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[FR Doc No: 94-6041]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
30 CFR Part 250
RIN 1010-AB66
Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental
Shelf; Correction
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations
which were published in the Federal Register on September 24, 1993 (58
FR 49924). The regulations related to the new Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) reporting forms used for collecting information related to oil
and gas and sulphur drilling and production in the OCS.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jo Ann Lauterbach, Engineering and Standards Branch, telephone (703)
787-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
A final rule was published by MMS on August 25, 1993 (58 FR 44762),
which addressed data and information to be made available to the
public. This rule ensured that the items of data and information
submitted on Forms MMS-1866, Request for Reservoir Maximum Efficient
Rate (MER); MMS-1867, Request for Well Maximum Production Rate (MPR);
MMS-1868, Well Potential Test Report; MMS-1869, Quarterly Oil Well Test
Report; and MMS-1870, Semiannual Gas Well Test Report, were made
available for public inspection and clearly identified in the
regulations.
Another final rule was published by MMS on September 24, 1993 (58
FR 49924), which amended the regulations governing the OCS reporting
forms to reflect new form numbers and a change in the reporting
interval for well tests of oil-well completions. This rule also amended
Sec. 250.18(d) which was published on August 25, 1993, to include the
items identified on the new OCS reporting forms that would not be
available for public inspection. However, the amendments to
Sec. 250.18(d) made on September 24, 1993, did not agree with the
changes made in the August 25, 1993, final rule. Therefore, this rule
corrects Sec. 250.18(d) so there is no confusion as to the time periods
involved or the items identified on the forms that are not to be
released to the public.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations at Sec. 250.18(d) contain
errors that may prove to be misleading and are in need of
clarification.
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 250
Continental shelf, Environmental impact statements, Environmental
protection, Government contracts, Incorporation by reference,
Investigations, Mineral royalties, Oil and gas development and
production, Oil and gas exploration, Oil and gas reserves, Penalties,
Pipelines, Public lands-mineral resources, Public lands-rights-of-way,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulphur development and
production, Sulphur exploration, Surety bonds.
Accordingly, 30 CFR part 250 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 250--OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF
1. The authority citation for part 250 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Sec. 204, Pub. L. 95-372, 92 Stat. 629 (43 U.S.C.
1334).
2. In Sec. 250.18, paragraph (d) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 250.18 Data and information to be made available to the public.
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(d) Data and information identified on Forms MMS-123 through MMS-
128 are protected as follows:
(1) On Form MMS-123, Application for Permit to Drill, the following
items of data and information shall not be available for public
inspection without the consent of the lessee for the same periods as
those provided in paragraph (b) of this section or until the well goes
on production, whichever is earlier:
(i) Item 17, Well Location at Total Depth (Estimated);
(ii) Item 24, Total Depth (Proposed), MD and TVD;
(iii) Item 25, Attachments.
(2) On Form MMS-124, Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells, Item 36,
Describe Proposed or Completed Operations, shall not be available for
public inspection without the consent of the lessee for the same
periods as those provided in paragraph (b) of this section or until the
well goes on production, whichever is earlier.
(3) On Form MMS-125, Well Summary Report, the following data and
information shall not be available for public inspection without the
consent of the lessee for the same periods as those provided in
paragraph (b) of this section or until the well goes on production,
whichever is earlier, except that Item 78, Summary of Porous Zones, and
Item 85, Geologic Markers, shall not be released when the well goes on
production unless the period of time specified in paragraph (b) of this
section has expired.
(i) Item 17, Well Location at Total Depth (Surveyed);
(ii) Item 24, Total Depth (Surveyed), MD and TVD;
(iii) Item 34, Well Status/Type Code;
(iv) Item 37, Well Location at the Producing Zone (Surveyed);
(v) Item 46, Top (MD);
(vi) Item 47, Bottom (MD);
(vii) Item 48, Top (TVD);
(viii) Item 49, Bottom (TVD);
(ix) Item 50, Reservoir Name;
(x) Item 51, Name(s) of Producing Formation(s) This Completion;
(xi) Item 52, Hole Size;
(xii) Item 53, Casing Size;
(xiii) Item 54, Casing Weight;
(xiv) Item 55, Grade;
(xv) Item 56, Setting Depth (MD);
(xvi) Item 57, Cement Type;
(xvii) Item 58, Quantity of Cement (FT\3\);
(xviii) Item 59, Hole Size;
(xix) Item 60, Tubing Size;
(xx) Item 61, Tubing Weight;
(xxi) Item 62, Grade;
(xxii) Item 63, Setting Depth (MD);
(xxiii) Item 64, Packer Setting Depth (MD);
(xxiv) Item 65, Hole Size;
(xxv) Item 66, Liner Size;
(xxvi) Item 67, Liner Wt.;
(xxvii) Item 68, Grade;
(xxviii) Item 69, Top (MD);
(xxix) Item 70, Bottom (MD);
(xxx) Item 71, Cement Type;
(xxxi) Item 72, Cement Quantity (Ft\3\);
(xxxii) Item 73, Top (MD);
(xxxiii) Item 74, Bottom (MD);
(xxxiv) Item 75, Type of Material;
(xxxv) Item 76, Material Quantity;
(xxxvi) Item 77, List of Electric and Other Logs Runs, Directional
Surveys, Velocity Surveys, and Core Analysis;
(xxxvii) Item 78, Summary of Porous Zones: Show all zones
containing hydrocarbons; all cored intervals; and attach all drill stem
and well potential tests;
(xxxviii) Item 79, Formation;
(xxxix) Item 80, Top MD;
(xl) Item 81, Top TVD;
(xli) Item 82, Bottom MD;
(xlii) Item 83, Bottom TVD;
(xliii) Item 84, Description, Contents, Etc.;
(xliv) Item 85, Geologic Markers;
(xlv) Item 86, Top MD;
(xlvi) Item 87, Top TVD.
(4) On Form MMS-126, Well Potential Test Report and Request for
Maximum Production Rate (MPR), Item 101, Static Bottomhole Pressure, is
not available to the public until 2 years after submittal. All other
data and information on Form MMS-126 are available to the public upon
commencement of production.
(5) On Form MMS-127, Request for Reservoir Maximum Efficient Rate
(MER), the following data and information are not available for public
inspection without the consent of the lessee for the same periods as
those provided in paragraph (b) of this section:
(i) Item 124, Upper Cut Off;
(ii) Item 125, Lower Cut Off;
(iii) Item 126, Upper k Cut Off;
(iv) Item 127, Lower k Cut Off;
(v) Item 128, G/O Interface;
(vi) Item 129, W/O Interface;
(vii) Item 130, G/W Interface;
(viii) Item 131, Ag;
(ix) Item 132, Ao;
(x) Item 133, Vo;
(xi) Item 134, Vg;
(xii) Item 135, Ho;
(xiii) Item 136, ho;
(xiv) Item 137, Hg;
(xv) Item 138, Hg;
(xvi) Item 139, e;
(xvii) Item 140, Sw;
(xviii) Item 141, Sg;
(xix) Item 142, So;
(xx) Item 143, Boi;
(xxi) Item 144, Bgi;
(xxii) Item 145, N;
(xxiii) Item 146, G;
(xxiv) Item 147, Kh;
(xxv) Item 148, Kv;
(xxvi) Item 149, Avg Well Depth;
(xxvii) Item 150, Rio;
(xxviii) Item 151, Rig;
(xxix) Item 152, RioN;
(xxx) Item 153, RigG;
(xxxi) Item 154, Np(2)/N;
(xxxii) Item 155, Gp(2)/G;
(xxxiii) Item 156, Degrees API @ 60 deg.F;
(xxxiv) Item 157, SG;
(xxxv) Item 158, Rsi;
(xxxvi) Item 159, oi;
(xxxvii) Item 160, o;
(xxxviii) Item 161, Tavg;
(xxxix) Item 162, Pi;
(xl) Item 163, PiDATE;
(xli) Item 164, Pws;
(xlii) Item 165, PwsDATE;
(xliii) Item 166; Pb;
(xliv) Item 167; Pd;
(xlv) Item 168, Datum Depth.
(6) All data and information on Form MMS-128 are available for
public inspection.
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Dated: February 1, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
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