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30 CFR 250.521: When do I have to perform a casing diagnostic test?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 30—Mineral Resources
- CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE
- PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
- Subpart E—Oil and Gas Well-Completion Operations
(a) You must perform a casing diagnostic test within 30 days after first observing or imposing casing pressure according to the following table:
If you have a . . . you must perform a casing diagnostic test if . . .
(1) fixed platform well, the casing pressure is greater than 100 psig.
(2) subsea well, the measurable casing pressure is greater than the external hydrostatic pressure plus 100 psig measured at the subsea wellhead.
(3) hybrid well, a riser or the production casing pressure is greater than 100 psig measured at the surface.
(b) You are exempt from performing a diagnostic pressure test for the production casing on a well operating under active gas lift.
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