plans that I must submit?
250.226 · When and how must I submit each applicable Conceptual Plan?
250.227 · What must the Project Conceptual Plan contain?
250.228 · What must the New or Unusual Technology Conceptual Plan contain?
250.229 · What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?
250.230 · When are you required to submit an I3P Report?
250.231 · What are your requirements for the Independent Third Party (I3P) nomination?
250.232 · What are the I3P review requirements for Conceptual Plan reviews?
250.233 · General requirements for any I3P Report.
250.234 · [Reserved]
250.235 · When and how must I submit the DWOP?
250.236 · What information must I submit with the DWOP?
250.237 · What general information must my DWOP include?
250.238 · What well or completions information must my DWOP include?
250.239 · What structural information must my DWOP include?
250.240 · What production safety system information must my DWOP include?
250.241 · What subsea systems and pipeline information must my DWOP include?
250.242 · What New or Unusual Technology information must my DWOP include?
250.243-250.244 · -250.244 [Reserved]
250.245 · May I combine the Project Conceptual Plan and the DWOP?
250.246 · When must I revise my DWOP?
250.247 · When must I supplement my DWOP?
250.248 · What information must I include in my Supplemental DWOP?
250.300 · Pollution prevention.
250.301 · Inspection of facilities.
250.400 · General requirements.
250.401-250.403 · -250.403 [Reserved]
250.404 · What are the requirements for the crown block?
250.405 · What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?
250.406 · [Reserved]
250.407 · What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?
250.408 · May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?
250.409 · May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?
250.410 · How do I obtain approval to drill a well?
250.411 · What information must I submit with my application?
250.412 · What requirements must the location plat meet?
250.413 · What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?
250.414 · What must my drilling prognosis include?
250.415 · What must my casing and cementing programs include?
250.416 · What must I include in the diverter description?
250.417 · [Reserved]
250.418 · What additional information must I submit with my APD?
250.420 · What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?
250.421 · What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?
250.422 · When may I resume drilling after cementing?
250.423 · What are the requirements for casing and liner installation?
250.424-250.426 · -250.426 [Reserved]
250.427 · What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?
250.428 · What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?
250.430 · When must I install a diverter system?
250.431 · What are the diverter design and installation requirements?
250.432 · How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?
250.433 · What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?
250.434 · What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?
250.440-250.451 · -250.451 [Reserved]
250.452 · What are the real-time monitoring requirements for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.455 · What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?
250.456 · What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?
250.457 · What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?
250.458 · What quantities of drilling fluids are required?
250.459 · What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?
250.460 · What are the requirements for conducting a well test?
250.461 · What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?
250.462 · What are the source control, containment, and collocated equipment requirements?
250.463 · Who establishes field drilling rules?
250.465 · When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to BSEE?
250.466-250.469 · -250.469 [Reserved]
250.470 · What additional information must I submit with my APD for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?
250.471 · What are the requirements for Arctic OCS source control and containment?
250.472 · What are the relief rig requirements for the Arctic OCS?
250.473 · What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment while operating on the Arctic OCS?
250.490 · Hydrogen sulfide.
250.500 · General requirements.
250.501 · Definition.
250.502 · [Reserved]
250.503 · Emergency shutdown system.
250.504 · Hydrogen sulfide.
250.505 · Subsea completions.
250.506-250.508 · -250.508 [Reserved]
250.509 · Well-completion structures on fixed platforms.
250.510 · Diesel engine air intakes.
250.511 · Traveling-block safety device.
250.512 · Field well-completion rules.
250.513 · Approval and reporting of well-completion operations.
250.514 · Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.515-250.517 · -250.517 [Reserved]
250.518 · Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.519 · What are the requirements for casing pressure management?
250.520 · How often do I have to monitor for casing pressure?
250.521 · When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?
250.522 · How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?
250.523 · When do I have to repeat casing diagnostic testing?
250.524 · How long do I keep records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests?
250.525 · When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?
250.526 · What do I submit if my casing diagnostic test requires action?
250.527 · What must I include in my notification of corrective action?
250.528 · What must I include in my casing pressure request?
250.529 · What are the terms of my casing pressure request?
250.530 · What if my casing pressure request is denied?
250.531 · When does my casing pressure request approval become invalid?
250.600 · General requirements.
250.601 · Definitions.
250.602 · [Reserved]
250.603 · Emergency shutdown system.
250.604 · Hydrogen sulfide.
250.605 · Subsea workovers.
250.606-250.608 · -250.608 [Reserved]
250.609 · Well-workover structures on fixed platforms.
250.610 · Diesel engine air intakes.
250.611 · Traveling-block safety device.
250.612 · Field well-workover rules.
250.613 · Approval and reporting for well-workover operations.
250.614 · Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.
250.615-250.618 · -250.618 [Reserved]
250.619 · Tubing and wellhead equipment.
250.620 · Wireline operations.
250.700 · What operations and equipment does this subpart cover?
250.701 · May I use alternate procedures or equipment during operations?
250.702 · May I obtain departures from these requirements?
250.703 · What must I do to keep wells under control?
250.710 · What instructions must be given to personnel engaged in well operations?
250.711 · What are the requirements for well-control drills?
250.712 · What rig unit movements must I report?
250.713 · What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for well operations?
250.714 · Do I have to develop a dropped objects plan?
250.715 · Do I need a global positioning system (GPS) for all MODUs?
250.720 · When and how must I secure a well?
250.721 · What are the requirements for pressure testing casing and liners?
250.722 · What are the requirements for prolonged operations in a well?
250.723 · What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?
250.724 · What are the real-time monitoring requirements?
250.730 · What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.731 · What information must I submit for BOP systems and system components?
250.732 · What are the independent third party requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.733 · What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
250.734 · What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
250.735 · What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
250.736 · What are the requirements for choke manifolds, kelly-type valves inside BOPs, and drill string safety valves?
250.737 · What are the BOP system testing requirements?
250.738 · What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
250.739 · What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
250.740 · What records must I keep?
250.741 · How long must I keep records?
250.742 · What well records am I required to submit?
250.743 · What are the well activity reporting requirements?
250.744 · What are the end of operation reporting requirements?
250.745 · What other well records could I be required to submit?
250.746 · What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing, liner, and BOP tests, and inspections of BOP systems and marine risers?
250.750 · What are the coiled tubing requirements?
250.751 · Coiled tubing testing requirements.
250.760 · What are the snubbing requirements?
250.800 · General.
250.801 · Safety and pollution prevention equipment (SPPE) certification.
250.802 · Requirements for SPPE.
250.803 · What SPPE failure reporting procedures must I follow?
250.804 · [Reserved]
250.805 · Hydrogen sulfide.
250.806-250.809 · -250.809 [Reserved]
250.810 · Dry tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.811 · Specifications for SSSVs—dry trees.
250.812 · Surface-controlled SSSVs—dry trees.
250.813 · Subsurface-controlled SSSVs.
250.814 · Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—dry trees.
250.815 · Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees.
250.816 · Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—dry trees.
250.817 · Temporary removal of subsurface safety devices for routine operations.
250.818 · Additional safety equipment—dry trees.
250.819 · Specification for surface safety valves (SSVs).
250.820 · Use of SSVs.
250.821 · Emergency action and safety system shutdown—dry trees.
250.822-250.824 · -250.824 [Reserved]
250.825 · Subsea tree subsurface safety devices—general.
250.826 · Specifications for SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.827 · Surface-controlled SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.828 · Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—subsea trees.
250.829 · Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—subsea trees.
250.830 · Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—subsea trees.
250.831 · Alteration or disconnection of subsea pipeline or umbilical.
250.832 · Additional safety equipment—subsea trees.
250.833 · Specification for underwater safety valves (USVs).
250.834 · Use of USVs.
250.835 · Specification for all boarding shutdown valves (BSDVs) associated with subsea systems.
250.836 · Use of BSDVs.
250.837 · Emergency action and safety system shutdown—subsea trees.
250.838 · What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for an electro-hydraulic control system?
250.839 · What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for a direct-hydraulic control system?
250.840 · Design, installation, and maintenance—general.
250.841 · Platforms.
250.842 · Approval of safety systems design and installation features.
250.843-250.849 · -250.849 [Reserved]
250.850 · Production system requirements—general.
250.851 · Pressure vessels (including heat exchangers) and fired vessels.
250.852 · Flowlines/Headers.
250.853 · Safety sensors.
250.854 · Floating production units equipped with turrets and turret-mounted systems.
250.855 · Emergency shutdown (ESD) system.
250.856 · Engines.
250.857 · Glycol dehydration units.
250.858 · Gas compressors.
250.859 · Firefighting systems.
250.860 · Chemical firefighting system.
250.861 · Foam firefighting systems.
250.862 · Fire and gas-detection systems.
250.863 · Electrical equipment.
250.864 · Erosion.
250.865 · Surface pumps.
250.866 · Personnel safety equipment.
250.867 · Temporary quarters and temporary equipment.
250.868 · Non-metallic piping.
250.869 · General platform operations.
250.870 · Time delays on pressure safety low (PSL) sensors.
250.871 · Welding and burning practices and procedures.
250.872 · Atmospheric vessels.
250.873 · Subsea gas lift requirements.
250.874 · Subsea water injection systems.
250.875 · Subsea pump systems.
250.876 · Fired and exhaust heated components.
250.877-250.879 · -250.879 [Reserved]
250.880 · Production safety system testing.
250.881-250.889 · -250.889 [Reserved]
250.890 · Records.
250.891 · Safety device training.
250.892-250.899 · -250.899 [Reserved]
250.900 · What general requirements apply to all platforms?
250.901 · What industry standards must your platform meet?
250.902 · What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance?
250.903 · What records must I keep?
250.904 · What is the Platform Approval Program?
250.905 · How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform?
250.906 · What must I do to obtain approval for the proposed site of my platform?
250.907 · Where must I locate foundation boreholes?
250.908 · What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements?
250.909 · What is the Platform Verification Program?
250.910 · Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program?
250.911 · If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do?
250.912 · What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program?
250.913 · When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans?
250.914 · How do I nominate a CVA?
250.915 · What are the CVA's primary responsibilities?
250.916 · What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase?
250.917 · What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase?
250.918 · What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?
250.919 · What in-service inspection requirements must I meet?
250.920 · What are the BSEE requirements for assessment of fixed platforms?
250.921 · How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue?

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Key facts

Type: CFR part · 30 CFR Part 250
Made by: Chapter II—Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior

Topics

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History · 17 versions

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Cited by 1: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 20262 provisions

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Collision
means the act of a moving vessel (including an aircraft) striking another vessel, or striking a stationary vessel or object (e.g., a boat striking a drilling rig or platform).
Loss of well control
means:
Property or equipment damage
means the cost of labor and material to restore all affected items to their condition before the damage, including, but not limited to, the OCS facility, a vessel, helicopter, or equipment.
Structural damage
means damage severe enough so that operations on the facility cannot continue until repairs are made.
Subsea devices
includes, but is not limited to, remotely operated vehicles, anchors, buoyancy equipment, connectors, cameras, controls and other subsea equipment necessary to facilitate the deployment, operation, and retrieval of the SCCE.
Surface devices
refers to equipment mounted or staged on a barge, vessel, or facility to separate, treat, store and/or dispose of fluids conveyed to the surface by the cap and flow system or the containment dome.

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