---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.528"
title: "30"
number: "250.528"
heading: "What must I include in my casing pressure request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.528"
---

# §250.528. What must I include in my casing pressure request?


The following information must be included in the casing pressure request:

- (a) API number;
- (b) Lease number;
- (c) Area name and OCS block number;
- (d) Well number;
- (e) Company name and mailing address;
- (f) All casing, riser, and tubing sizes, weights, grades, and MIYP;
- (g) All casing/riser calculated MAWOPs;
- (h) All casing/riser pre-bleed down pressures;
- (i) Shut-in tubing pressure;
- (j) Flowing tubing pressure;
- (k) Date and the calculated daily production rate during last well test (oil, gas, basic sediment, and water);
- (l) Well status (shut-in, temporarily abandoned, producing, injecting, or gas lift);
- (m) Well type (dry tree, hybrid, or subsea);
- (n) Date of diagnostic test;
- (o) Well schematic;
- (p) Water depth;
- (q) Volumes and types of fluid bled from each casing or riser evaluated;
- (r) **Type of diagnostic test performed—**
  - (1) Bleed down/buildup test;
  - (2) Shut-in the well and monitor the pressure drop test;
  - (3) Constant production rate and decrease the annular pressure test;
  - (4) Constant production rate and increase the annular pressure test;
  - (5) Change the production rate and monitor the casing pressure test; and
  - (6) Casing pressure and tubing pressure history plot;
- (s) The casing diagnostic test data for all casing exceeding 100 psig;
- (t) Associated shoe strengths for casing shoes exposed to annular fluids;
- (u) Concentration of any H2S that may be present;
- (v) Whether the structure on which the well is located is manned or unmanned;
- (w) Additional comments; and
- (x) **Request date.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 77 FR 50894, Aug. 22, 2012]

### 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

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011. Redesignated at 77 FR 50894, Aug. 22, 2012]