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Title 30 - Mineral Resources
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CHAPTER II—MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE (parts 250 to 285)
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PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
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SUBPART D—Oil and Gas Drilling Operations (§250.400 to §250.490)
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SUBPART D—Oil and Gas Drilling Operations (§250.400 to §250.490)
250.400—Who is subject to the requirements of this subpart?
250.401—What must I do to keep wells under control?
250.402—When and how must I secure a well?
250.403—What drilling unit movements must I report?
250.404—What are the requirements for the crown block?
250.405—What are the safety requirements for diesel engines used on a drilling rig?
250.406—What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct drilling operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?
250.407—What tests must I conduct to determine reservoir characteristics?
250.408—May I use alternative procedures or equipment during drilling operations?
250.409—May I obtain departures from these drilling requirements?
250.410—How do I obtain approval to drill a well?
250.411—What information must I submit with my application?
250.412—What requirements must the location plat meet?
250.413—What must my description of well drilling design criteria address?
250.414—What must my drilling prognosis include?
250.415—What must my casing and cementing programs include?
250.416—What must I include in the diverter and BOP descriptions?
250.417—What must I provide if I plan to use a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU)?
250.418—What additional information must I submit with my APD?
250.420—What well casing and cementing requirements must I meet?
250.421—What are the casing and cementing requirements by type of casing string?
250.422—When may I resume drilling after cementing?
250.423—What are the requirements for pressure testing casing?
250.424—What are the requirements for prolonged drilling operations?
250.425—What are the requirements for pressure testing liners?
250.426—What are the recordkeeping requirements for casing and liner pressure tests?
250.427—What are the requirements for pressure integrity tests?
250.428—What must I do in certain cementing and casing situations?
250.430—When must I install a diverter system?
250.431—What are the diverter design and installation requirements?
250.432—How do I obtain a departure to diverter design and installation requirements?
250.433—What are the diverter actuation and testing requirements?
250.434—What are the recordkeeping requirements for diverter actuations and tests?
250.440—What are the general requirements for BOP systems and system components?
250.441—What are the requirements for a surface BOP stack?
250.442—What are the requirements for a subsea BOP system?
250.443—What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
250.444—What are the choke manifold requirements?
250.445—What are the requirements for kelly valves, inside BOPs, and drill-string safety valves?
250.446—What are the BOP maintenance and inspection requirements?
250.447—When must I pressure test the BOP system?
250.448—What are the BOP pressure tests requirements?
250.449—What additional BOP testing requirements must I meet?
250.450—What are the recordkeeping requirements for BOP tests?
250.451—What must I do in certain situations involving BOP equipment or systems?
250.455—What are the general requirements for a drilling fluid program?
250.456—What safe practices must the drilling fluid program follow?
250.457—What equipment is required to monitor drilling fluids?
250.458—What quantities of drilling fluids are required?
250.459—What are the safety requirements for drilling fluid-handling areas?
250.460—What are the requirements for conducting a well test?
250.461—What are the requirements for directional and inclination surveys?
250.462—What are the requirements for well-control drills?
250.463—Who establishes field drilling rules?
250.465—When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to MMS?
250.466—What records must I keep?
250.467—How long must I keep records?
250.468—What well records am I required to submit?
250.469—What other well records could I be required to submit?
250.490—Hydrogen sulfide.
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