1. Regulations
  2. title 30
  3. chapter II
  4. part 250
  5. subpart H
  6. subjgrp 99
  7. § 250.812

View all text of Subjgrp 99 [§ 250.810 - § 250.824]

§ 250.812 - Surface-controlled SSSVs—dry trees.

You must equip all tubing installations open to a hydrocarbon-bearing zone that is capable of natural flow with a surface-controlled SSSV, except as specified in §§ 250.813, 250.815, and 250.816.

(a) The surface controls must be located on the site or at a BSEE-approved remote location. You may request District Manager approval to situate the surface controls at a remote location.

(b) You must equip dry tree wells not previously equipped with a surface-controlled SSSV, and dry tree wells in which a surface-controlled SSSV has been replaced with a subsurface-controlled SSSV, with a surface-controlled SSSV when the tubing is first removed and reinstalled.

AUTHORITY: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

SOURCE: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 30 CFR 250.812