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FEDERAL · 43 CFR

Part 3170 — Onshore Oil and Gas Production

206 sections · Title 43: Public Lands: Interior

§ 3170.1Authority.
§ 3170.2Scope.
§ 3170.3Definitions and acronyms.
§ 3170.4Prohibitions against by-pass and tampering.
§ 3170.5§ 3170.5 [Reserved]
§ 3170.6Variances.
§ 3170.7Required recordkeeping, records retention, and records submission.
§ 3170.8Appeal procedures.
§ 3170.9Enforcement.
§ 3171.1Authority.
§ 3171.2Purpose.
§ 3171.3Scope.
§ 3171.4Definitions.
§ 3171.5Application for Permit to Drill (APD).
§ 3171.6Components of a complete APD package.
§ 3171.7Drilling plan.
§ 3171.8Surface Use Plan of Operations.
§ 3171.9Bonding.
§ 3171.10Operator certification.
§ 3171.11Onsite inspection.
§ 3171.12APD posting and processing.
§ 3171.13Approval of APDs.
§ 3171.14Valid Period of Approved APD.
§ 3171.15Master Development Plans.
§ 3171.16Waiver from electronic submission requirements.
§ 3171.17General operating requirements—operator responsibilities.
§ 3171.18Rights-of-Way and Special Use Authorizations.
§ 3171.19Operating on lands with non-Federal surface and Federal oil and gas.
§ 3171.20Leases for Indian oil and gas.
§ 3171.21Subsequent operations and Sundry Notices.
§ 3171.22Well conversions.
§ 3171.23Variances.
§ 3171.24Waivers, exceptions, or modifications.
§ 3171.25Abandonment.
§ 3171.26Appeal procedures.
§ 3172.1Authority.
§ 3172.2Purpose.
§ 3172.3Scope.
§ 3172.4General.
§ 3172.5Definitions.
§ 3172.6Well control.
§ 3172.7Casing and cementing.
§ 3172.8Mud program.
§ 3172.9Drill stem testing.
§ 3172.10Special drilling operations.
§ 3172.11Surface use.
§ 3172.12Drilling abandonment.
§ 3172.13Variances from minimum standards.
§ 3173.1Definitions and acronyms.
§ 3173.2Storage and sales facilities—seals.
§ 3173.3Oil measurement system components—seals.
§ 3173.4Federal seals.
§ 3173.5Removing production from tanks for sale and transportation by truck.
§ 3173.6Water-draining operations.
§ 3173.7Hot oiling, clean-up, and completion operations.
§ 3173.8Report of theft or mishandling of production.
§ 3173.9Required recordkeeping for inventory and seal records.
§ 3173.10Form 3160-5, Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells.
§ 3173.11Site facility diagram.
§ 3173.12Applying for a facility measurement point.
§ 3173.13Requirements for approved facility measurement points.
§ 3173.14Conditions for commingling and allocation approval (surface and downhole).
§ 3173.15Applying for a commingling and allocation approval.
§ 3173.16Existing commingling and allocation approvals.
§ 3173.17Relationship of a commingling and allocation approval to royalty-free use of production.
§ 3173.18Modification of a commingling and allocation approval.
§ 3173.19Effective date of a commingling and allocation approval.
§ 3173.20Terminating a commingling and allocation approval.
§ 3173.21Combining production downhole in certain circumstances.
§ 3173.22Requirements for off-lease measurement.
§ 3173.23Applying for off-lease measurement.
§ 3173.24Effective date of an off-lease measurement approval.
§ 3173.25Existing approved off-lease measurement.
§ 3173.26Relationship of off-lease measurement approval to royalty-free use of production.
§ 3173.27Termination of off-lease measurement approval.
§ 3173.28Instances not constituting off-lease measurement, for which no approval is required.
§ 3173.29Immediate assessments for certain violations.
§ 3174.1Definitions and acronyms.
§ 3174.2General requirements.
§ 3174.3Incorporation by reference (IBR).
§ 3174.4Specific measurement performance requirements.
§ 3174.5Oil measurement by tank gauging—general requirements.
§ 3174.6Oil measurement by tank gauging—procedures.
§ 3174.7LACT system—general requirements.
§ 3174.8LACT system—components and operating requirements.
§ 3174.9Coriolis measurement systems (CMS)—general requirements and components.
§ 3174.10Coriolis meter for LACT and CMS measurement applications—operating requirements.
§ 3174.11Meter-proving requirements.
§ 3174.12Measurement tickets.
§ 3174.13Oil measurement by other methods.
§ 3174.14Determination of oil volumes by methods other than measurement.
§ 3174.15Immediate assessments.
§ 3175.10Definitions and acronyms.
§ 3175.20General requirements.
§ 3175.30Incorporation by reference.
§ 3175.31Specific performance requirements.
§ 3175.40Measurement equipment approved by standard or make and model.
§ 3175.41Flange-tapped orifice plates.
§ 3175.42Chart recorders.
§ 3175.43Transducers.
§ 3175.44Flow-computer software.
§ 3175.45Gas chromatographs.
§ 3175.46Isolating flow conditioners.
§ 3175.47Differential primary devices other than flange-tapped orifice plates.
§ 3175.48Linear measurement devices.
§ 3175.49Accounting systems.
§ 3175.60Timeframes for compliance.
§ 3175.61Grandfathering.
§ 3175.70Measurement location.
§ 3175.80Flange-tapped orifice plates (primary devices).
§ 3175.90Mechanical recorder (secondary device).
§ 3175.91Installation and operation of mechanical recorders.
§ 3175.92Verification and calibration of mechanical recorders.
§ 3175.93Integration statements.
§ 3175.94Volume determination.
§ 3175.100Electronic gas measurement (secondary and tertiary device).
§ 3175.101Installation and operation of electronic gas measurement systems.
§ 3175.102Verification and calibration of electronic gas measurement systems.
§ 3175.103Flow rate, volume, and average value calculation.
§ 3175.104Logs and records.
§ 3175.110Gas sampling and analysis.
§ 3175.111General sampling requirements.
§ 3175.112Sampling probe and tubing.
§ 3175.113Spot samples—general requirements.
§ 3175.114Spot samples—allowable methods.
§ 3175.115Spot samples—frequency.
§ 3175.116Composite sampling methods.
§ 3175.117On-line gas chromatographs.
§ 3175.118Gas chromatograph requirements.
§ 3175.119Components to analyze.
§ 3175.120Gas analysis report requirements.
§ 3175.121Effective date of a spot or composite gas sample.
§ 3175.125Calculation of heating value and volume
§ 3175.126Reporting of heating value and volume.
§ 3175.130Transducer testing protocol.
§ 3175.131General requirements for transducer testing.
§ 3175.132Testing of reference accuracy.
§ 3175.133Testing of influence effects.
§ 3175.134Transducer test reporting.
§ 3175.135Uncertainty determination.
§ 3175.140Flow-computer software testing.
§ 3175.141General requirements for flow-computer software testing.
§ 3175.142Required static tests.
§ 3175.143Required dynamic tests.
§ 3175.144Flow-computer software test reporting.
§ 3175.150Immediate assessments.
§ 3176.1Authority.
§ 3176.2Purpose.
§ 3176.3Scope.
§ 3176.4Definitions.
§ 3176.5Requirements.
§ 3176.6Applications, approvals, and reports.
§ 3176.7Public protection.
§ 3176.8Drilling/completion/workover requirements.
§ 3176.9Production requirements.
§ 3176.10Variances from requirements.
§ 3176.11Incorporation by reference.
§ 3177.1Authority.
§ 3177.2Purpose.
§ 3177.3Scope.
§ 3177.4Definitions.
§ 3177.5Requirements.
§ 3177.6Application and approval authority.
§ 3177.7Informational requirements for injection wells.
§ 3177.8Informational requirements for pits.
§ 3177.9Design requirements for pits.
§ 3177.10Construction and maintenance requirements for pits.
§ 3177.11Other disposal methods.
§ 3177.12Reporting requirements for disposal facilities.
§ 3177.13Variances from requirements or minimum standards.
§ 3178.1Purpose.
§ 3178.2Scope.
§ 3178.3Production on which royalty is not due.
§ 3178.4Uses 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.
§ 3178.5Uses of oil or gas on a lease, unit, or communitized area that require prior written BLM approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.
§ 3178.6Uses 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.
§ 3178.7Uses of oil or gas moved off the lease, unit, or communitized area that require prior written approval for royalty-free treatment of volumes used.
§ 3178.8Measurement or estimation of volumes of oil or gas that are used royalty-free.
§ 3178.9Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required.
§ 3178.10Facility and equipment ownership.
§ 3179.1Purpose.
§ 3179.2Scope.
§ 3179.10Definitions and acronyms.
§ 3179.11Severability.
§ 3179.30Incorporation by Reference (IBR).
§ 3179.40Reasonable precautions to prevent waste.
§ 3179.41Determining when the loss of oil or gas is avoidable or unavoidable.
§ 3179.42When lost production is subject to royalty.
§ 3179.43Data submission and notification requirements.
§ 3179.50Safety.
§ 3179.60Gas-well gas.
§ 3179.70Oil-well gas.
§ 3179.71Measurement of flared oil-well gas volume.
§ 3179.72Required reporting and recordkeeping of vented and flared gas volumes.
§ 3179.73Prior determinations regarding royalty-free flaring.
§ 3179.80Loss of well control while drilling.
§ 3179.81Well completion or recompletion flaring allowance.
§ 3179.82Subsequent well tests for an existing completion.
§ 3179.83Emergencies.
§ 3179.90Oil storage tank vapors.
§ 3179.91Downhole well maintenance and liquids unloading.
§ 3179.92Size of production equipment.
§ 3179.100Leak detection and repair program.
§ 3179.101Repairing leaks.
§ 3179.102Required recordkeeping for leak detection and repair.
§ 3179.200Immediate assessments