---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.1152"
title: "30"
number: "250.1152"
heading: "How do I conduct well tests?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.1152"
---

# §250.1152. How do I conduct well tests?

- (a) **When you conduct well tests you must—**
  - (1) Recover fluid from the well completion equivalent to the amount of fluid introduced into the formation during completion, recompletion, reworking, or treatment operations before you start a well test;
  - (2) Produce the well completion under stabilized rate conditions for at least 6 consecutive hours before beginning the test period;
  - (3) Conduct the test for at least 4 consecutive hours;
  - (4) Adjust measured gas volumes to the standard conditions of 14.73 pounds per square inch absolute (psia) and 60 °F for all tests; and
  - (5) **Use measured specific gravity values to calculate gas volumes.**
- (b) You may request approval from the Regional Supervisor to conduct a well test using alternative procedures if you can demonstrate test reliability under those procedures.
- (c) The Regional Supervisor may also require you to conduct the following tests and complete them within a specified time period:
  - (1) A retest or a prolonged test of a well completion if it is determined to be necessary for the proper establishment of a Maximum Production Rate (MPR) or a Maximum Efficient Rate (MER); and
  - (2) **A multipoint back-pressure test to determine the theoretical open-flow potential of a gas well.**
- (d) A BSEE representative may witness any well test. Upon request, you must provide advance notice to the Regional Supervisor of the times and dates of well tests.

## Notes

### Authority

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

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