---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.522"
title: "30"
number: "250.522"
heading: "How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.522"
---

# §250.522. How do I manage the thermal effects caused by initial production on a newly completed or recompleted well?


A newly completed or recompleted well often has thermal casing pressure during initial startup. Bleeding casing pressure during the startup process is considered a normal and necessary operation to manage thermal casing pressure; therefore, you do not need to evaluate these operations as a casing diagnostic test. After 30 days of continuous production, the initial production startup operation is complete and you must perform casing diagnostic testing as required in §§ [250.521](/cfr/30/250.521.md) and [250.523](/cfr/30/250.523.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 21976, May 15, 2019]

### 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.

### Amendments

[84 FR 21976, May 15, 2019]