{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-250.525","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 250.525","heading":"When am I required to take action from my casing diagnostic test?","body":"You must take action if you have any of the following conditions:\n(a) Any fixed platform well with a casing pressure exceeding its maximum allowable wellhead operating pressure (MAWOP);\n(b) Any fixed platform well with a casing pressure that is greater than 100 psig and that cannot bleed to 0 psig through a 1/2-inch needle valve within 24 hours, or is not bled to 0 psig during a casing diagnostic test;\n(c) Any well that has demonstrated tubing/casing, tubing/riser, casing/casing, riser/casing, or riser/riser communication;\n(d) Any well that has sustained casing pressure (SCP) and is bled down to prevent it from exceeding its MAWOP, except during initial startup operations described in § 250.522;\n(e) Any hybrid well with casing or riser pressure exceeding 100 psig; or\n(f) Any subsea well with a casing pressure 100 psig greater than the external hydrostatic pressure at the subsea wellhead.","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":"38d57183ec65eb40d5f92cd61c99da699a6412690314b4ba8e68e57d887c2a4a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-250.524","next":"us/30-cfr-250.526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}