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

Authority and applicability.

What does this part do?

Where can I find more information about the requirements in this part?

How may I appeal a decision made under BSEE regulations?

Definitions.

What standards will the Director use to regulate lease operations?

What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment?

What requirements must I follow for cranes and other material-handling equipment?

What documents must I prepare and maintain related to welding?

What must I include in my welding plan?

Who oversees operations under my welding plan?

What standards must my welding equipment meet?

What procedures must I follow when welding?

How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?

What are the procedures for, and effects of, incorporation of documents by reference in this part?

§§ 250.116-250.117 [Reserved]

Will BSEE approve gas injection?

[Reserved]

How does injecting, storing, or treating gas affect my royalty payments?

What happens when the reservoir contains both original gas in place and injected gas?

What effect does subsurface storage have on the lease term?

[Reserved]

Will BSEE approve gas injection into the cap rock containing a sulphur deposit?

Service fees.

Electronic payment instructions.

Why does BSEE conduct inspections?

Will BSEE notify me before conducting an inspection?

What must I do when BSEE conducts an inspection?

Will BSEE reimburse me for my expenses related to inspections?

What will BSEE do if my operating performance is unacceptable?

How will BSEE determine if my operating performance is unacceptable?

When will I receive an oral approval?

May I ever use alternate procedures or equipment?

How do I receive approval for departures?

§§ 250.143-250.144 [Reserved]

How do I designate an agent or a local agent?

Who is responsible for fulfilling leasehold obligations?

How do I name facilities and wells in the Gulf of America Region?

How do I name facilities in the Pacific Region?

How do I name facilities in the Alaska Region?

Do I have to rename an existing facility or well?

What identification signs must I display?

§§ 250.160-250.167 [Reserved]

May operations or production be suspended?

What effect does suspension have on my lease?

How long does a suspension last?

How do I request a suspension?

When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOO or SOP?

When may the Regional Supervisor direct an SOO or SOP?

When may the Regional Supervisor grant or direct an SOP?

When may the Regional Supervisor grant an SOO?

Does a suspension affect my royalty payment?

What additional requirements may the Regional Supervisor order for a suspension?

What am I required to do to keep my lease term in effect?

§§ 250.181-250.185 [Reserved]

What reporting information and report forms must I submit?

What are BSEE's incident reporting requirements?

What incidents must I report to BSEE and when must I report them?

Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.

Reporting requirements for incidents requiring written notification.

How does BSEE conduct incident investigations?

What reports and statistics must I submit relating to a hurricane, earthquake, or other natural occurrence?

Reports and investigations of possible violations.

How must I protect archaeological resources?

What notification does BSEE require on the production status of wells?

Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.

Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.

Documents incorporated by reference.

Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.

Definitions.

What plans and information must I submit before I conduct any activities on my lease or unit?

How must I protect the rights of the Federal government?

Are there special requirements if my well affects an adjacent property?

Requirements for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) barrier equipment.

[Reserved]

What equipment does BSEE consider to be a barrier?

How must barrier systems be used?

How must I conduct activities under an approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?

What must I do to conduct activities under the approved EP, DPP, or DOCD?

Do I have to conduct post-approval monitoring?

What are my new or unusual technology failure reporting requirements?

§§ 250.212-250.219 [Reserved]

What is the DWOP process?

When must I use the DWOP process?

§§ 250.222-250.224 [Reserved]

What are the types of Conceptual Plans that I must submit?

When and how must I submit each applicable Conceptual Plan?

What must the Project Conceptual Plan contain?

What must the New or Unusual Technology Conceptual Plan contain?

What must the New or Unusual Technology Barrier Equipment Conceptual Plan include?

When are you required to submit an I3P Report?

What are your requirements for the Independent Third Party (I3P) nomination?

What are the I3P review requirements for Conceptual Plan reviews?

General requirements for any I3P Report.

[Reserved]

When and how must I submit the DWOP?

What information must I submit with the DWOP?

What general information must my DWOP include?

What well or completions information must my DWOP include?

What structural information must my DWOP include?

What production safety system information must my DWOP include?

What subsea systems and pipeline information must my DWOP include?

What New or Unusual Technology information must my DWOP include?

§§ 250.243-250.244 [Reserved]

May I combine the Project Conceptual Plan and the DWOP?

When must I revise my DWOP?

When must I supplement my DWOP?

What information must I include in my Supplemental DWOP?

Pollution prevention.

Inspection of facilities.

General requirements.

§§ 250.401-250.403 [Reserved]

What are the requirements for the crown block?

What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?

[Reserved]

What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?

May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?

May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?

How do I obtain approval to drill a well?

What information must I submit with my application?

What requirements must the location plat meet?

What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?

What must my drilling prognosis include?

What must my casing and cementing programs include?

What must I include in the diverter description?

[Reserved]

What additional information must I submit with my APD?

What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?

What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?

When may I resume drilling after cementing?

What are the requirements for casing and liner installation?

§§ 250.424-250.426 [Reserved]

What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?

What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?

When must I install a diverter system?

What are the diverter design and installation requirements?

How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?

What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?

What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?

§§ 250.440-250.451 [Reserved]

What are the real-time monitoring requirements for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?

What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?

What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?

What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?

What quantities of drilling fluids are required?

What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?

What are the requirements for conducting a well test?

What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?

What are the source control, containment, and collocated equipment requirements?

Who establishes field drilling rules?

When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to BSEE?

§§ 250.466-250.469 [Reserved]

What additional information must I submit with my APD for Arctic OCS exploratory drilling operations?

What are the requirements for Arctic OCS source control and containment?

What are the relief rig requirements for the Arctic OCS?

What must I do to protect health, safety, property, and the environment while operating on the Arctic OCS?

Hydrogen sulfide.

General requirements.

Definition.

[Reserved]

Emergency shutdown system.

Hydrogen sulfide.

Subsea completions.

§§ 250.506-250.508 [Reserved]

Well-completion structures on fixed platforms.

Diesel engine air intakes.

Traveling-block safety device.

Field well-completion rules.

Approval and reporting of well-completion operations.

Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.

§§ 250.515-250.517 [Reserved]

Tubing and wellhead equipment.

What are the requirements for casing pressure management?

How often do I have to monitor for casing pressure?

When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?

How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?

When do I have to repeat casing diagnostic testing?

How long do I keep records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests?

When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?

What do I submit if my casing diagnostic test requires action?

What must I include in my notification of corrective action?

What must I include in my casing pressure request?

What are the terms of my casing pressure request?

What if my casing pressure request is denied?

When does my casing pressure request approval become invalid?

General requirements.

Definitions.

[Reserved]

Emergency shutdown system.

Hydrogen sulfide.

Subsea workovers.

§§ 250.606-250.608 [Reserved]

Well-workover structures on fixed platforms.

Diesel engine air intakes.

Traveling-block safety device.

Field well-workover rules.

Approval and reporting for well-workover operations.

Well-control fluids, equipment, and operations.

§§ 250.615-250.618 [Reserved]

Tubing and wellhead equipment.

Wireline operations.

What operations and equipment does this subpart cover?

May I use alternate procedures or equipment during operations?

May I obtain departures from these requirements?

What must I do to keep wells under control?

What instructions must be given to personnel engaged in well operations?

What are the requirements for well-control drills?

What rig unit movements must I report?

What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) for well operations?

Do I have to develop a dropped objects plan?

Do I need a global positioning system (GPS) for all MODUs?

When and how must I secure a well?

What are the requirements for pressure testing casing and liners?

What are the requirements for prolonged operations in a well?

What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?

What are the real-time monitoring requirements?

What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?

What information must I submit for BOP systems and system components?

What are the independent third party requirements for BOP systems and system components?

What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?

What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?

What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?

What are the requirements for choke manifolds, kelly-type valves inside BOPs, and drill string safety valves?

What are the BOP system testing requirements?

What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?

What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?

What records must I keep?

How long must I keep records?

What well records am I required to submit?

What are the well activity reporting requirements?

What are the end of operation reporting requirements?

What other well records could I be required to submit?

What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing, liner, and BOP tests, and inspections of BOP systems and marine risers?

What are the coiled tubing requirements?

Coiled tubing testing requirements.

What are the snubbing requirements?

General.

Safety and pollution prevention equipment (SPPE) certification.

Requirements for SPPE.

What SPPE failure reporting procedures must I follow?

[Reserved]

Hydrogen sulfide.

§§ 250.806-250.809 [Reserved]

Dry tree subsurface safety devices—general.

Specifications for SSSVs—dry trees.

Surface-controlled SSSVs—dry trees.

Subsurface-controlled SSSVs.

Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—dry trees.

Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees.

Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—dry trees.

Temporary removal of subsurface safety devices for routine operations.

Additional safety equipment—dry trees.

Specification for surface safety valves (SSVs).

Use of SSVs.

Emergency action and safety system shutdown—dry trees.

§§ 250.822-250.824 [Reserved]

Subsea tree subsurface safety devices—general.

Specifications for SSSVs—subsea trees.

Surface-controlled SSSVs—subsea trees.

Design, installation, and operation of SSSVs—subsea trees.

Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—subsea trees.

Subsurface safety devices in injection wells—subsea trees.

Alteration or disconnection of subsea pipeline or umbilical.

Additional safety equipment—subsea trees.

Specification for underwater safety valves (USVs).

Use of USVs.

Specification for all boarding shutdown valves (BSDVs) associated with subsea systems.

Use of Bsdvs.

Emergency action and safety system shutdown—subsea trees.

What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for an electro-hydraulic control system?

What are the maximum allowable valve closure times and hydraulic bleeding requirements for a direct-hydraulic control system?

Design, installation, and maintenance—general.

Platforms.

Approval of safety systems design and installation features.

§§ 250.843-250.849 [Reserved]

Production system requirements—general.

Pressure vessels (including heat exchangers) and fired vessels.

Flowlines/Headers.

Safety sensors.

Floating production units equipped with turrets and turret-mounted systems.

Emergency shutdown (ESD) system.

Engines.

Glycol dehydration units.

Gas compressors.

Firefighting systems.

Chemical firefighting system.

Foam firefighting systems.

Fire and gas-detection systems.

Electrical equipment.

Erosion.

Surface pumps.

Personnel safety equipment.

Temporary quarters and temporary equipment.

Non-metallic piping.

General platform operations.

Time delays on pressure safety low (PSL) sensors.

Welding and burning practices and procedures.

Atmospheric vessels.

Subsea gas lift requirements.

Subsea water injection systems.

Subsea pump systems.

Fired and exhaust heated components.

§§ 250.877-250.879 [Reserved]

Production safety system testing.

§§ 250.881-250.889 [Reserved]

Records.

Safety device training.

§§ 250.892-250.899 [Reserved]

What general requirements apply to all platforms?

What industry standards must your platform meet?

What are the requirements for platform removal and location clearance?

What records must I keep?

What is the Platform Approval Program?

How do I get approval for the installation, modification, or repair of my platform?

What must I do to obtain approval for the proposed site of my platform?

Where must I locate foundation boreholes?

What are the minimum structural fatigue design requirements?

What is the Platform Verification Program?

Which of my facilities are subject to the Platform Verification Program?

If my platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program, what must I do?

What plans must I submit under the Platform Verification Program?

When must I resubmit Platform Verification Program plans?

How do I nominate a CVA?

What are the CVA's primary responsibilities?

What are the CVA's primary duties during the design phase?

What are the CVA's primary duties during the fabrication phase?

What are the CVA's primary duties during the installation phase?

What in-service inspection requirements must I meet?

What are the BSEE requirements for assessment of fixed platforms?

How do I analyze my platform for cumulative fatigue?

General requirements.

Definitions.

Design requirements for DOI pipelines.

Installation, testing, and repair requirements for DOI pipelines.

Safety equipment requirements for DOI pipelines.

Inspection requirements for DOI pipelines.

How must I decommission and take out of service a DOI pipeline?

What to include in applications.

Reports.

Requirements to obtain pipeline right-of-way grants.

General requirements for pipeline right-of-way holders.

[Reserved]

Required payments for pipeline right-of-way holders.

Grounds for forfeiture of pipeline right-of-way grants.

When pipeline right-of-way grants expire.

Applications for pipeline right-of-way grants.

Granting pipeline rights-of-way.

Requirements for construction under pipeline right-of-way grants.

Assignment of pipeline right-of-way grants.

Relinquishment of pipeline right-of-way grants.

What are the general reservoir production requirements?

How often must I conduct well production tests?

How do I conduct well tests?

§§ 250.1153-250.1155 [Reserved]

What steps must I take to receive approval to produce within 500 feet of a unit or lease line?

How do I receive approval to produce gas-cap gas from an oil reservoir with an associated gas cap?

How do I receive approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons?

May the Regional Supervisor limit my well or reservoir production rates?

When may I flare or vent gas?

When may I flare or vent gas for extended periods of time?

When may I burn produced liquid hydrocarbons?

How must I measure gas flaring or venting volumes and liquid hydrocarbon burning volumes, and what records must I maintain?

What are the requirements for flaring or venting gas containing HS?

What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?

What additional reporting is required for developments in the Alaska OCS Region?

What information must I submit with forms and for approvals?

Question index table.

Definitions.

Liquid hydrocarbon measurement.

Gas measurement.

Surface commingling.

Site security.

What is the purpose of this subpart?

What are the requirements for unitization?

What if I have a competitive reservoir on a lease?

How do I apply for voluntary unitization?

How will BSEE require unitization?

How does BSEE begin the civil penalty process?

[Reserved]

Definitions.

What is the maximum civil penalty?

Which violations will BSEE review for potential civil penalties?

When is a case file developed?

When will BSEE notify me and provide penalty information?

How do I respond to the letter of notification?

When will I be notified of the Reviewing Officer's decision?

What are my appeal rights?

What definitions apply to this subpart?

What may BSEE do if I violate a statute, regulation, order, or lease term relating to a Federal oil and gas lease?

What if I correct the violation?

What if I do not correct the violation?

How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance?

Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?

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?

May I be subject to penalties without prior notice and an opportunity to correct?

How will BSEE inform me of violations without a period to correct?

How may I request a hearing on the record on a Notice of Noncompliance regarding violations without a period to correct?

Does my request for a hearing on the record affect the penalties?

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?

How does BSEE decide what the amount of the penalty should be?

Does the penalty affect whether I owe interest?

How will the Office of Hearings and Appeals conduct the hearing on the record?

How may I appeal the Administrative Law Judge's decision?

May I seek judicial review of the decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals?

When must I pay the penalty?

Can BSEE reduce my penalty once it is assessed?

How may BSEE collect the penalty?

May the United States criminally prosecute me for violations under Federal oil and gas leases?

Definitions.

What is the goal of my training program?

What are my general responsibilities for training?

May I use alternative training methods?

Where may I get training for my employees?

How often must I train my employees?

How will BSEE measure training results?

What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?

What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?

What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?

Performance standard.

[Reserved]

What do the terms “decommissioning,” “obstructions,” “facility,” and “predecessor” mean in this subpart?

Who must meet the decommissioning obligations in this subpart?

When do I accrue decommissioning obligations?

What are the general requirements for decommissioning?

What decommissioning applications and reports must I submit and when must I submit them?

§§ 250.1705-250.1707 [Reserved]

How will BSEE enforce accrued decommissioning obligations against predecessors?

[Reserved]

When must I permanently plug all wells on a lease?

When will BSEE order me to permanently plug a well?

What information must I submit before I permanently plug a well or zone?

[Reserved]

What must I accomplish with well plugs?

How must I permanently plug a well?

To what depth must I remove wellheads and casings?

[Reserved]

If I temporarily abandon a well that I plan to re-enter, what must I do?

If I install a subsea protective device, what requirements must I meet?

What must I do when it is no longer necessary to maintain a well in temporary abandoned status?

When do I have to remove platforms and other facilities?

When must I submit an initial platform removal application and what must it include?

What information must I include in my final application to remove a platform or other facility?

To what depth must I remove a platform or other facility?

After I remove a platform or other facility, what information must I submit?

When might BSEE approve partial structure removal or toppling in place?

Who is responsible for decommissioning an OCS facility subject to an Alternate Use RUE?

How must I verify that the site of a permanently plugged well, removed platform, or other removed facility is clear of obstructions?

If I drag a trawl across a site, what requirements must I meet?

What other methods can I use to verify that a site is clear?

How do I certify that a site is clear of obstructions?

When may I decommission a pipeline in place?

How do I decommission a pipeline in place?

How do I remove a pipeline?

After I decommission a pipeline, what information must I submit?

When must I remove a pipeline decommissioned in place?

Must I have a SEMS program?

What is the goal of my SEMS program?

What must I include in my SEMS program?

Acronyms and definitions.

Special instructions.

§§ 250.1905-250.1908 [Reserved]

What are management's general responsibilities for the SEMS program?

What safety and environmental information is required?

What hazards analysis criteria must my SEMS program meet?

What criteria for management of change must my SEMS program meet?

What criteria for operating procedures must my SEMS program meet?

What criteria must be documented in my SEMS program for safe work practices and contractor selection?

What training criteria must be in my SEMS program?

What criteria for mechanical integrity must my SEMS program meet?

What criteria for pre-startup review must be in my SEMS program?

What criteria for emergency response and control must be in my SEMS program?

What criteria for investigation of incidents must be in my SEMS program?

What are the auditing requirements for my SEMS program?

What qualifications must the ASP meet?

What qualifications must an AB meet?

[Reserved]

How will BSEE determine if my SEMS program is effective?

May BSEE direct me to conduct additional audits?

[Reserved]

What happens if BSEE finds shortcomings in my SEMS program?

What are my recordkeeping and documentation requirements?

What are my responsibilities for submitting OCS performance measure data?

What must be included in my SEMS program for SWA?

What must be included in my SEMS program for UWA?

What are my EPP requirements?

What procedures must be included for reporting unsafe working conditions?