§ 250.522. How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?
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/us/cfr/t30/s§ 250.522·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
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. \[84 FR 21976, May 15, 2019\]