{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-250.522","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 250.522","heading":"How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?","body":"A newly completed or recompleted well often has thermal casing pressure during initial startup. Bleeding casing pressure during the startup process is considered a normal and necessary operation to manage thermal casing pressure; therefore, you do not need to evaluate these operations as a casing diagnostic test. After 30 days of continuous production, the initial production startup operation is complete and you must perform casing diagnostic testing as required in §§ 250.521 and 250.523.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"217ec717627a88c1b4d63914fe2f4b18e044b98bee3026a80828ef4b7e6ea7a3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-250.521","next":"us/30-cfr-250.523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}