Title 43, Part 3170 — Onshore Oil and Gas Production

Section 3170.1

Authority.

Section 3170.2

Scope.

Section 3170.3

Definitions and acronyms.

Section 3170.4

Prohibitions against by-pass and tampering.

Section 3170.5

[Reserved]

Section 3170.6

Variances.

Section 3170.7

Required recordkeeping, records retention, and records submission.

Section 3170.8

Appeal procedures.

Section 3170.9

Enforcement.

Section 3171.1

Authority.

Section 3171.2

Purpose.

Section 3171.3

Scope.

Section 3171.4

Definitions.

Section 3171.5

Application for Permit to Drill (APD).

Section 3171.6

Components of a complete APD package.

Section 3171.7

Drilling plan.

Section 3171.8

Surface Use Plan of Operations.

Section 3171.9

Bonding.

Section 3171.10

Operator certification.

Section 3171.11

Onsite inspection.

Section 3171.12

APD posting and processing.

Section 3171.13

Approval of APDs.

Section 3171.14

Valid Period of Approved APD.

Section 3171.15

Master Development Plans.

Section 3171.16

Waiver from electronic submission requirements.

Section 3171.17

General operating requirements—operator responsibilities.

Section 3171.18

Rights-of-Way and Special Use Authorizations.

Section 3171.19

Operating on lands with non-Federal surface and Federal oil and gas.

Section 3171.20

Leases for Indian oil and gas.

Section 3171.21

Subsequent operations and Sundry Notices.

Section 3171.22

Well conversions.

Section 3171.23

Variances.

Section 3171.24

Waivers, exceptions, or modifications.

Section 3171.25

Abandonment.

Section 3171.26

Appeal procedures.

Section 3172.1

Authority.

Section 3172.2

Purpose.

Section 3172.3

Scope.

Section 3172.4

General.

Section 3172.5

Definitions.

Section 3172.6

Well control.

Section 3172.7

Casing and cementing.

Section 3172.8

Mud program.

Section 3172.9

Drill stem testing.

Section 3172.10

Special drilling operations.

Section 3172.11

Surface use.

Section 3172.12

Drilling abandonment.

Section 3172.13

Variances from minimum standards.

Section 3173.1

Definitions and acronyms.

Section 3173.2

Storage and sales facilities—seals.

Section 3173.3

Oil measurement system components—seals.

Section 3173.4

Federal seals.

Section 3173.5

Removing production from tanks for sale and transportation by truck.

Section 3173.6

Water-draining operations.

Section 3173.7

Hot oiling, clean-up, and completion operations.

Section 3173.8

Report of theft or mishandling of production.

Section 3173.9

Required recordkeeping for inventory and seal records.

Section 3173.10

Form 3160-5, Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells.

Section 3173.11

Site facility diagram.

Section 3173.12

Applying for a facility measurement point.

Section 3173.13

Requirements for approved facility measurement points.

Section 3173.14

Conditions for commingling and allocation approval (surface and downhole).

Section 3173.15

Applying for a commingling and allocation approval.

Section 3173.16

Existing commingling and allocation approvals.

Section 3173.17

Relationship of a commingling and allocation approval to royalty-free use of production.

Section 3173.18

Modification of a commingling and allocation approval.

Section 3173.19

Effective date of a commingling and allocation approval.

Section 3173.20

Terminating a commingling and allocation approval.

Section 3173.21

Combining production downhole in certain circumstances.

Section 3173.22

Requirements for off-lease measurement.

Section 3173.23

Applying for off-lease measurement.

Section 3173.24

Effective date of an off-lease measurement approval.

Section 3173.25

Existing approved off-lease measurement.

Section 3173.26

Relationship of off-lease measurement approval to royalty-free use of production.

Section 3173.27

Termination of off-lease measurement approval.

Section 3173.28

Instances not constituting off-lease measurement, for which no approval is required.

Section 3173.29

Immediate assessments for certain violations.

Section 3174.1

Definitions and acronyms.

Section 3174.2

General requirements.

Section 3174.3

Incorporation by reference (IBR).

Section 3174.4

Specific measurement performance requirements.

Section 3174.5

Oil measurement by tank gauging—general requirements.

Section 3174.6

Oil measurement by tank gauging—procedures.

Section 3174.7

LACT system—general requirements.

Section 3174.8

LACT system—components and operating requirements.

Section 3174.9

Coriolis measurement systems (CMS)—general requirements and components.

Section 3174.10

Coriolis meter for LACT and CMS measurement applications—operating requirements.

Section 3174.11

Meter-proving requirements.

Section 3174.12

Measurement tickets.

Section 3174.13

Oil measurement by other methods.

Section 3174.14

Determination of oil volumes by methods other than measurement.

Section 3174.15

Immediate assessments.

Section 3175.10

Definitions and acronyms.

Section 3175.20

General requirements.

Section 3175.30

Incorporation by reference.

Section 3175.31

Specific performance requirements.

Section 3175.40

Measurement equipment approved by standard or make and model.

Section 3175.41

Flange-tapped orifice plates.

Section 3175.42

Chart recorders.

Section 3175.43

Transducers.

Section 3175.44

Flow-computer software.

Section 3175.45

Gas chromatographs.

Section 3175.46

Isolating flow conditioners.

Section 3175.47

Differential primary devices other than flange-tapped orifice plates.

Section 3175.48

Linear measurement devices.

Section 3175.49

Accounting systems.

Section 3175.60

Timeframes for compliance.

Section 3175.61

Grandfathering.

Section 3175.70

Measurement location.

Section 3175.80

Flange-tapped orifice plates (primary devices).

Section 3175.90

Mechanical recorder (secondary device).

Section 3175.91

Installation and operation of mechanical recorders.

Section 3175.92

Verification and calibration of mechanical recorders.

Section 3175.93

Integration statements.

Section 3175.94

Volume determination.

Section 3175.100

Electronic gas measurement (secondary and tertiary device).

Section 3175.101

Installation and operation of electronic gas measurement systems.

Section 3175.102

Verification and calibration of electronic gas measurement systems.

Section 3175.103

Flow rate, volume, and average value calculation.

Section 3175.104

Logs and records.

Section 3175.110

Gas sampling and analysis.

Section 3175.111

General sampling requirements.

Section 3175.112

Sampling probe and tubing.

Section 3175.113

Spot samples—general requirements.

Section 3175.114

Spot samples—allowable methods.

Section 3175.115

Spot samples—frequency.

Section 3175.116

Composite sampling methods.

Section 3175.117

On-line gas chromatographs.

Section 3175.118

Gas chromatograph requirements.

Section 3175.119

Components to analyze.

Section 3175.120

Gas analysis report requirements.

Section 3175.121

Effective date of a spot or composite gas sample.

Section 3175.125

Calculation of heating value and volume

Section 3175.126

Reporting of heating value and volume.

Section 3175.130

Transducer testing protocol.

Section 3175.131

General requirements for transducer testing.

Section 3175.132

Testing of reference accuracy.

Section 3175.133

Testing of influence effects.

Section 3175.134

Transducer test reporting.

Section 3175.135

Uncertainty determination.

Section 3175.140

Flow-computer software testing.

Section 3175.141

General requirements for flow-computer software testing.

Section 3175.142

Required static tests.

Section 3175.143

Required dynamic tests.

Section 3175.144

Flow-computer software test reporting.

Section 3175.150

Immediate assessments.

Section 3176.1

Authority.

Section 3176.2

Purpose.

Section 3176.3

Scope.

Section 3176.4

Definitions.

Section 3176.5

Requirements.

Section 3176.6

Applications, approvals, and reports.

Section 3176.7

Public protection.

Section 3176.8

Drilling/completion/workover requirements.

Section 3176.9

Production requirements.

Section 3176.10

Variances from requirements.

Section 3176.11

Incorporation by reference.

Section 3177.1

Authority.

Section 3177.2

Purpose.

Section 3177.3

Scope.

Section 3177.4

Definitions.

Section 3177.5

Requirements.

Section 3177.6

Application and approval authority.

Section 3177.7

Informational requirements for injection wells.

Section 3177.8

Informational requirements for pits.

Section 3177.9

Design requirements for pits.

Section 3177.10

Construction and maintenance requirements for pits.

Section 3177.11

Other disposal methods.

Section 3177.12

Reporting requirements for disposal facilities.

Section 3177.13

Variances from requirements or minimum standards.

Section 3178.1

Purpose.

Section 3178.2

Scope.

Section 3178.3

Production on which royalty is not due.

Section 3178.4

Uses of oil or gas on a lease, unit, or communitized area that do not require prior written BLM approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.

Section 3178.5

Uses of oil or gas on a lease, unit, or communitized area that require prior written BLM approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.

Section 3178.6

Uses of oil or gas moved off the lease, unit, or communitized area that do not require prior written approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.

Section 3178.7

Uses of oil or gas moved off the lease, unit, or communitized area that require prior written approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.

Section 3178.8

Measurement or estimation of volumes of oil or gas that are used royalty-free.

Section 3178.9

Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required.

Section 3178.10

Facility and equipment ownership.

Section 3179.1

Purpose.

Section 3179.2

Scope.

Section 3179.10

Definitions and acronyms.

Section 3179.11

Severability.

Section 3179.30

Incorporation by Reference (IBR).

Section 3179.40

Reasonable precautions to prevent waste.

Section 3179.41

Determining when the loss of oil or gas is avoidable or unavoidable.

Section 3179.42

When lost production is subject to royalty.

Section 3179.43

Data submission and notification requirements.

Section 3179.50

Safety.

Section 3179.60

Gas-well gas.

Section 3179.70

Oil-well gas.

Section 3179.71

Measurement of flared oil-well gas volume.

Section 3179.72

Required reporting and recordkeeping of vented and flared gas volumes.

Section 3179.73

Prior determinations regarding royalty-free flaring.

Section 3179.80

Loss of well control while drilling.

Section 3179.81

Well completion or recompletion flaring allowance.

Section 3179.82

Subsequent well tests for an existing completion.

Section 3179.83

Emergencies.

Section 3179.90

Oil storage tank vapors.

Section 3179.91

Downhole well maintenance and liquids unloading.

Section 3179.92

Size of production equipment.

Section 3179.100

Leak detection and repair program.

Section 3179.101

Repairing leaks.

Section 3179.102

Required recordkeeping for leak detection and repair.

Section 3179.200

Immediate assessments