SUBPART D—Oil and Gas Drilling Operations (§250.400 to §250.490)
- 250.400—Who is subject to the requirements of this subpart?
- 250.401—What must I do to keep wells under control?
- 250.402—When and how must I secure a well?
- 250.403—What drilling unit movements must I report?
- 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—What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct drilling operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?
- 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 and BOP descriptions?
- 250.417—What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU)?
- 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 pressure testing casing?
- 250.424—What are the requirements for prolonged drilling operations?
- 250.425—What are the requirements for pressure testing liners?
- 250.426—What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing and liner pressure tests?
- 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—What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
- 250.441—What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
- 250.442—What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
- 250.443—What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
- 250.444—What are the choke manifold requirements?
- 250.445—What are the requirements for kelly valves, inside BOPs, and drill-string safety valves?
- 250.446—What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
- 250.447—When must I pressure test the BOP system?
- 250.448—What are the BOP pressure tests requirements?
- 250.449—What additional BOP testing requirements must I meet?
- 250.450—What are the recordkeeping requirements for BOP tests?
- 250.451—What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
- 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 requirements for well-control drills?
- 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 MMS?
- 250.466—What records must I keep?
- 250.467—How long must I keep records?
- 250.468—What well records am I required to submit?
- 250.469—What other well records could I be required to submit?
- 250.490—Hydrogen sulfide.