---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.503"
title: "30"
number: "250.503"
heading: "Emergency shutdown system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.503"
---

# §250.503. Emergency shutdown system.


When well-completion operations are conducted on a platform where there are other hydrocarbon-producing wells or other hydrocarbon flow, an emergency shutdown system (ESD) manually controlled station shall be installed near the driller's console or well-servicing unit operator's work station.


## 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.