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  2. Title 30 - Mineral Resources
  3. Chapter II - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior
  4. Subchapter B - Offshore
  5. Part 250 - Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf
  6. Subpart Q - Decommissioning Activities
  7. Subject Group - Permanently Plugging Wells
  8. 30 CFR § 250.1714
30 CFR § 250.1714
What must I accomplish with well plugs?
May 28, 2026
CFR
Editorial Note on Part 250

Editorial Note:

Nomenclature changes to part 250 appear at 77 FR 50891, Aug. 22, 2012.

§ 250.1714 What must I accomplish with well plugs?

You must ensure that all well plugs:

(a) Provide downhole isolation of hydrocarbon and sulphur zones;

(b) Protect freshwater aquifers; and

(c) Prevent migration of formation fluids within the wellbore or to the seafloor.

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