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Title 30 CFR: Mineral Resources › Chapter V: BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › Part 550: OIL AND GAS AND SULFUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF › Subpart A: General › § 550.102: § 550.102 What does this part do?

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(a) This part contains the regulations of the BOEM Offshore program that govern oil, gas, and sulfur exploration, development, and production operations on the OCS. When you conduct operations on the OCS, you must submit requests, applications, and notices, or provide supplemental information for BOEM approval.

(b) The following table of general references shows where to look for information about these processes.

Table—Where To Find Information for Conducting Operations

For information about

Refer to

(1) Applications for permit to drill

30 CFR 250, subpart D.

(2) Development and Production Plans (DPP)

30 CFR 550, subpart B.

(3) Downhole commingling

30 CFR 250, subpart K.

(4) Exploration Plans (EP)

30 CFR 550, subpart B.

(5) Flaring

30 CFR 250, subpart K.

(6) Gas measurement

30 CFR 250, subpart L.

(7) Off-lease geological and geophysical permits

30 CFR 551.

(8) Oil spill financial responsibility coverage

30 CFR 553.

(9) Oil and gas production safety systems

30 CFR 250, subpart H.

(10) Oil spill response plans

30 CFR 254.

(11) Oil and gas well-completion operations

30 CFR 250, subpart E.

(12) Oil and gas well-workover operations

30 CFR 250, subpart F.

(13) Decommissioning Activities

30 CFR 250, subpart Q.

(14) Platforms and structures

30 CFR 250, subpart I.

(15) Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way

30 CFR 250, subpart J and 30 CFR 550, subpart J.

(16) Sulfur operations

30 CFR 250, subpart P.

(17) Training

30 CFR 250, subpart O.

(18) Unitization

30 CFR 250, subpart M.

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 89 FR 31585, Apr. 24, 2024]

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