§ 250.528. What must I include in my casing pressure request?

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The following information must be included in the casing pressure request:

(a)API number;

(b)Lease number;

(c)Area name and OCS block number;

(d)Well number;

(e)Company name and mailing address;

(f)All casing, riser, and tubing sizes, weights, grades, and MIYP;

(g)All casing/riser calculated MAWOPs;

(h)All casing/riser pre-bleed down pressures;

(i)Shut-in tubing pressure;

(j)Flowing tubing pressure;

(k)Date and the calculated daily production rate during last well test (oil, gas, basic sediment, and water);

(l)Well status (shut-in, temporarily abandoned, producing, injecting, or gas lift);

(m)Well type (dry tree, hybrid, or subsea);

(n)Date of diagnostic test;

(o)Well schematic;

(p)Water depth;

(q)Volumes and types of fluid bled from each casing or riser evaluated;

(r)Type of diagnostic test performed:

(1)Bleed down/buildup test;

(2)Shut-in the well and monitor the pressure drop test;

(3)Constant production rate and decrease the annular pressure test;

(4)Constant production rate and increase the annular pressure test;

(5)Change the production rate and monitor the casing pressure test; and

(6)Casing pressure and tubing pressure history plot;

(s)The casing diagnostic test data for all casing exceeding 100 psig;

(t)Associated shoe strengths for casing shoes exposed to annular fluids;

(u)Concentration of any H2S that may be present;

(v)Whether the structure on which the well is located is manned or unmanned;

(w)Additional comments; and

(x)Request date. \[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 77 FR 50894, Aug. 22, 2012\]