30 CFR 550.1165 - What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?

Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: May 15, 2024

View all text of Subpart K [§ 550.1153 - § 550.1167]

§ 550.1165 - What must I do for enhanced recovery operations?

(a) [Reserved]

(b) Before initiating enhanced recovery operations, you must submit a proposed plan to the BSEE Regional Supervisor and receive approval for pressure maintenance, secondary or tertiary recovery, cycling, and similar recovery operations intended to increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from a reservoir. The proposed plan must include, for each project reservoir, a geologic and engineering overview, Form BOEM-0127 (submitted to BOEM) and supporting data as required in § 550.1167, 30 CFR 250.1167, and any additional information required by the BSEE Regional Supervisor.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 30 CFR 550.1165