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30 CFR §250.528

Verified against eCFR.gov as of June 20, 2026View official text on eCFR.gov
The following information must be included in the casing pressure request:
  1. (a)API number;
  2. (b)Lease number;
  3. (c)Area name and OCS block number;
  4. (d)Well number;
  5. (e)Company name and mailing address;
  6. (f)All casing, riser, and tubing sizes, weights, grades, and MIYP;
  7. (g)All casing/riser calculated MAWOPs;
  8. (h)All casing/riser pre-bleed down pressures;
  9. (i)Shut-in tubing pressure;
  10. (j)Flowing tubing pressure;
  11. (k)Date and the calculated daily production rate during last well test (oil, gas, basic sediment, and water);
  12. (l)Well status (shut-in, temporarily abandoned, producing, injecting, or gas lift);
  13. (m)Well type (dry tree, hybrid, or subsea);
  14. (n)Date of diagnostic test;
  15. (o)Well schematic;
  16. (p)Water depth;
  17. (q)Volumes and types of fluid bled from each casing or riser evaluated;
  18. (r)Type of diagnostic test performed:
    1. (1)Bleed down/buildup test;
    2. (2)Shut-in the well and monitor the pressure drop test;
    3. (3)Constant production rate and decrease the annular pressure test;
    4. (4)Constant production rate and increase the annular pressure test;
    5. (5)Change the production rate and monitor the casing pressure test; and
    6. (6)Casing pressure and tubing pressure history plot;
  19. (s)The casing diagnostic test data for all casing exceeding 100 psig;
  20. (t)Associated shoe strengths for casing shoes exposed to annular fluids;
  21. (u)Concentration of any H2S that may be present;
  22. (v)Whether the structure on which the well is located is manned or unmanned;
  23. (w)Additional comments; and
  24. (x)Request date.