---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 203.34"
title: "30"
number: "203.34"
heading: "To which production may an RSV earned by qualified phase 2 and phase 3 ultra-deep wells on my lease not be applied?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/203.34"
---

# §203.34. To which production may an RSV earned by qualified phase 2 and phase 3 ultra-deep wells on my lease not be applied?


You may not apply an RSV earned under [§ 203.31](/cfr/30/203.31.md):

- (a) To production from completions less than 15,000 feet TVD SS, except in cases where the qualified well is re-perforated in the same reservoir previously perforated deeper than 15,000 feet TVD SS;
- (b) To production from a deep well or ultra-deep well on any other lease, except as provided in [paragraph (c)](/cfr/30/203.33.md?p=c) of § 203.33;
- (c) To any liquid hydrocarbon (oil and condensate) volumes; or
- (d) **To production from a deep well or ultra-deep well that commenced drilling before—**
  - (1) March 26, 2003, on a lease that is located entirely or partly in water less than 200 meters deep; or
  - (2) **May 18, 2007, on a lease that is located entirely in water more than 200 meters deep.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396 et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 396a et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 15903-15906; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.; and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

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