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§250.528 — What must I include in my casing pressure request?

The following information must be included in the casing pressure request:

 
(a)
API number;
 
(b)
Lease number;
 
(c)
Area name and OCS block number;
 
(d)
Well number;
 
(e)
Company name and mailing address;
 
(f)
All casing, riser, and tubing sizes, weights, grades, and MIYP;
 
(g)
All casing/riser calculated MAWOPs;
 
(h)
All casing/riser pre-bleed down pressures;
 
(i)
Shut-in tubing pressure;
 
(j)
Flowing tubing pressure;
 
(k)
Date and the calculated daily production rate during last well test (oil, gas, basic sediment, and water);
 
(l)
Well status (shut-in, temporarily abandoned, producing, injecting, or gas lift);
 
(m)
Well type (dry tree, hybrid, or subsea);
 
(n)
Date of diagnostic test;
 
(o)
Well schematic;
 
(p)
Water depth;
 
(q)
Volumes and types of fluid bled from each casing or riser evaluated;
 
(r)
Type of diagnostic test performed:
 
(1)
Bleed down/buildup test;
 
(2)
Shut-in the well and monitor the pressure drop test;
 
(3)
Constant production rate and decrease the annular pressure test;
 
(4)
Constant production rate and increase the annular pressure test;
 
(5)
Change the production rate and monitor the casing pressure test; and
 
(6)
Casing pressure and tubing pressure history plot;
 
(s)
The casing diagnostic test data for all casing exceeding 100 psig;
 
(t)
Associated shoe strengths for casing shoes exposed to annular fluids;
 
(u)
Concentration of any H2S that may be present;
 
(v)
Whether the structure on which the well is located is manned or unmanned;
 
(w)
Additional comments; and
 
(x)
Request date.

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 77 FR 50894, Aug. 22, 2012]

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